Housing Rule Pressed By High Point Human Relations Commission
The High Point Human Relations Commission urged adoption of a certificate of occupancy in the city housing code. Dr J J Wilson, after 20 years of work for Black residents, pressed for inspections of rental properties when vacancies occur. Realtors praised slum housing efforts but warned substandard housing remains run by nonmembers. The Gottweil will collaborate with a youth group for a public forum on occupancy certificates.
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Ray Hubbard
Enterprise Stap
High Point
Human Relations Commission
Commission
High Point Board
Board of Realtors
Gottweil
Social’ Action ‘Committee of the Stone
Girl 11 and Father Found Shot To Death
An 11 year old girl and her father were found shot to death in Randolph County North Carolina. Sheriff Lloyd Brown said deputies went to the Lambeth home on Little Gate Road after a call from Mrs. Lambeth. A second shot was heard around midnight and three empty shell casings were found. Coroner Julian Brady said the girl died from a shotgun blast at close range and the father appears to have died from a self inflicted shot in the mouth. The gun was purchased four days earlier.
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Asheboro
Randolph
Lloyd Brown
Gore
Lewis T. Lambeth
Gate
Lambeth
Elizabeth Tielen Lambeth
Brown
Bill
Maness
Harold
Hunt
Julian Brady
North Carolina
Carolina
Meredith College Names Mrs Rawley Trustee and Student Affairs Member
Mrs cD A Rawley of High Point was named to serve as trustee of Meredith College Raleigh by the college board at the Baptist State Convention. President Dr B Bruce Heilman announced she will also serve on the student affairs committee. Rawley, a Meredith graduate, has long supported college affairs.
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Cd. A. Rawley
High Point
Meredith College
Raleigh
Fayetteville
Rawley
College
B. Bruce Heilman
Mercury May Rise Slightly With Partly Cloudy Skies
Weather outlook notes a 20 percent chance of precip today with clouds diminishing Sunday. Highs expected in the low to mid 40s today, upper teens tonight, and upper 40s Sunday. Low last night 21 at the airport. yesterday’s high 55.
Fifth Grader Wins Prize for Snake Question
Anna Marie Jolly, 10, of 1512 Johnson Street, won a prize from World Book Encyclopedia for submitting a snake question. The report details her family, school life, and broad interest in math geography and history while noting her Sunday School activities. It includes a long, instructional passage on various North Carolina snakes, their habits, eggs, and habitats, with cautions about nonfriendly species.
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Smany Fields
Anna Marie Jolly
Johnson’ St. Ae
Andy
Edward Jolly
Johnson Street School
Newton
Mer Peloaiget
Eada
Our Square
Carolina
Jona
Smith Explains Road Program to Rotary Club
Smith outlined the road program in a talk to the High Point Rotary Club after receiving a stay earlier this week.
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Smith
Highy
High Point
Rotary Club
Three Shot At Bar and Grill Sows Fear in Thomasville
Three people were shot in an affray at H and D Bar and Grill on Main Street around 1 40 pm Friday. Betty Memms 29 and James Nealey 34 plus Elbert Nealey 28 all of Thomasville were treated at High Point Memorial Hospital with varying injuries and no arrests were made as investigators search for a suspect. Local police also reported larceny and theft incidents including a case of ladies hose valued at 48 75 from Adams Millis Corp and other minor burglaries and vehicle thefts.
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H’& D Bar and Grill
Main St
Betty Memms
James Nealey
Elbert Nealey
Thomasville
High’ Point Memorial Hospital
Guilford County
Sheriff's Department
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
Jimmy Queen
N. Main Street
Adams-Millis
E. Green
Street Baptist
Lyless-Chevrolet Co
Roger ‘Dale Price
Playground Road
Archdale
Lennig
Malone
Redding Street
Richard Byers
West Street
Byers
Nine Fatal Road Deaths Reported in High Point This Year
A fatality last week lifted High Point road deaths to nine for the year, matching the 1968 same period. Lee N. Williams of Barbee Street died in a single-vehicle crash at 10:25 p.m. Saturday with two others injured. Property losses reached $630,912 amid 16 injuries through Friday. total accidents and damages for the period compared with last year’s figures show nine killed, 65 injured, and $643,536 in losses.
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High Point
Lee N. Williams
Barbee Street
Williams
Gordon ‘Sire
Trinity Man Shot in Thomasville Hospital Condition Report
Police report says Trinity resident Glenn Sprinkle remained in poor condition at City Memorial Hospital after an assault near Southgate Shop. Deputies were called and pursuing leads on the case. assailant identified as another man.
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Thomasville
Rt. Jr
Trinity
Glenn Sprinkle
Morial Hospital
Baid
Sprinkle
Contested Guilford School Construction Bid Case Heats Up
The Guilford Superior Court finished Friday with a decision pending as N C Monroe Construction challenges the Guilford County Board of Education over the Southern Guilford High School contract. Witnesses include N C Monroe officials and board architect R E L Peterson. Barker Cochran claims lowest bid.
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HM Hawkins
Enterprise
Southern Guilford High School
N. C. Monroe Construction Co
Guilford Superior Court
N. C
R. E. L. Peterson
Board of Education
Monroe
Barker-Cochran Construction Co
Frm
Scadl
Drake and
Wall Roads
Greensboro
Ragsdale High School
Guilford Junior High
Pearce
Barkey - Cochran
Guilford County
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High Point Enterprise
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Anna
Marie Jolly
Worth Loflin
Wrenn
Commerce
Loflin
Art Richardson
Bar
Grill
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