Cold Outlook for High Point Area
The forecast calls for cold weather over the next two days with fair skies tonight and a low near freezing. Wednesday should be sunny and cold with highs in the upper 50s, followed by continued cold conditions on Thursday. Today's high was also in the upper 50s with northerly winds 10 to 15 mph and zero rainfall probability.
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High Point
Thomasville minister seeks NC NAACP chapter head post
The Rev. W. E. Banks, pastor of a Thomasville church, announced he will run to lead the North Carolina NAACP, opposing state president Kelly M. Alexander. A 3 p.m. announcement was set at Carl Chavis YMCA, with voting to occur at the NAACP meeting November 24 to 26 in Durham, and Banks already securing delegate support.
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Thomasville
Charlotte
North Carolina
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
W. E. Banks
Carl Chavis Ymca
Banks
Davidson County
NAACP
Kelly M. Alexander
Jack Tar Hotel
Durham
Abortion Indictment Returned in Davidson County
Mrs Lavena Daniels of near Thomasville was indicted by a Davidson County grand jury on a second abortion charge for allegedly performing an abortion on Linda Gail Stroud of Kinston on April 23. She was previously charged in a separate case tied to another abortion charge involving Mrs Helen Stanley of Thomasville. The grand jury also handed up a report on a two week civil court hearing tied to the padlocking of the nearby motel truck. The report was sent to solicitor Charles Kivett and marked confidential.
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Lexington
Lavena Daniels
Thomasville
Davidson County
Linda Gail Stroud
Kinston
Daniels
Helen Stanley
Charles Kivett
Merchants Protest Median On N Main Street Block
The High Point Merchants Assn filed a strong protest with the State Highway Commission over a median on the 2300 block of N Main Street that allegedly blocks crossing and will cost Don Gilstrap’s used car business about 4000 dollars monthly. The issue affects a service station and local traffic flow with reports of limited exit options for motorists. New officers were named for next year with Al Bernet to lead, and several directors elected.
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N. Main
High Point Merchants Assn
Jerry Parrish
State Highway Commission
N. Main Street
Don Gilstrap
the Merchants Assn
Leo Palmer
Association
al Bernet
Highland Motors
Merchants Group
R. I
Dick) Edmondson
Sears, Roebuck & Co
C. W. Patterson Jr
High Point Enterprise
Palmer
Homeowner Pleads as Knife Intruder Strikes at Creekside Drive
A High Point woman and her 8 year old son endured a knife wielding intruder yesterday afternoon who forced meals, a drink, and entered their home on Creekside Drive. The suspect Walter C McDaniels was jailed on multiple charges withNov 24 trial in Municipal Court. Police also charged two men with drunk driving and another pair with harboring a fugitive. A grave marker was reported stolen from Oakwood Cemetery.
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High Point
Richard Kellam
Creekside Drive
Kellam
Frank Shields
McDaniels
Ben Dewey Bullard
E. White Street
James Henry Overby
Rt. 1
Dorothy Little
John Little
Metsinger Street
Condemnation Delay Marks Reservoir Plans and Bidding
Homeowner R. E. Mitchell begs council to spare his 35 acre Eastchester land while reservoir work proceeds. Council delays condemnation until Thursday as engineers review requirements. Meanwhile bids for clearing 1,500 acres north of Eastchester Drive total 198 995 dollars, with the low bid about 70 000 under engineer estimates.
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Forrest Cates
R. E. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eastchester
Eastchester Drive
Thomasville Woman Held After Cotton Mill Murder
Police say Yvonne Bennett Monk 23, a mother of three, is charged with murder in the stabbing death of Joe L. Mills 48, a mill worker. Mills died from a chest wound in a Highland Avenue yard. Monk, who is pregnant, is jailed with a hearing possible Friday.
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Thomasville
Joe L. Mills
Highland Avenue
Joel Leonard
Yvonne Bennett Monk
Mills
Monk
Thomasville Rescue Mission
Main Street
Jewel Cotton Mill
James Scott wins Ask Andy prize with World Book set
Thomasville North Carolina eight year old James Scott wins a 20 volume World Book Encyclopedia for his question how big is Sirius The lesson explains Sirius as the brightest star near Earth in Canis Major and compares diameters and volumes of Earth Sun and Sirius with simple scale models.
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Andy
James Scott
Biggs Ave
Thomasville
Young Scott
North Carolina
Sirius
Earth
Orion
Globe
North America
Jamestown School Vocational Arts Shop Nears Completion
A new one story vocational arts shop at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown is under construction. The building is scheduled to be ready for use next month with completion set for next spring.
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Harold Cheek
Mitchell
Ragsdale High School
Art Richardson
Jamestown
Guilford Technical Institute
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Piedmont Building & Loan Co
Southerland
Bernot
Oakwood Cemetery
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