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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1976
Page
6
The High Point City Council is expected to approve up to 85,661 in local tax funds to cover current bus system operating losses with a minimum one cent property tax increase for the new fiscal year. UMTA rules require half the losses be funded locally, with total losses estimated around 170,000.
City area notes from Tuesday afternoon March 30 1976 highlight local events and community updates across High Point and surrounding neighborhoods. Minor items cover council actions, school activities, and public notices affecting residents.
Greensboro officials will review proposed growth policies guiding land use in rural Guilford County at a Thursday 1:30 p.m. courthouse meeting. Led by Planning Director John Hampton, the six goal areas cover environment housing facilities services commerce intergovernmental cooperation and citizen participation. The plan stresses growth must be guided by sound planning principles and warns unplanned expansion harms environment and quality of life.
High Point City Manager Harold Cheek will retire May 31. Councilman Joe Patterson heads a five member committee to screen applicants for Cheek’s successor, aiming for a careful selection rather than haste. The panel has received over 100 applications and plans to begin screening next day.
Monday night event at High Point Central Gym pitted Central Key Clubbers Keyettes and High Point Kiwanians in a donkey basketball game as part of Key Club Keyette Week 1976. Proceeds go to fund air conditioning for the cafeteria kitchen.
Recreation Commission members toured Carver Park on Monday to view proposed renovations and additions to facilities and land. The group came under pressure last summer after closing Carver Park Pool sparked demonstrations by hundreds of black community members. A federal complaint led to a compromise granting $40,000 in Community Development funds for park renovation, with funds to be released after an environmental impact study. Dewitt Wilhite criticized the plan amid reports of revenue sharing funds in the city budget.
The article recalls a council discussion over a Seventies park plan, with quotes about clearing a wooded creek area, concerns about use by the black community for drinking, and estimates noting 40000 as a limit to what funds can achieve. City officials defend representing all residents while criticizing critics.
Timothy Prosser aged 23 and David Dollar aged 25 were arrested on murder in the first degree and robbery charges for the January 7 killings of Thurmond Royal and Lecia Royal in McGrady Wilkes County. Victims beaten with blunt and sharp instruments. weapons missing.
Margaret Hogan of High Point enjoys shopping at Big Star before Prince Street Players perform Revolutionary Mother Goose for Carr ousel Theatre at Hugh School. The group tours through the Carolinas and Virginia, with stops in Myrtle Beach Roanoke and Winston-Salem. Michael Reeder from Illinois and Jerry Korobow of New York headline the troupe.
Lexington Davidson County officials report Gary Lee Yokely and Vicki Frye Yokely, both residents, arrested on kidnapping charges of Benjamin Frye in Greene County. They were detained on Davidson Drive near Forsyth County and await extradition after being held on fugitive warrants.
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