High Point Considers City Bike Trail Plan and Safety Program
A proposal to city council urges creation of a subcommittee representing council, Traffic Engineering, Parks and Recreation, and the Chamber to design a High Point bike trail system. Plans include temporary summer trials on streets and permanent routes, with signs and a safety education program. Past interest fluctuated. some neighborhood opposition and parking changes are noted. Bicycle sales rise amid energy concerns. 1973 had 22 bike-car accidents and 1974 shows two accidents with one fatality.
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Phil Speaks
High Point
City Council
Parks and Recreation Dept
Chamber of Commerce
Public Works Committee
Susan Wooley
High Point Bicycle Club
Wooley
Emerywood
R.V. Moss
Kathy Andrews
Humourist weighs rodeo ethics and a Coke boycott
Forrest Cates jokes about the Guilford County Humane Society boycotting Coca Cola over rodeos while musing on animal and human wit. He compares rodeo risks to a mouse outsmarting traps, and ends by endorsing a Coke cat boycott with a wink.
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Society
Guilford County
Coca-Cola
Humane Society
City council ends pay parking meters in downtown
The High Point City Council approved a six month trial of two hour free parking with 15 minute meters excluded. Police will mark tires to enforce the limit. The ordinance was amended March 7 at the request of the Downtown Merchants for Progress.
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Luke
High Point
But Still Rolling Gas Shortage Hits Mobile Meals
Mobile Meals, a third year all volunteer program, continues to feed over 50 elderly residents with one hot meal daily despite ongoing gas shortages. Volunteers report occasional delivery gaps, but others fill in and routes are tightened to direct aid to those in definite need.
Court strikes down Allen Jay School beer and wine ban
Wake County Superior Court ruled a 1949 prohibition on beer and wine sales within a mile and a half of Allen Jay School unconstitutional and discriminatory. The decision, unlikely to be reversed, could affect over 100 similar local laws statewide and impacts about 160 High Point beer and wine sellers near schools.
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Allen Jay School
Wake County
High Point Ace
North’ Carolina
VFW and Elks Host Patients at Salisbury VA Hospital
VFW Post 9899 and auxiliary hosted a party for about 210 patients at the Salisbury VA Hospital with guests from High Point Elks Club 1155. Next Post 9899 meeting set for April 2.
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V.F.W. Post
Archdale
Salisbury
High Point Elks Club
Post
If You Can't Win Battle Smile About Eye Checkup Tale
A family debate on genetics and vision unfolds as a husband and two sons all wear glasses. The doctor allegedly says male genes dominate eye defects, while the narrator maintains perfect 20/20 vision and plays referee amid jokes about family traits and a future where Marks' kids wear glasses.
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Mark Twain
Alan
Manslaughter Charge Leveled in Thomasville Crash
Thomasville police filed two counts of manslaughter against driver Robert Lee Bowman 23 of Turner Street after a Thursday collision on Jacobs Street Extension north of town. At scene he faced drunken driving, driving left of center and public drunkenness charges. Victims were Clarence Parker 24 of Route 1 Kaney Road and Vickie Bowers 19 of Route 1 Gate Road.
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Thomasville
Robert Lee Bowman
Turner Street
Jacobs Street
Here
Clarence Wendall Parker
Kaney Road
Vickie Francis Bowers
Gate Road
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