High Point jury awards 300000 in wrongful death suit
A Superior Court jury awarded Laurin Welborn 300000 as executor of Paraleigh Welborn’s estate after a fatal boating collision on Badin Lake near Lake Forrest Marina. The verdict found both Crawford of Thomasville and Clyde Welborn of High Point negligent. The incident occurred June 27, 1972, as a larger boat pulled a skier, colliding with the Welborns’ fishing craft.
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Howard Hayes
High Point
Welborn
Badin Lake
Lake Forrest Marina
Pine Haven
Firemen Train Uphill For Firefighting Rigors
Firemen carry out an uphill exercise Friday to train recruits in the physical demands of fighting fires. The morning drill emphasizes stamina and technique as part of standard fire service training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shadow Valley Road
Two Youths Accused Of Rape And Kidnap In Lexington
Lexington police report two youths, Randy Cribb, 18, and Bobby Grimsley, 16, accused of raping a woman after midnight while she jogged. They face rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, and a separate charge of crime against nature. Victim drove them to her home and then to a truck stop before they fled. both were apprehended after a patrol stopped the weaving car. A district court preliminary hearing is set for June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy D. Cribb
Lexington
Bobby D. Grimsley
Welcome
Cribb
County tax rate may drop to 43 cents for 1974 75
Guilford County plans a 1974 75 tax rate near 43 cents per 100 valuation, down from 61 cents in 1973, while total countywide valuation rises to 3.723 billion at 100 percent value. Budget decisions will shape school and fire district rates and local revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of County Commissioners
Guilford County
Hlep L. Richardson Memorial Hospital
Jamestown
Jameston
High Point Board of Education
High Point
Potluck Menu At Schools Ends School Year
High Point city school menus from May 27 to June 5 will be chosen by cafeteria managers to best use existing food stocks before summer vacation. Each school may devise its own menu to fit available supplies and reduce waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point City
Need For Citizen Input In Government Stressed
Regina Whittington reports from a Kiwanis Club luncheon where Congressman L. Richardson Preyer urged citizen input as crucial to government. He defended raising the federal debt ceiling to honor prior appropriations, warned against apathy, and urged centrist, practical solutions over ideological crusades to calm inflation and restore trust in institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina Whittington
Enterprise
L. Richardson Preyer
Duke Power seeks 16.6 percent rate hike in NC
Duke Power Co. asks the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a 16.6 percent rate increase, boosting anticipated company revenues by about 83.3 million dollars under a forward test year ending June 30, 1975. Residential rates would rise about 16.5 percent, with general service at 16.0 percent and industrial at 17.4 percent. Carl Horn Jr. notes earnings per share fell 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power Co
N.C. Utilities Commission
High Point
Duke
South Carolina Public Service Commission
Piedmont
North Carolina
South Carolina
Duke Power
Carl Horn Jr
Horn
Copper tubing theft tied to embezzlement charge
An Old Dominion Freight Lines worker reported more than 1200 dollars of copper tubing missing after unauthorized invoices traced to Swarm Supply Co. A warrant was issued for 23 year old John Tate of Thomasville for signing the invoices and embezzlement. Also reported: a 1972 car stolen, a Kernersville man’s car vanished, golf gear stolen from a student, a home entry dispute, and a separate incident on Redding Street referenced as related to tubing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dominion Freight Lines
W. Green Drive
Swarm Supply Co
John Tate
Thomasville
Isaac Perkins Roberts
Kernersville
S. Main Street
High Point Central Names Boys State Delegation
High Point Central High School selects its Boys State participants for the American Legion program at Wake Forest University from June 9 to 15. Attendees include Tom Terrell Raymond Rawlinson Kerry Jones Robert Green E L Farrar Legionaire Marshall Morgan Fred Teague and Van Massey.
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High Point Central Boys
High Point Central High School
The
American Legion
Wake Forest University
Central
Tom
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Crawford
William Thomas Dennis
Rt. 2
Albemarle
Dennis
Cranford
Welborns
Mrs. Welborn
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Focal News
AP News
Post Office
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Board of Commissioners
Carl Albert
Congress
Preyer
Robin Ray Rice
Dalewoood Street
Andrews High School
Shirley Dean Hollifield
Prospect Street
Alaster Roy Bryant
W. Ward Street
Redding Street
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