High Point considers municipal atomic power push
City Attorney Knox Walker proposes charter changes to allow High Point to run an atomic power plant. If approved, action shifts to Raleigh for General Assembly approval. The move aims to outpace other cities in atomic energy for electric power and keep High Point in the state’s power business.
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High Point
North Carolina
Knox Walker
General Assembly
Walker
Duke Power Co
Judge Thompson to open High Point College Student Congress
Special Judge William Reid Thompson of Pittsboro will deliver the opening address for the second annual High Point College Student Congress tonight at 7. The event runs all day tomorrow and aims to foster debate on state and national issues among students. Thompson, appointed by Governor Hodges after Judge W A Leland McKeithan’s death, is the youngest North Carolina Superior Court judge and formerly served in the North Carolina House. He holds a UNC B S in Commerce and an LL B from Harvard, class of 1949. The congress seeks to expand public speaking and parliamentary knowledge among students, separate from the college’s regular student legislature, organized by the Interim Council including Harold Wright and others.
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Pittsboro
High Point College
Thompson
Hodges
W. A. Leland McKeithan
Southern Pines
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Harvard Law School
Chatham County
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Harold Wright
Peggy Davis
Sylvia Nicks
Gilbert Beeson
Charles Johnson
Ronald Wachs
Funeral Procession Disrupted by Car Crash in Virginia Town
A funeral at Pilgrim Holiness Church on Hamilton Street ended with a crash as James Nelson Bryant aged 23 of Galaxy Va sped through a stopped signal. His car struck a funeral coach and several vehicles, nearly injuring a police sergeant. Bryant is jailed with no license, Felts 31 of Fancy Gap Va was later arrested for drunkenness. Bonds set, hearings planned in early April along with other arrests for assault, drunken driving and theft.
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Pilgrim Holiness Church
Hamilton Street
James Nelson Bryant
Galax
S. Hamilton
Bryant
Charlie Young
Earlie Washington
Felts
Fancy Gap
Blair Park Golf Course
Gilbert
Man Accused of Causing Blackout on Hammer Street
Police allege Charles Grady Salters 20 deliberately threw a wire across a Duke Power transformer on Hammer Street causing a short circuit and a blackout in the area. Duke Power values damage at about 250 dollars. Salters is jailed awaiting a municipal court hearing tomorrow.
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Johnson Street
Charles Grady Salters
Duke Power Co
Hammer Street
Salters
Tans Sm Seneg
Maryland 20th Century landmarks include bridge harbor tunnel
Annapolis reports that Maryland’s newest information pamphlet highlights a bridge harbor tunnel as a notable 20th Century event alongside the Battle of Monocacy a key Civil War milestone. The Hall of Records lists seven 16th Century events twelve 18th Century and nine 19th Century items.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Monocacy
Bridge and Tunnel
Hall of Records
Fishermen on raft reach Brazilian port in long voyage
Four Brazilian fishermen on a 3,000 mile log raft voyage arrived in Rio Grande, 500 miles from their Buenos Aires goal. They left Fortaleza last November to seek an audience with Argentine President Frondizi. They stopped at Rio Grande Saturday starving, with one man ill.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio Grande
Fortaleza
Arturo Frondizi
Buenos Aires
Street Name Commission Convening to straighten High Point streets
A special committee to fix High Point street designations will meet at 4 p.m. The chairman Scott Parker said the first agenda includes procedures for the mission. Letters will be mailed to residents on streets proposed for name changes due to duplicates or confusing alignments.
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High Point
Scott Parker
Two Boys Confess Barn Fire Set By Juveniles
Police said a 14 and a 15 year old confessed to starting a hay fire that burned a barn and its machinery. They returned to add more hay, causing $3,000 loss plus $347 in hay grain and equipment. The youths also admitted damaging cement blocks at a Springfield Avenue Ext and superhighway project, though denied broader project damages.
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Clodfelter
Springfield Avenue
One Of State's Oldest Churches Burns To Ground
Fire destroyed the Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church in northwest Davidson County. The 1903 building lacked insurance and faced an estimated $15,000 loss after wiring or other unknown causes sparked the blaze. Pastor Rev Charles Pickard noted recent renovations including a hot air furnace and new interior walls.
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Abbotts Creek
Wallburg
Charles Pickard
Pickard
Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Con
PTA Election Planned in Randleman Tonight
Randleman PTA will elect officers for next year at a meeting tonight. President Clyde Rhyne urged all patrons of the Randleman School District to attend, noting other business will be addressed regarding property on Swarm Street recently purchased for the association.
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Randleman
Randleman Parent- Teacher Association
Clyde Rhyne
PTA
Rancheman
Pre Annexation Planning Set For Council Session
City Council set to discuss annexation plans with Guilford legislators who want a 10 million bond referendum to finance water sewer and electricity for new areas. Interim representatives may sit with the council during transition toward 1960 annexation.
Spring Making Major Bid
The report notes a warm spell with daytime highs around 71 today and near 74 tomorrow. A cool night followed with a low around 36.
Music Groups To Perform At Assembly
Culmination of a year long study of band music will be the theme of an assembly next week. A concert by the college concert band is set in Memorial Auditorium at 10 20. A clarinet trio will perform Allegro Mozart View from a Bridge Debussy and a Peter and the Wolf Prokofieff tune. A college dance band will also play several numbers with members Tony Adams Gerald Correll Paul Jones Bruce Miller Richard Mil-
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M Primate
Memorial Auditorium
Lew J. Lewis
Eileen McKvaine
Richard Miller
Susan Roberts
Mozart
Debussy
Peter and the Wolf
Prokofieff
Tony Adams
Gerald Correll
Paul Jones
Bruce Miller
Richard Mil
Guilford County Coroner Costs Rise Over 1957
Coroner R B Davis and staff ran up a bill of 13001.29 dollars in 1958 for the medical warnings and processing of communicable death cases. The prior year the department cost 3993.80 dollars.
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R. B. Davis
Bar
High Point Residents on Murder Jury
In High Point a 12 juror murder panel was chosen after seating a 50 member special venue and a 30 person regular panel. The selected jurors include Robert D. Perrin Frank N. Lovings J Bernard Shaw and others, confined under sheriff custody overnight.
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Robert D. Perrin
Frank N. Lovings
J. Bernard Shaw
J. B. Hucks
John B Perkins
J. Batten
W. C. Johnson
H. T. Hartley
Prayer for TOAY Revives Faithful With Clean Heart Hope
A prayer passage asks for strength to resist evil and for a clean heart to become new creatures through God and Jesus Christ. It cites Dotson M Nelson Jr a Greenville South Carolina minister of First Baptist Church.
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Jesus Christ
Club Hosts Story of Big Ship Construction Meet
The Exchange Club received a word picture on Teeratte eee Officer Jim aircraft carrier with runways over 1000 feet and elevators on blocks. The vessel can store more than 100 fighters. James McFarland won the attending prize as Club President Billy Cheves led the meeting.
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Exchange Club
Teeratte Eee
James McFarland
Billy Cheves
Car and Railway Accidents Prompt Damage Claims
At 8 30 a m a collision on West College Drive caused about 275 in damages. Gail Williard a college student struck a telephone pole guy wire while trying to avoid the auto driven by Shirley Kemp. The Kemp car struck Williard’s car rear. Payne was charged with speeding to avoid an accident. Officers stated no charges in the Williard Kemp mishap.
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Payne
W. College Drive
Gail Williard
Shirley Kemp
Williard
Kemp
Lauren Bacall Jewelry Recovered in London
Scotland Yard recovered $14,000 worth of Lauren Bacall jewelry stolen last week. Police said the pieces were found in a London building and the thief is still at large. Bacall, widow of Humphrey Bogart, is in London making a film.
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London
Lauren Bacall
Scotland Yard
Miss Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
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