Davidson County Keeps Litter Ordinance Intact
Davidson County Commissioners voted to keep the litter ordinance intact despite state attorney general criticisms. The measure passed 3 to 2 with Chairman Hedrick breaking the tie, amid debate over enforceability and overlap with state law. The board also approved ambulance cooperation with nearby counties and funded youth programs under CETA.
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Davidson County
Phil Speaks Enterprise
Lexington
Hitler Committee
Dan Smith
C.A. “Whitey” Smith
Cliff Erickson
Tommy Evans
Robert Hedrick
Erickson
Sheriff's Dept
Attorney General’s
Attorney General's
Attorney General's Office
Davidson County Ambulance Service
Guilford County adopts new radio system for ambulances
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved a 16834 Motorola radio upgrade adding four VHF channels for local and intercounty ambulance and hospital communication and a disaster response channel. The panel also backed a mutual aid pact with the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments and awarded 61 vehicles for 322689, including 35 for the sheriff. Public hearings set for Nov 28-29 on the Mt Zion and Franklin Boulevard development with about 300000 in federal funds for utilities and building improvements.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Motorola, Inc
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
John Witherspoon
Sheriff's Department
Ogden Deal
Deal
Mt. Zion
Franklin Boulevard
Plan Would Cut Cost, Time To Build Prison
North Carolina corrections official Amos Reed proposes a streamlined one phase plan to finish Central Prison in Raleigh by July 1981 with 764 inmates and a maximum security core, cutting cost to 26.7 million and shifting processing to regional sites to reduce overcrowding. Two injuries reported in High Point wrecks. no serious harm.
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Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
Amos Reed
Reed
James B. Hunt Jr
Central
North Carolina
Central Prison
Boone Rain Outpours 1940 Flood
Boone records show heavier rainfall in November 16 than during the 1940 flood yet less flooding due to slower rain surge. ASU expert Rokoske notes 12.68 inches over six days in 1940 versus 13.11 inches last week, with the peak 11.24 inches Aug 12 14. A recent sequence includes 1.37 inches on Nov 5 and 7.86 inches on Nov 6.
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Boone
Tom Rokoske
ASU
Rokoske
Black Voter Registration Drops in North Carolina
RALEIGH AP The share of state voters who are Black has fallen from 18.5 percent in 1972 to 15.1 percent this year, the lowest in six years. Officials say purges of lifelong registrants who have not voted recently account for much of the decline.
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Raleigh
Educational Awards Given to Three Students
Three Wake Forest University students Ann E. Davis Michael M. McGlamery and Carl C. Black II received Rotary Foundation study abroad awards for 1978 79 under District 769. The foundation funds over 1500 participants in group study exchanges at a cost exceeding 8.7 million dollars supporting international understanding and friendships among nations.
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Rotary
Rotary Foundation
Ann £. Davis
Michael M. McGlamery
Carl C. Black II
Wake Forest University
The
Wesleyans Hold World Mission Rally Near Asheboro
The third annual World Missionary Rally by Colfax and Kernersville Wesleyan Conferences ends with an Asheboro Area meeting at Neighbors Grove Wesleyan Church. Opening rally began at First Wesleyan on N Centennial St with a record turnout of ministers and laymen from the Piedmont area. Missionaries featured include Mitchell Cotrone of Colombia Forrest Gray of Zambia Hesper Watkins of South Africa and Arteen Swanson of Peru. The Wesleyan Church operates in 39 countries.
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Colfax
Kernersville
Wesleyan Church
Asheboro
Neighbors Grove
Mitchell Cotrone
Colombia
Forrest Gray
Zambia
Hesper Watkins
South Africa
Arteen Swanson
Peru
Countries
Audio-Visual Gear Thefts Across Union Hill Area
Police report multiple thefts in High Point from Union Hill Elementary to local businesses and residences. Items stolen include audio visual equipment at Union Hill, $120 from Grogan Motor Sales, $30 from Vernon Place, and $10 from 2200 block of English Road. Also thefts from a church, a residence, a vehicle at Coventry Motors, a battery from a YWCA car, tools from Mickey Body Co, a utility trailer, and seven unpaid cheeseburgers from Town House Restaurant.
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High Point
Union Hill
Triangle Lake Road
Jack C. Grogan
Grogan Motor Sales
Main Street
Myr-le Miller
Vernon Place
Wise Avenue
Bernie Stadium
Farriss Avenue
English Road
Christ United Methodist Church
E. Lexington Avenue
Carl Sturdivent
Cedron Drive
Lydia Darlene Jones
Beaumont Avenue
Coventry Motors
N. Main Street
Patricia
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
Mickey Body Co
Bethel Drive
Larry Warner
Colonial Drive
Betty Brower
Brentwood Street
Virginia Meredith
Basco
Hattie Osborne
Sales Street
Annette Caviness
Town House
S. Main Street
Man resigns Belk post for Christian college
ASHEBORO A Belk Yates vice president and general manager S Tucker Yates 40 announced Monday he will resign to become chairman of the Board of Regents of the Christian Broadcasting Network University, a college opening fall 1978. Yates has been a member.
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Asheboro
S. Tucker Yates
Belk Yates
Board of
Christian Broadcasting Network University
Yates
Man Reports Self-Harm At Randolph County Jail
Asheboro area man Major Land, jailed on breaking and entering, reportedly cut himself in a Randolph County jail cell. Sheriff Carl Moore said Land received treatment for neck and stomach wounds then returned to custody. The report links Land to a school board director era tie and to Dr M G Robertson's Network, owner of the 700 Club and related media outlets.
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Asheboro
Trinity- High Point
Major Land
Randolph Hospital
Randolph County
Carl Moore
Moore
Land
Yates
Woodbury Forest
Virginia
University of North Carolina At
CBN
Virginia Beach
Election Set At Area Firm
A union election is set for December 1 at Viking Sprinkler Co in High Point. The vote will determine if employees are represented by Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No 869 of the United Assn. of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry.
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Viking Sprinkler Co
High Point
National Labor Relations Board
Winston-Salem
Road Sprinkler Fitters
United Assn
U.S
Canada
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Route 1
Hamilton Street
E. Green
Lewis
Doris Rae Albright
Sunnybrook Street
Lula Coltrane
Spell
Mark Street
Meredith Street
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Texas
Walter Johnson
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Belk
Christian College
M.G. Robertson
Christian Broadcasting Network
Nonstock Public Foundation
700 Club
Robertson
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Africa
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Howard Ferguson
Randleman
Eden Amanda Rumley
Campbell College
J. Leon Rumley
Meredith College
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