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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1969
Page
10
The bill passed by the Senate would let each community vote separately on the merger. If residents approve, the merger proceeds and a charter is issued. if not, the merger fails to gain approval and no charter is granted. The issue remains pending in the House with July 8 referenced as a potential milestone.
Two policemen unlocked a secret room in a house at 211 Gordyn Street and recovered eight gallons of non tax paid whisky. A chair rested on the trap door. Boyd Turner Jr. was charged with possession after the 5 30 a.m. discovery.
Forecast for North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Georgia calls for partly cloudy skies mild nights and Sundays with scattered afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers. Lows range from the 50s in the mountains to the 60s elsewhere with highs in the 70s to 80s in places.
Guilford County producers will vote on May 27 in a referendum to set a half cent per bushel assessment for soybean research and sales promotion. If approved the plan continues a three year program under the North Carolina Soybean Producers Assn. Voting sites include Oak Ridge, High Point, Sumner High School, and the Guilford County Agricultural Center.
Thomasville announces Ledford High School graduation events with baccalaureate by Rev Jamez G Single at Shady Grove Methodist Church on Sunday June 1 at 5 p.m. Commencement in the school auditorium Tuesday June 3 at 8 p.m. Three seniors will speak Mike Bodenheimer Bryant and Bee with topics Challenge of the Future Understanding Ourselves and The Acceptance of Change. Rev Weldon T Madren to give invocation.
Connie Gayle Underwood of 1507 Whitehall is among 178 students who will graduate Monday from Fayetteville. She will receive a bachelor of arts degree in English.
Winston Salem AP report states the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company raised wholesale prices on all cigarette brands by 30 cents per thousand. The hike totals seven cents per carton of 10 packs or 0.7 cents per pack of 20, affecting regular and filter varieties and boosting prices from 9.95 to 10.30. No comment was given on potential retail impact. The June 1967 raise covered all brands as well.
Four members of Boy Scout Troop 17 were presented rank and merit badges at a Court of Honor. Second class badges went to Dondi Mitchell Brian Slate and David Teague. Mark Smith received the first class badge. Merit badges were earned by Paul Newby Greg Park Parks Newby and Brandon Slate.
The Defense Department reports Army Sgt. Gerald L. Wilson of Fayetteville North Carolina has been killed in action in Vietnam. The notice identifies his residence as Rt. 10 Fayetteville and confirms his death in the war.
Winston Salem and High Point residents are named among 304 academically gifted and artistically talented students chosen for the seventh Governor's School of North Carolina session. The program runs June 16 to August 9 at Salem College with arrival June 22. Students include David Benson Curtis D Martin David A Garrett Margaret A Cudd and others from Thomasville Lexington Asheboro Randolph and Guilford counties.
AP reports U S statements deny an intensified offensive while noting sustained air and artillery firepower. White House and Pentagon spokesmen cite a cardinal principle of achieving missions with minimum casualties as U S and South Vietnamese troops engage targets north of Saigon and near Dak To amid heavy fighting in the central highlands.
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