Police Probe Involves Car And Equipment Thefts
Police investigated multiple thefts on Friday including a $8,300 1977 car at High Point Chrysler Plymouth on S Main Street and recoveries near Fairfield Road. Other losses included cameras valued at $1,800, $180 nitrous oxide, a $100 saw, hubcaps, bikes, tapes, and a purse. Arrests: Tyrus Rankin for auto larceny, Zell Yates for bigamy, Jeffrey Sutphin for drunken driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Chrysler Plymouth
S. Main Street
Darrel Lee Callicutt
Chestnut Drive
Fairfield Road
Ingram Road
Alfred Lee Brown
Rollin Road
Brown
Winston-Salem Journal
Gatewood Avenue
Arthur T. Price
Monroe
W. Russell Avenue
Michael L. Weaver
Rt. 1
Lexington
Pendleton Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Air Products
Greensboro
Vail Avenue
Elm Street
Condor Mechanical
Burlington
Frances Southern Suggs
Hodgin Street
S. Elm Street
Emma C. Caple
Henely Street
Lou Ellen Arron
Hillburn Avenue
Tyrus Aaron Rankin
Salisbury
Zell Ann Yates
E. Russell Avenue
Jeffrey Steven Sutphin
Covedale Street
Village Taken Recaptures Kapanga Zaire Missionaries Safe
The village of Kapanga in Zaire was recaptured and Gaye Pierce Radford and eight other Protestant missionaries are safe. Rev Barney Pierce of Trinity, father to Mrs Radford, confirmed by phone from New York’s Board of Global Ministries. The group had been held under house arrest since rebels seized Kapanga on March 8.
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Trinity
Kapanga
Zaire
Gaye Pierce Radford
Rent-A-Wreck Goes National as Franchises Spread
Raleigh car dealer Bob Munnerlyn rose from 82000 debt to chairing Lease-A-Lemon as a franchise creator. The venture started with Bob's Rent-A-Wreck and grew after national publicity and a viral photo of him jumping on a junker. The boom followed rapid phone calls and sustained media attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bob Munnerlyn
Bob
Munnerlyn
Sunday Subscription Rates and Notices
Sunday only price 518.20 99.10 4.55 1.50. carrier monthly 3.80. $3.50 or $42.00 mail subscription in N C. 4% sales tax. The Associated Press rights stated. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office under Act of 1940. Carriers and reps are independent contractors. The High Point Enterprise not responsible for advance payments. For home delivery rates contact local carrier Landon Associates.
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Church Avenue
High Point
N.C
A. Associated
Associated Press
AP News
Arcene
Ea N. A
Potters Et High Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Landon Associates
Ona
Four Traffic Accidents Cause Minor Injuries
The High Point Police Dept investigated four Friday crashes with no serious injuries. In one, David Lee Ellington 21 of Greensboro and Dana Crosland McLendon Jr. of Winston-Salem collided at 8 Main Street near Commerce Avenue while Mary Armstrong McLendon rode as a passenger. police say the gas pedal stuck. All three were only slightly hurt. A separate three car crash at N Main Street near Oxford Place led to charges of following too closely for two participants.
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High Point
David Lee Ellington
Murray Heights
Greensboro
Dana Crosland McLendon Jr
Lakeshire Drive
Winston-Salem
Main Street
Commerce Avenue
Mary Armstrong McLendon
Ellington
N. Main Street
Oxford Place
Trip Chaperon Drowns In Lake
Andrew McCullough 22 of Rock Hill drowned Friday at Camp Mountain Lake while chaperoning a school trip for eighth graders. His body was recovered from 12 feet of water after going under during lake play. He had just graduated from Johnson C. Smith University and planned to teach at St. Gabriel's Catholic School in Charlotte. Edwards Leach 27 of Hilltop Street and Walter Jack Campbell of Newton were charged related to a separate incident. Delana Baker Willis 19 was charged with a stop sign violation after a wreck on Westwood Avenue and Locke Street. No one was seriously injured in the other collisions cited.
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Hendersonville
Andrew McCullough
Rock Hill
Camp Mountain Lake
McCullough
St. Gabriel's Catholic School
Charlotte
Johnson C. Smith University
Constance Wright Hodges
Shadow Valley Road
Elm Street
Stanton Place
May 28 1977 High Point Enterprise Page 2A
Local newspaper page header notes Saturday afternoon publication in High Point North Carolina with page designation 2A and date May 28 1977. Details unreadable on the fragment.
Guilford County Falls Short Of Triple A Rating
Guilford County Finance Director Thomas Cashwell reported Standard and Poor's assigned a Double A plus rating and Moody's kept Double A, citing lack of diversification especially in textiles as Wake County earns Triple A. Bond sale plan valued at 14.3 million funds public and water sewer projects with Cone Mills as the largest employer at 5,700, while Lorillard Loews and Burlington Industries also figure prominently. Several High Point firms are listed among top employers.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Thomas Cashwell
Fis
Cashwell
Standard and Poor
Moody’s Investors Service
Wake County
Burlington Industries
J. P. Stevens Co., Inc
Blue Bell, Inc
Cone Mills, Inc
Local Government Commission
Raleigh
Cone Mills
Lorillard Division
Loews
High Point
Adams-Millis Corp
Alma Desk Co
U.S. Furniture Industries
Thomas Built Buses, Inc
Drexel Enterprises
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
North Carolina House Hears Marijuana Leniency Bill
A bill by Rep. Al Adams would reduce possession penalties for one ounce or less to a maximum $100 fine with no jail. Second offenses would cap at $200 fine and six months, vs current up to $2,000 and two years. The measure aims to keep youths out of prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Senate
al Adams
D-Wake
Adams
Bobby Lee Combs
D-Catawba
North Carolina
Ed Renfrow
Djohnston
Craig Lawing
Mecklenburg
Governmental Evaluation Commission
Debate Over Forests Heats Up Between Preservationists and Industry
Experts like Dr. John W. Duffield of North Carolina State University describe a growing clash as environmentalists push for wilderness protection while wood industry groups urge timber use for housing furniture and paper. The public s awareness has grown in a decade, but forests face urban sprawl dams highways and farmland expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Wood
John W. Duffield
North Carolina State University
Bergland visits North Carolina tobacco country
U S Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland toured North Carolina to inspect tobacco farms and address the 31st annual Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization meeting. He argued against cutting farm programs and warned a tobacco ban would devastate many families dependent on the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Bergland
North Carolina
Tobacco Cooperative Stablization Corporation
Bergland
Cain
James B. Hunt Jr
Jim Hunt
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Parkview Elementary
Barbara Shaw
Clarine D. Hayes
Habersham Road
Hilburn Avenue
Sharon McNeil
Mark Jones
Grace Street
Joey Lee Billings
Triangle Lake Road
Radford
Rick Radford
Kinshasa
Kolwezi
Radfords
High Point Enterprise
Pulang
Trip Chaperon
Appropriations Committee
Thomas Sawyer
D-Guilford
Lori Cooke
Lumberton
Carter
Washington
Wilson County
Nehemiah Pearce
Kenly
Pearce
Irene
Walter L. Williamson
Williamson
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