86 Year-Old Barber Still Snipping Hair in High Point
J B Burt Petty, 86, continues barbering at Five Points in East Gate Shopping Center. His career began in 1908 in Spartanburg, with travels across the United States during WWI. He returned to High Point, retired briefly, then resumed work in 1960, praising old time shaves and noting few customers now request them. He plans to keep cutting hair and enjoying life.
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Carver Enterprise
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Grover Cleveland
Richard Nixon
J. B
Burt) Petty
Five Points
High Point
Petty
Spartanburg
S.C
Newport News
United States
Ellwood Drive
Wrenn Street
Florida
East Gate
Oklahoma
Texas
Caldwell
Atlanta Braves
Five Point
Bodies Recovered From Lake After Fatal Collision
Denton report states two-vehicle wreck at Flat Swamp Bridge sent a pickup and a car into High Rock Lake. Driver Troy Hayes died inside the truck cab, passenger Robert Cassell was recovered later. Albert Cole survived. both victims from Lexington.
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Davidson County
Rt. 7
Lexington
State Highway Patrol
Hayes
N.C. 8
Albert Brooks Cole
Cole
Cassell
Rabies Incidence Rising Across Nation Warned by CDC
The National Center for Disease Control warns rabies cases rose nationwide with 4392 laboratory confirmed in 1971 across 48 states and Alaska. Texas led with 323 cases, California close behind, and raccoons accounted for 118 Georgia cases.
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Atlanta, Ga
National Center For Disease Control
Karl Kappus
CDC
Contiguous States
Alaska
Hawaii
District of
Columbia
Guam
Virgin Islands
Texas
California
Georgia
Kappus
Wet Weekend Predicted for High Point Area
Forecast from Friendship Airport predicts rain today with heavy periods and a near 100 percent chance of precipitation. Clouds persist tonight and Monday with possible showers and thundershowers. daytime highs near 70 and nighttime in the mid to upper 50s.
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High Point Area
Friendship Airport
High Point
Drug Sales Charged To Simkins
Greensboro dentist Dr George Simkins Jr president of the local NAACP chapter is charged with six counts of selling amphetamines. He was arrested Friday and freed on recognizance bond for a June 15 preliminary hearing in district court. Warrants allege sales in March 1970. Witnesses include Dr Freeman Slaughter and Keith Bulls.
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Greensboro
George Simkings Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Keith Bulls
State Bureau of Investigation
Freeman C. Slaughter
Kannapolis
Bulla
Slaughter
North Carolina
Al Weber Dies at 63 in Hilton After Heart Attack
Alfred C. Weber, known as Al, 63, assistant sports editor of the Rochester Times-Union, died Friday night at his Hilton home after a heart attack. He covered the Rochester Red Wings in the International League for 40 years.
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Rochester
N.Y
Alfred C
al” Weber
Rochester Times-Union
Hilton
Weber
Rochester Red Wings
Brownie Troop 217 Clean Up Welch Memorial Church Grounds
Brownie Troop 217 girls spent Saturday afternoon cleaning around Welch Memorial Church, the sponsor. Kneeling from left Amy McClain Crystal English. Standing Kathy Faircloth Karen Sides Lisa Cashatt.
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Welch Memorial Church
Amy McClain
Crystal English
Kathy Faircloth
Karen Sides
Lisa Cashatt
Electronic Voting Gear Out For Next General Assembly
North Carolina legislators will lack electronic voting equipment for at least one more session. A Legislative Services Commission panel rejected installation in 1973 saying current units are outmoded and obsolete before completion. It cited new scanning options and high pilot costs but noted makers expect affordable, updated systems soon.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Legislative Services Commission
Commission
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Mark Austin
High Point Dry Cleaners and Hatters
Washington Street
Park & Shop
Simkins
al Weber
Holiday Inn
W. Green
Singer
Stretch Stache
Singer Now
Disstaff
Brownie Troop
Sonny Hedgecock
Hedgecock Builder Supply CO
Ward ST
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