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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1963
Page
2
The 1963 Paint-up Clean-Up Fix-Up campaign begins Monday with debris pickups starting on the east side of Main Street in High Point. George Covington of the Chamber of Commerce notes the second week will cover the west side and cites actions by other All-America cities.
Residents are asked to place rubbish at the edge of the street not in it as city services clean every lot and parcel. West side pickups start the week of May 20 and large debris like brick or stumps are not removed by two men. The dump on Freeman Mill Road is open 7 to 4 weekdays and 7 to 11 Saturdays. Covington urged residents to cooperate for a thriving, clean city.
Donovan Scruggs was found shot in the head on S Main Street extension and taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. Deputies found a .22 caliber pistol near the home where ambulances collected him. A witness heard a gunshot about 11 p.m. and saw Scruggs fall. The residence is near the VFW Hall.
Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson spoke at a High Point gathering urging voter registration as the path to civil rights. A trailblazer as the first Negro in Georgia’s Senate since Reconstruction, he urged unity and registration to empower Black voters in the South.
A youth threatened a woman in the College Village Shopping Center parking area and stole $7 from her, then fled. Police pursued a suspect description of a tall 21 year old in a white tee shirt and blue dungarees.
Cooler weather moved into the Piedmont area after a three day warm spell. A low in the mid-40s last night, with a high near 70 today, and partly overcast skies. Tomorrow remains partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers and a tonight low around 50.
Carrick, convicted of a Davidson County service station robbery, served 7 to 10 years and was paroled after two years. A year later he was released again but later found to have a tainted record. NC Supreme Court has not ruled on executive pardons restoring citizenship. test cases exist elsewhere. Republican officials certified for city office, with oath ceremony set at City-County Building.
The Northeast sees a blustery return of winter with up to nine inches of snow in parts of northern New England and New York State and 9.1 inches in southern Quebec setting a late year record. The Canadian Weather Bureau notes the May snow break comes after a similar 1945 event that dumped a foot in some areas.
A private plane with landing gear trouble diverted to the Greensboro airport where it landed without incident after the issue cleared. The pilot Charles B. Newton of Virginia reported the problem midflight. Fire crews also handled four other alarms including a welding torch near Baptist and Hobson Streets, a grass fire near W. High Street, a sawdust blaze behind Hedgecock Lumber Co. and a shed fire on Furlough Street. Causes for the afternoon blazes were not determined.
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