Three hopefuls clash in 21st district race profiles
High Point Enterprise outlines three candidates for the 21st district. Hoots of Wallburg runs for state senate his third bid, owning an insurance agency and leading local clubs. Somers of Salisbury, a former senator and attorney, emphasizes traffic and capital punishment positions and has run for U.S. Senate. Davis, unmarried, frames himself as representing the average man and pledges to voice district needs statewide.
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Tri-County Mental Health Assn
Uwharrie Boy Scout
Mocksville
Wallburg
Winston- Salem
Winston-Salem
Gray High School
Wallburg Water, Inc
Ex- Change Club
Winston-Salem Assn. of Mutual Insurance Agents
Wallburg Lions Club
PTA
Hoots
Davidson County
GOP
Robert Vance Somers
Salisbury
General Assembly
U.S. Senate
Samm Ervin
Rowan County
Randolph County
Senate
Somers
East Tennessee State University
University of North Carolina Law School
Iredell County
Stolen items reported at local sites in town
A lumber vending machine and about six dollars in change were removed from a service station on S Main Street. Norman A. Packard of Connecticut said a camera valued at 166 dollars was stolen from an office in the bank building in the 100 block of S. Two leads to a welding machine valued at 150 dollars were stolen from the construction site at S Elm Street and Commerce Avenue. The property belonged to Willis Construction Co.
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S. Main Street
Norman A. Packard
Connecticut
Bank
S. Elm Street
Commerce Avenue
Willis Construction Co
Local GOP figures and lawmakers listed in Davidson area notes
The report names James Lacie Buie 63 of Route 3 Thomasville a Republican activist and former justice of the peace who sought a State House seat in 1972. William E Lang Lexington director of adult basic education at Davidson County Community College backed death penalty and ECU medical school expansion. James T Mashburn 53 Lexington assistant principal at Lexington Middle School elected in 1972 supported death penalty and ECU medical school expansion.
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Winston-Salem
Smith Grove United
Denton
Quality Law Co
High Point
Fair Grove High School
North Carolina State University
Buie
Young Republicans Club
State House
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
The
Lions Club
Grange
East Davidson High School
Liberty Church
William E
Bill) Lang
Lexington
Davidson County Community College
Joe Hege
Holfhouser
Lang
General Assembly
East Carolina University Medical School
James T. Mashburn
Lexington Middle School
Mashburn
Lenoir Rhyne College
Johnston County
Bond supporters push for city utility debt expansion plan
Promoters argue an $8.8 million package raises total debt to $52.3 million, with utilities exempt from city debt limits. Officials note water lines lack funding, street work is unfunded, and the electrical system reports $935,000 profits in nine months while sewer and water subsidies persist. City Manager Harold leads the briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Culler
Harold
Senate candidates and House race in Randolph County
Legislative races feature O E de St Aubin and Michael Budd from Chatham County and Ed Tenney of Chapel Hill vying for two Senate seats. In the 24th State House District in Randolph County Democrats Gilbert R. Davis C W McKinney and Jack Pugh compete against Republican incumbents Roby Garner and Frank Radding III who face no primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
O.E
Tom) de St. Aubin
Michael Budd
Chatham County
Ed Tenney
Chapel Hill
Roby Garner
Frank Redding III
Randolph County
Gilbert R. Davis
C.W. McKinney
Jack Pugh
Asheboro
Commissioners Confirm Pulverizer Testing To Resume Soon
Greensboro reports that the High Point solid waste pulverizer will restart testing within days at 40 tons per hour after repairs to damaged plates. County officials approved purchasing 21 school buses under an old state contract to save about 10000, with five for High Point and sixteen for Guilford County. They also eyed a half acre site off US 29 North to relocate ambulance services, estimating 24222 for land and 167000 for a new facility, plus a 75000 window replacement cost for the courthouse. Duke Power expressed continued interest in using pulverized waste at Belew's Creek and suggested trucking rather than rail for a second disposal unit west of Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
High Point
Robert Shaw
Shaw
Riverdale Road
U.S. 29 North
Robert Earnhart
Duke Power Company
Belew’s Creek
The
Power Company
Guilford County
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