Cutbacks Possible In Bus Service In High Point
High Point officials weigh major cuts to city owned transit as deficits climb. Report from Kimley-Horn proposes 40 to 50 percent service reductions to cut losses, while state officials urge caution and retain core service.
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Lee Mortimer
Enterprise Sunday
High Point
City Council Today
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Council
Ramsay Peard
ATE Transit Management Corp
Peard
Roy Culler
Kimley- Horn
Joe Patterson
Patterson
Council OKs 6000 CD Allocation for COA in tentative move
High Point City Council tentatively approved a 6000 Community Development funds allocation to the High Point Council on Aging to support a transportation program for elderly residents. The COA seeks 17800 for the coming year. officials warn federal funding expires this September and may not be renewed.
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High Point
High Point Council On Aging
COA
Arnold Koonce
Council
John Conrad
Conrad
Bill Brewer
Brewer
Highland House to Lease Post Office Building for Display Center
Highland House will lease one floor of the Main and Green streets post office site and join with owners Bill Bencini, Robert Bencini and J B White in developing the rest of the property for lease. The owners bought the building from the U S Postal Service in 1976 for 300000 and have spent about 60000 on repairs. The plan is to expand to three full floors of 14000 square feet each with substantial renovations yet to be priced.
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Hickory Furniture Company
Highland House
J.B. White
White
Main
Green Streets
Bill Bencini
Robert Bencini
U.S. Postal Service
Fun Day At Guilford Tech Spring Festival Delights All
The annual Spring Festival at Guilford Technical Institute drew area residents despite threatening skies. Families enjoyed popcorn candy apples and a range of exhibits with children and dogs sharing in the festivities.
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Guilford Technical Institute
Plan to house state prisoners in county jails criticized
Guilford County officials oppose Senate Bill 530 to place convicted misdemeanants in local jails. They warn work release, jail capacity, and short term design limits strain facilities. Senator Smith argues 200 to 500 prisoners could be moved nationwide with 2,500 to 3,000 spaces available, while counties seek cost negotiations and calendar-based exceptions.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Commissioners Today
McNeill Smith
Smith
Gaston Faison
Gibsonville County
John Witherspoon
Guilford County Law Enforcement
Paul Gibson
High Point
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Moore Presents Budgets Amid Threats After Sheriff Testimony
Randolph County Sheriff Carl Moore told commissioners that deputies were threatened and shot at during a Trinity liquor raid Saturday while removing a still from a Rabbittown Creek site. He presented five proposed budgets for 1977 78, ranging in salary requests from 485 088 to 682 440, and total budgets from 1 004 108 to 1 231 460. The board also hired Frank Willis as finance officer to replace David Leonard.
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Don Wrenn
Ashebord
Randolph County
Carl Moore
Trinity
Rabbittown Road
Moore
Frank Willis
Eden
David Leonard
Vil Ts
Illis
Guilford College
Western
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David Robinson
Division of Mass Transit
America
Jim Ritchie
Enterprise
High Point College
Tamra Patton
Holt McPherson
Susan Foreman
Charlotte
Raiford Porter
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