Courses To Train 160 Under Manpower Act
William Hollar of the High Point Employment Security Commission outlines MDTA funded courses through Guilford Technical Institute. Programs train stenographers general office clerks welders upholsterers auto body repairmen and sheet metal mechanics at GTI facilities in Greensboro with selection by ESC offices. Trainees must be unemployed or disadvantaged 17 or older with a year of work experience and meet educational aptitude standards. Courses run six hours daily with two hours of basic education if needed. Start dates include stenographers and clerks Nov 15 welder and upholsterer Nov 29 body repairman Dec 6 and sheet metal mechanic Jan 16 1972. MDTA has operated locally for 10 years with over 1 100 graduates and 74 percent securing full time work.
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Manpower Development Training Act
William Hollar
High Point Employment Security Commission
Hollar
Guilford Technical Institute
Important Historical Announcement Slated
Officials from multiple levels gather at the Mt. Shepherd Church Camp Grounds Randolph County to announce pottery fragment findings possibly dating to 1770. Archaeologists from Hanalee Stoke-on-Trent England and Arnold Mountford discuss the kiln site and potential insights into North Carolina colonization and American ceramics.
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Asheboro
Mt. Shepherd Methodist Church
Randolph County
Walter S. Allman
Seagrove
Potters Museum
Jim Kelly
City Museum
Hanalee Stoke-on-Trent
Mt. Shepherd
Leaf Rakers Take Tasks To Heart In High Point
High Point officials report leaf rakers taking warnings seriously as violations of the city ordinance banning leaf piles on streets remain few. Public works director Carl Wills says crews keep to schedule despite heavy rains, with pickups divided into eastern and western halves and timed every two weeks. Residents are told to place leaves loose or bagged behind the curb before their scheduled week.
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High Point
Carl Wills
Wills
N. Centennial
Main Street
Needle fragments removed from teen’s scalp after head injury
Phyllis Mae Sparks bumped her head at school three weeks ago and headaches led to X rays. Surgery over the weekend removed parts of a sewing needle from the back of the 14 year old girl's scalp.
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Lexington
Phyllis Mae Sparks
Missing Explosives Recovered After County Probe
Randolph deputies and federal agents recovered 100 pounds of explosives and detonation gear missing from a George Sparks Construction Co. truck on U.S. 64 near Asheboro. Two juveniles, aged 11 and 12, were arrested after the stash was found in an abandoned bus. IRS-ATF division involvement prompted potential charges against the firm for improper storage. Investigation continues.
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Asheboro
Randolph
Tommy Julian
George Sparks Construction Co
U.S. 64
Julian
Internal Revenue Service Alcohol and Firearms Division
Greensboro
Body Of Dead Pedestrian Found Near Lexington
A pedestrian was struck by a car driven by Betty Carter Poole on N C 8 Sunday night. The body of Alice Hogan, both residents of Lexington, was found Monday morning after troopers searched the area following the report. Hogan’s car was later found in a ditch by a passing motorist.
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Steve Southard
Mike Armentrout
Southard
F. L. Southard
Timberlake Drive
First Baptist Church
Andrews High School
Armentrout
George S. Armentrout Jr
Rt. 1
Sophia
Trinity Senior High
Troop 25
The
Archdale-Trinity Lions Club
Lexington
N.C
Highway Patrol
Betty Carter Poole
Alice Hogan
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GTI
ESC
MDTA
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
N. Main St
Tralalle
ValueCenters
Esso
Atlas Weathergard
Whitewall
Blackwall
Pat
Atlas Plycron
Atlas Plycron Tires
Weathergard
N.H
Moss
Conn
R.I
N.Y
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Atlas
Weathergord
Goldentrec
U.S
Atlas Supply Company
Humble Oil
Ohie
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