High Point Mayor Proposes Voting City of America
An open letter from High Point mayor urges residents to register and vote to turn the city into the national voting hub. He promotes use of voting machines and rapid nationwide vote tallies to spark attention as residents are urged to participate in upcoming elections for president and state and local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Washburn
High Point
Reno
Detroit
Akron
New Orleans
United States
North Carolina
General Assembly
Guilford County
America
Civil Defense tests Conelrad alert with school evacuations
Civil Defense officials plan a nationwide Conelrad alert test tomorrow with local actions including evacuations at Oak View and Union Hill schools at 9 30 a m Ten observers will monitor each site and amateur radio units will relay messages to headquarters A 1 p m broadcast shutdown will switch to the national alert with Eisenhower Hodges and Griffin expected to speak Local interviews with observers and a 1 30 p m panel discussion follow plus distribution of fallout shelter pamphlets at key locations
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Civil Defense
George Spinnett
Oak View
Union Hill
Civil Air Patrol
State Civil Defense Office
Spinnett
James Myatt Jr
Union Hill School
Conelrad
Eisenhower
Luther Hodges
Edward Griffin
Washburn
Hilda Southards
Oak View School
WNOS
Civil Defense Agency
Robert Moore
Ralph Miller
U.S. Unemployment Service
Glenn Cox
Guilford County
Charles Loflin
American Red Cross
Carl Shelton
Henry Marshall
John Hutchins
J. R. Teague
Jesse Washburn
Civil Defense Organization
Civil Defense Office
Chamber of Commerce
Public Library
J. C. Penney Co
Prayer for TODAY Heavenly Father guidance for parents
Prayer urging divine wisdom for parents of growing children to nurture with Christlike love. It asks for protection against harshness and rejection, and for guiding children with affectionate discipline through Christ. Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Dale Oldham
Anderson Indiana
Park Place
Church of God
Weather Forecast Sees Warm Cloudy Outlook
A weatherman from Friendship reports warm cloudy conditions after today’s sunny mild afternoon. High 64, tonight 43 under clear skies. Tomorrow 76, last night 43. Five day outlook shows 2 to 5 degrees below normal with little daily change. Showers possible Thursday totaling about half an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
Stabbing Dominates Weekend Arrests In High Point
A man stabbed near the heart with a steak fork was reported fairly well at High Point Memorial Hospital after assault by Marion Garrett. Garrett, 21, is held without bond as police investigate. Police also reported five youths arrested for larceny after siphoning gasoline from trucks at Jiffy Manufacturing Co. plant. Names include Mishoe, Phillips, Tilley, Ernhardt, and Cooper. Two other assaults and a property-damage case were logged with various bonds and Municipal Court dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
Lee Martin
Hoover Street
Marrion Garrett
Thissell Street
Garrett
Martin
High Point
Larry G. Mishoe
Mishoe
Phillips
Howard C. Harrison
Daniel Brooks
Annie Williams
Hoskins Street
Jimmy W. Collett
Route 2
Jerry Kearns
Forensic Leaguers Win High Honors at Carolinas District Meet
High Point High School’s National Forensic League Chapter won the sweepstakes trophy at Winston-Salem for most contest points. The debating team earned top honors and the team qualifies for nationals in San Diego in June with members Barry Hyman Mike Pierce John Eddinger and Jerry Proffitt. First places went to Lynne Sizemore and Sylvia Freeman with other podiums by Francis Callahan Margaret Spencer and Howard Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Freeman
Lynne Sizemore
Mike Pierce
Barry Hyman
John Eddinger
Jerry Proffitt
Janet Teague
San Diego
Calif
Francis Callahan
Margaret Spencer
Howard Price
Bluefield
W. Va
Unicoi County
Johnson City
Draft Sends Five To Be Inducted In Army
Five high pointers left today for Charlotte for induction. The group includes Donald E. Seism Robert S. Dunning Patrick C. Sullivan James E. Crone and Thomas H. Sullivan. Twenty two other men departed for physical examinations.
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Charlotte
Army
Donald E. Seism
Robert S. Dunning
Patrick C. Sullivan
James E. Crone
Thomas H. Sullivan
Slane New NAHM Chairman Heads Hosiery Board
Willis H. Slane Jr., secretary of Slane Hosiery Mills, is named chairman of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers board for this year. He succeeds Raymond R. Rice of Virginia and is followed by Charles W. McCrary of Asheboro as next year’s chairman, advanced from second to first vice chairman.
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Willis H. Slane Jr
Slane Hosiery Millis
National Assn. of Hosiery Manufacturers
Slane
Raymond R. Rice
Virginia Maid Hosiery Mills
Pulaski
Charles W. McCrary
McCrary Hosiery Mills
Asheboro
McCrary
No relation says Dillinger guard at Wyoming Penitentiary
AP reports John Dillinger serves as a guard at the Wyoming State Penitentiary and is not related to the infamous 1930s outlaw John Dillinger.
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Rawlins
Wyo
John Dillinger
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Future tax hikes seen to fund Guilford bonds
Guilford County faces a tax rate rise of up to nine cents to cover interest and principal on a six million dollar bond issue started in 1955 and a 1957 issue. Bond maturities begin 1961 and 1963 with full payoff by 1980, peaking at over one million dollars annually from 1962-63, while 1960-61 tax rates are not expected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORRE
Enterprise
Greensboro
Guilford County
Board of County Commissioners
Hugh Ross
Ross
Five Bound Over In Court Session
Five persons were bound over to Superior Court after preliminary hearings in Municipal Court on charges ranging from assault with a deadly weapon to larceny. Morgan Truette admitted a knife attack on Broadus Quinn during a drunken dispute at the House of Prayer. Quinn suffered severe facial injuries. Three youths from Greensboro, including an escapee, were bound over on larceny charges for a break-in at a Jamestown gas station. Van Taylor Neely and his wife Doris were bound over for a Dec theft of a car later wrecked in Wilmington. Robert Junior Jordan received a May 9 continuance on assault with intent to rape charges.
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Morgan Truette
House of Prayer
Broadus Quinn
Alchalocls
Quinn
Truette
State Prisons Department
Franklin Monroe
Thomas Jerry Bowen
Ray Long
Greensboro
Lawrence Gulf Service Station
Jamestown
Orange
Brown
Long
van Taylor Neely
Wilmington
Clara Cox
Neely
Doris
Robert Junior Jordan
Thissell Street
Fredericka Dye
Hoover Street
James Clontz
Byron Haworth
Jordan
Weekend accessory thefts hit five cars in town
Police report five owners suffered more than 100 dollars in stolen car parts over the weekend. Victims include Nancy Bodenheimer on Route 2 with fender skirts and floor mats. Perry Whitman on Cedar Lodge Road with floor mats. Thomas Dunigan on Model Farm Road with two fender mirrors. Gregg Prevost at Wrenn and Green with one floor mat. and Herman Suits on Baker Road with hub caps. Also noted were tire slashings on John Mooney’s Springdale Avenue car and wiring removal plus windshield wiper tubes taken from Samuel Johnson’s auto over the weekend.
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Nancy Bodenheimer
Route 2
Thomasville
Security Bank
Perry Whitman
Cedar Lodge Road
Thomas Dunigan
Model Farm Road
McLeod's Lot
Gregg Prevost
Wrenn and Green
Herman Suits
Baker Road
John William Patrick Mooney
Springdale Avenue
Samuel Johnson
Underhill Street
Hillside Center Opens This Evening on Vail Street
Officials attend the Hillside Park Center opening on Vail Street with a 6 30 p m start and 7 p m public access. The $40 000 building will be dedicated with an invocation by Rev W J McLeod and brief talks by city leaders Miss Hazel Starr Ossie Davis and J C Strickland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Park Center
Vail Street
Parks and Recreation Commission
W. 8. McLeod
Hazel Starr
Ossie Davis
J. C. Strickland
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National Forensic League
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Guilford
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George Penny
Penny
Woolworth
Chine
HPC
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C. B. Loflin
Forrest Ave
Peggy Louise Jones
J. R. Jones
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Shelby Jean Rackley
Arthur C. Rackley
Cooke
Emerywood Studios
Hillside Center
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