Civil Service Fight and Polls Stir High Point Politics
A citizens group in High Point urges voters to remove city council members who backed scrapping the civil service system. The council had voted 5 to 3 to repeal, with three members praised for opposing it. The Guilford delegation introduced related legislation in Raleigh, while the committee vows to press the issue in the upcoming city elections and to urge employees to accept a compromise.
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Ly Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point
Civil Service
Citizens Committee
Arnold Koonce
Archie Myatt
Bob Wells
Wells
Myatt
Heonce
Guilford County
General Assembly
Jim Morgan
Festival Draws Public To DCCC
Charlie Neill of T Wingate Andrews High School played guitar for Denise Rudd as she sang Et Pourtant Je T aime at the Regional Foreign Language Festival hosted by Davidson County Community College. Spectators of all ages attended the event. Justin Beck, age 5, struggled with his sombrero chin strap during the performance.
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Charlie Neill
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T. Wingate Andrews High School
Denise Rudd
Davidson County Community College
Justin Beck
City Opposes Curbs On Annexation And Zoning
Mayor Roy Culler says the city will oppose Guilford County's proposed local legislation restricting annexation and extraterritorial zoning. The measures would require ET land rezoning hearings and area referendums, giving rural residents a voice. Culler notes Greensboro leadership likely opposes the annexation curb and argues growth would slow if enacted.
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Jim Hawkins
Roy Culler
Guilford County
Raleigh
Culler
Board of Commissioners
High Point
E.S
Jim) Melvin
Greensboro
Ridgecrest
Restaurant Lobbyists Block Cafeteria Usage
North Carolina Restaurant Assn efforts delay a bill to allow meals in public school cafeterias for the elderly and handicapped. Rep. Tom Gilmore and Leo Heer express surprise at sending the measure to the Appropriations Committee, insisting no funds are involved.
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Carol Ae Utley
North Carolina
Assn
Tom Gilmore
House of Representatives
Senate
Human Resources Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gilmore
Leo Heer
Jerry Williams
Restaurant Assn
Williams
High Point session backs board travel and AFDC funds
Guilford County Board of Commissioners moves to reaffirm local authorization for meetings in High Point and to support AFDC funds for families with an unemployed father present. Officials cite potential local tax impacts and oppose state cuts in social service administration while addressing feeding programs for elderly and handicapped residents.
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High Point
AFDC
Wayne Metz
Metz
Raleigh Banquet Honors Outgoing President and Bert Lance
In Raleigh a banquet for 1,300 business, industry and government leaders honored the outgoing president with speaker Bert Lance, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, cited for service.
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Bert Lance
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Raleigh
Fireman Burned in Practice Incident at Fair Grove
Firefighter William Doug Crawford of the Fair Grove Fire Dept. is listed in serious condition at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem after second and third degree burns to the neck and face. He was injured during a practice session Thursday evening when he set a house fire off Fair Grove Road. winds fanned the flames, the attic collapsed, and his hose was burned in half. Fire Chief Richard Jarrett notes the incident and another firefighter suffered smoke inhalation.
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Thomasville
William Doug Crawford
Fair Grove
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Coors
Crawford
Fair Grove Road
Steve Lee
Harris
Richard Jarrett
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DCCC
High Point Enterprise
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County Board
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
William Trevorrow
Frank Wilson
House
Holt McPherson
North Carolina Citizens Association
UNC
Bill Friday
Trent Ragland Jr
Association
Felix Harvey
Kinston
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