Police tactics for May Day protests cited by Atty. Gen.
The article presents a Q A style interview in which Atty Gen John Mitchell praises Washington police tactics for handling May Day demonstrators and outlines hardline, controversial guidelines that curb civil liberties in mass arrests. It quotes claimed responses about arresting bearded men and women without bras, sweeping crowds, and keeping prisoners at a venue until deemed safe by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
Washington
Mitchell
California
Bleeding Hearts
Justice Department
Ecologist urges action at Kiwanis meeting
James Wallace of North Carolina State University spoke at the High Point Kiwanis Club on The Nature of Our Ecological Crisis. He warned Americans have filled the continent, stressed growth versus environmental balance, and urged real steps beyond talk, noting population and consumption drive the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wallace
North Carolina State University
High Point Kiwanis Club
Wallace
N. C. Conservation Council
Pogo
New Hope
Florida Barge Canal
Daniel Boone
Distribution plan debated for sales tax increase in Guilford County
County Manager John Witherspoon outlined two distribution methods per capita and by property valuation, showing High Point Greensboro and other units would gain differently. The one percent sales tax would yield about 6.026 million yearly, funding a 49.7 million five year capital program including new schools and jail, with specific allocations to High Point Guilford County Greensboro and GTI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
High Point
Jamestown
Gibsonville
Guilford College
Board of Commissioners
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Guilford Technical Institute
GTI
Two Hurt In 1-85 Accident In Atlanta Georgia
A Friday afternoon wreck on I-85 at S Main Street left a Georgia couple injured as their car and trailer slid into a bridge railing. Glenn Schlecht 33 in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital and Susan Schlecht were treated and released. Damages totaling 7000 were listed for the trailer car and bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
S. Main Street
Glenn Arthur Schlecht
High Point Memorial Hospital
Susan Irene Schlecht
Norfolk
Paul Alexander Dalton Sr
Rt. 2
Randleman
Brentwood Street
Charles Donald Chandler
Linford Ray Warren
Chandler
Robert Lockwood Glance
S. Hamilton Street
Worth Avenue
E. Green Drive
Haywood Eugene Corum
Baker Road
Man charged in shooting case in Thomasville
In Thomasville deputies arrested David Virgil Stamey 36 of Amazon Road on a charge of shooting into an occupied dwelling. Bond set at 1000 dollars, trial scheduled May 20 in Thomasville District Court. Also arrested for drunken driving were John Cope Byerly 35 and Joe Hillard Bryant 54.
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Thomasville
Richard Noah
David Virgil Stamey
Amazon Road
Stamey
Frion
Ohn Cope Byerly
Sherman Street
Joe Hillard Bryant
Holly Hill Road
High Point Event Featured in Saturday Edition
The High Point Enterprise dated Saturday May 15 1971 highlights local news and community items for the afternoon edition. Readers find briefs on public notices sports results and civic updates across the region.
Knife Fight On E Kearn Street Leaves Four Injured
Four men were slashed in a knife fight on E Kearn Street. John Kinley required eighty stitches, while Arthur Gregory had sixty and Harold Mullis twenty and J C Foster ten. Three men from E Kearns Street were charged with assault with intent to kill. one also faced public drunkenness. In a second incident, Sam Lattimore was cut by Jesse C Mitchell, who was charged with assault with intent to kill. Donnie Smith was arrested for breaking and entering. Additional arrests included Beauford Carter for stimulant possession, Ernest Sellers for DUI, Claude Quick for disturbing the peace, and Margaret Simmons for obstructing an officer.
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E. Kearn Street
John Kinley
Arthur Gregory
Harold D. Mullis
J. C. Foster
Ennis Street
Marion H. Hughes
E. B. Hughes
E. Kearns
Joseph W. Martin
Walnut Street
Lattimore
Mitchell
Eng
Donnie Smith
Carter Street
Montlieu Avenue
Smith
Beauford Junior Carter
Rt. 6
Lexington
Ernest Sellers
Willis Street
Claude Quick
Kent Street
Four Convicted In District Court For Public Drunkenness
Four persons received active sentences in district court on Friday for public drunkenness. Willie Mack and Leon Suggs faced 30 days to six months, George Driggers 10 days, and Clarence Stout 20 days.
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Willie William Mack
Brooks Street
Leon Suggs
Clara Cox
George Thomas Driggers
Oakwood Court
Clarence Stout
Anthony Colin Lowery
Chandler Street
Scott Garten Buick Co
James Christopher King
South Road
Charles Harley
E. Grimes Street
Charles Howard
Woman Reports Beaten and Raped After Stop on Scientific Street
A 47-year-old High Point woman alleges two men beat and sexually assaulted her after hijacking her car at a stop sign near Scientific Street and Kivett Drive. She drove to a relative’s home, then to a hospital, reporting the attack at 4:45 a.m. The incident followed by separate robberies on Triangle Lake Road where three men claim to have been beaten and robbed by two suspects.
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High Point
Scientific Street
Kivett Drive
Winston-Salem
Underhill
West Streets
Samuel Floyd Nance
Nance Avenue
Guilford County
Triangle Lake Road
Luther Clayton Vaughn
Rt. 2
Trinity
Larry Wayne Wilson
Ralph Thomas
Rt. 6
Thomasville
Washington Drive
Washington
Triangle Lake
Festival One Dancers Relax After Performance
Two girls who just performed at Festival One rest to watch fellow performers. The festival runs at the Greensboro Coliseum through Sunday and is sponsored by the Guilford County Arts Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Coli
Guilford County Arts Council
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Art Buchwald
Los Angeles Times
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
S. Main
Jim Stratford
Margaret Hughes Simmons
E. Kearns Street
Curtis Edwards
Whiteoak Street
Lozzie Mae Hinton
Meredith Court
Arf Richardson
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