City Council Orders Tougher Housing Code Crackdown
Winter city council, via a Kirkman chaired report, orders strict enforcement of housing code in the Model Cities Southside area. Officials cite long‑standing neglect and promises unfulfilled while residents seek relief from substandard conditions amid urban renewal plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Winter City Council
Southside
Model Cities
Arthur Kirkman
Kirkman
Freeman Hill
Fairview Street
Urban Renewal
Apartments Rise in High Point Amid Code Enforcement Debate
High Point sees a new 120 unit apartment complex by Don Gilstrap on Kirkwood Avenue behind Kmart with three week leases before occupancy. City leaders push stronger code enforcement and urban renewal for Southside, while relocation funding and Central Relocation Agency limits slow progress.
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Don Gilstrap
Kirkwood Avenue
Kmart
Secrets of a Marriage Contract Across the Atlantic
A steward claims Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy signed a 170 clause marriage contract with separate bedrooms and strict spending rules. Alleged terms include a $600000 yearly allowance and $9.6 million per year of marriage if Onassis leaves, plus $18 million lump sum if she leaves him. A spokeswoman denied the existence of such a contract, noting it as likely gossip.
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Washington
Christina
Aristotle Onassis
Christian Kafarakis
Mrs. Onassis
Mr. Onassis
National Enquirer
Assault Charge Lodged In Thomasville Weekend Arrests
James E. Lewis 22 of Cox Avenue charged with threatened assault and assault with a knife. Edward L. Redfearn 30 of Hunter Street charged with forging checks. Jessie James Stanly 44 of Lawing Drive arrested after threatening Dorothy Lawing with a hammer. Robberies included a musket worth 600 and a pistol worth 50. Sunoco station break in. cash, vending machines, and a TV stolen. Mrs Lindsay Hunt reports another break in with nothing taken.
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Thomasville
James E. Lewis
Cox Avenue
Edward L. Redfearn
Hunter Street
Sheriff's Deputies
Jessie James Stanly
Lawing Drive
Dorothy Louise Lawing
W. Main Street
Sunoco
Lindsay Hunt
Rt. 5
Weekend Violence Leaves Five Injured In High Point
A weekend of violence left five people hurt in High Point including a one year old girl. Two male stabbing victims were in satisfactory condition in the hospital ICU. Mary Elizabeth Archer 26 charged with two counts of assault with deadly weapon intent to kill. A separate shooting left one year old Ronda Simmons wounded and James Simmons injured. Detective reports indicate the weapon was a .25 caliber pistol and another man was cut at the Caribou Cove bar. A break in at Stockton Upholstery Co. yielded an $80 camera, $11 cash and two payroll checks stolen. James Leroy Carter reported his 1957 car stolen from a hotel lot and recovered on Leonard Street. Martha Perkins reports purse theft of $34 cash, a $61 check and a credit card.
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High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Henderson Bailey
Dewitt Carpenter
Mary Elizabeth Archer
Clara Cox Apartments
Mary Archer
Ronda Simmons
Lincoln Drive
James Simmons
David M. Byrd
Monnell Drive
Lawrence Nicholas
Caribou Cove
Five Points
Nicholas
William Donald Jarrell
Newtown Place
Jarrell
Stockton
James Leroy Carter
Thomasville
Sheraton Hotel
Leonard Street
Jamestown Village apartments near completion on Main Street
The 72 unit garden complex on a six acre tract near Deep River across from High Point City Lake is near completion. Built by Richardson Corp of Greensboro, the apartments range from one to three bedrooms and will include patios laundry facilities and a pool.
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Jamestown Village
Jamestown
Deep River
High Point City Lake
Richardson Corp
Greensboro
Greensboro approves 150 unit multi family plan in Friendship Twp
Guilford County commissioners rezone 13 acre west side tract on Guilford College James town Road to multi family and residential use. Plan by Greater Greensboro Housing Foundation calls for 150 units with a buffer between single family and industry near Friendship airport. Additional actions rezone 42 acres from agricultural to single family and nearly seven acres to agricultural to permit a mobile home. An ordinance amendment adds leeway for accessory buildings in rural areas.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Guilford College
Jamestown Road
Friendship Township
U. S. 421
George Carr Jr
Greater Greensboro Housing Foundation Inc
Carr
Friendship Airport
Woman Injured In 2 Car Crash Near Brentwood Street
Veda P. Edwards of Greensboro sustained injuries in a two car crash on I 85 near Brentwood Street Saturday night. The Moss Sr vehicle from Baltimore crossed the median to avoid a backing car and hit John Franklin Edwards Jr. of Greensboro. Edwards was a passenger in the Edwards car.
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Veda P. Edwards
Rt. 7
Greensboro
Brentwood Street
Dewey Lawrence Moss Sr
Baltimore
Moss
John Franklin Edwards Jr
Edwards
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High Point Enterprise
Art Richardson
S. E. Burford
Fred Swartzberg
Model Cities Housing Task Force
Central Relocation Agency
Wayne Pray
Pray
Harold Cheek
Exsteward
Europe
Paris
Hilton
Los Angeles. Times
Shirley Flatt
Patricia Diana Wilson
Lewis
Redfearn
Stokes Hepler
Stokes Auto Parts
Bobby Stevenson
Stevenson Grocery
Dorothy Ward
Rt. 4
N. F. Hooker
Old N. C. 109
U. S. 64
Ward
Hooker
Stoen
Martha Perkins
Daniel Brooks Apartments
Commission Rezones
Hibler Road
George C. Simkins
The
Southern Life Insurance Co
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