City Planning Board Struggles With Signs at Kmart Center
City planners confront a tangled sign dispute at the N Main Street Kmart Northwood Center. English Motors seeks three signs while the Towne Theater aims for a rooftop sign, prompting a debate over zoning limits and potential rezoning options. The board, unable to resolve the issue, forms a committee to consult with developers and revisit the matter at a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates Enterprise
Wiiter
Kmart
English Motor Co
English Motors
Towne Theater
City Board of Adjustment
Clyde
Davidson To Float Bonds For Schools
Davidson County Commissioners approve selling 260000 dollars in school capital bonds to fund Davidson County three systems Thom asville and Lexington with no tax hike. A Planned Parenthood Clinic will be run experimentally for 10 women with aim to reduce welfare Roll overs. An additional meeting is set for November 13 to finalize bond details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davidson County
Wilmer Mizell
Commission
Thomasville
Mizell
Doris Lopp
Miss Lopp
National Invitation Banquet to Honor Jaycee President
James B. Antell of Burlington Vermont will headline the 1967 National President s Invitational Banquet in High Point with 150 North Carolina businessmen attending a 6 30 reception and 7 30 banquet in the Sky Room. Antell, 31, is the 48th U S Jaycees president elected in Baltimore and will visit all 51 Jaycee states and several foreign countries during his year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Antell
United States Jaycees
Southern Furniture Exposition
North Carolina
Antell
High Point Jaycees and Bennett Advertising Co. Inc
Randy Shelton
Burlington, Vt
Bill Suttle
Greensboro
Young Men’s Civic Organization
Jaycee
Puerto Rico
Jaycees
Vermont Jaycees
Vermont
Delaware
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
U. S. Jaycees
Hickock-Boardman Insurance Agency
High Point Enterprise Section B Digest
Brief recap of Tuesday afternoon news from High Point with Section B coverage and local briefs.
Airport Facility Plan Is Okayed By Authority
The Greensboro-High Point Airport Authority approved in concept a staged plan for a new passenger terminal to be built west of the northeast south west runway. The plan envisions 14 gates in 1975 rising to 24 gates in later stages with space for pods and a three level parking structure. A master plan and cost estimates are to be presented next month as construction planning begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro-High Point
Airport Authority
Thompson
Insurance Dinner Is Tomorrow
Tully Daniel Blair retired president of Security Life and Trust Co. will be the featured speaker at a 6 30 p m banquet for the High Point Association of Life Underwriters at Emerywood Country Club. The event honors local underwriters for a national public service award for the Medic Alert bracelet program. Blair serves as honorary chairman of the board at Security Life and Trust Co. in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tully Daniel Blair
Security Life and Trust Co
High Point Assn. of Life Underwriters
Emerywood Country Club
Institute of Life Insurance
The
National Assn., of Life Underwriters
Blair
Winston-Salem
Pilot Life Insurance Co
Greensboro
Not So Cold Outlook for High Point Area
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and cooler but not cold through Wednesday with near zero rain risk. Thursday should be generally fair and warmer. highs in the mid to upper 50s. Tonight's low near 30 and last night's low 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Mayor Seeks Successor for Kirkman on Human Relations Commission
Mayor Robert Davis announced a search for a new chairman to replace O. A. Kirkman who resigned Sept 30. He proposes staggering terms to avoid future lapses and notes all current nine members, including Thomas E. Bell and others, may be eligible for reappointment as the commission remains largely inactive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Davis
Human Relations Commission
Commission
O. A. Kirkman
Thomas E. Bell
Kirkman
Bell
E. O. Lane
Harriss Covington
John Haworth
Virginia Mortimer
James Huggin
Ruby Byers
J. E. Nelson
Sarah Jones
Rural water sewer rate set at 500 per acre in Guilford
Guilford County Commissioners informally capped rural water and sewer service rates at 500 per acre. The package rate ties water and sewer together to protect watersheds and spur residential and industrial growth, covering main lines only. They also approved emergency aid contracts with other counties and adjustments to vehicle valuations pending legal review.
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Greensburo
Guilford County
Lindsay Cox
Greensboro
Dale Montgomery
Roger Kavanaugh
Willard Gourley
Fine Arts Festival Closes With Gordon Recital
Folk singers Ray and Helen Gordon conclude High Point College fourth annual Fine Arts Festival with a Memorial Auditorium recital at 10 p.m. They have performed worldwide and hold music doctorates from Columbia University. Dr. Lew Lewis calls this year’s festival highly successful.
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Ray
Helen Gordon
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Gordons
Town Hall
Carnegie Recital Hall
Columbia University
Lew Lewis
Robert Hum
Grand Jury to Probe Possible Perjury in Motel Padlocking
Davidson County Grand Jury will investigate whether perjury or subornation of perjury occurred during a two week hearing that led to the padlocking of the 29-70 Motel and Truck Stop. The hearing also raised questions about $6,000 missing from the sheriff's department, and several arrests were made in a related raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davidson County
Here
Superior Court
Robert M. Gambill
Grand Jury
Dermont Conrad
Conrad
Jerry Grimes
Gambill
Davidson County Sheriff's Department
Leonard Boyd
Decatur
Boyd
Robert M. Martin
High Point
Maryland
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Towne Theatre
Parris Avenue
Charlotte
Chip Faircloth
Vaughn
Faye C. Vail
Vail Avenue
J. Scott Samuel
Uwharrie Road
High Point Housing Authority
Cedrow Avenue
Piedmont Electric Repair Co
Lindsay Street
Davidson
Baltimore
High Point Enterprise
Forsyth County
Cindy Webster
Sheriff's Department
Percy Sears
N. D. McNairy
Fine Arts
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