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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1971
Page
13
The new city council, led by Mayor Bill Bencini, shows early harmony with Democrats holding five chairmanships while Republican Paul Clapp regains the finance post. Roy Culler is named mayor pro tem as caucus agreements set meeting times and compromise on schedules.
Dennis Taylor, a High Point youth, sustained serious injuries in a Sunday night one car crash on Old Greensboro Road near the W Lexington intersection. He was a passenger in a car driven by David Motringer of Thomasville Rt 6. Taylor was later listed in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital. Police say Motringer was speeding, the car ran off the road, hit a utility pole after swerving twice.
The Board of Adjustments will hear a 90 foot rear yard variance request from William Sloan on behalf of Realty Development Corp for a multi story mercantile building at the northwest corner of E Commerce Avenue and S Wrenn Street. Dr E O Cummings seeks a rear yard variance for a single family home on Parkwood Drive.
The council moves bid openings to 6 30 p m on Thursday nights and halts sitting in on bids. Public hearings will occur at night meetings. The pro tem and chairmen are appointed with consent of the council to Clapp Culler Arthur Kirkman Samuel Burford and Fred Swartzberg. The next meeting is Monday night to prepare for the following Thursday session.
President Nixon, in a press conference, touted a rising number of mothers from 37.8 million under Democrats to 38.7 million, claiming his plan produces more mothers. He defended motherhood against attacks and cautioned piecemeal government involvement in personal matters.
Samuel E. Burford becomes the first Black member of High Point City Council and is named chair of the law and public safety committee. Mayor Bill Bencini, a Republican, pledges bipartisanship. The new council blends youth and experience as longtime members depart.
The Planning and Zoning Commission defers a rezoning request from landowner Jack Stone to create a mobile home park on 10 acres on Cedron between Gordon and Scientific streets. Residents opposed the change citing crowding and property devaluation as the new city council just took office. The panel will seek council guidance before ruling and also delays on a Colony Park subdivision annexation until council stance is known.
Guilford County Planning Board will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Greensboro to hear four rezoning requests. L W Routh seeks to convert land on Tyner Road in Deep River Township from residential agricultural to light industrial use. J W Simpson asks to rezone Wendover Avenue area near Hickory Grove Road from watershed residential agricultural. Mrs John Surrett seeks to rezone Dresden Road near Kersey Road in Jamestown Township from residential to agricultural.
High Point launches a nonprofit credit counseling office at 142 Church Ave to aid households with annual incomes under 12 500. Barry L. Boneno leads the effort, aiming to educate families on budgeting and debt solutions rather than collection, with local business and community support planned.
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