Meeting Of Blacks Lobbyist For Poor People Proposed
In Rocky Mount North Carolina a conference at Mount Zion Baptist Church gathered about 400 low income Black residents from 15 eastern counties. They urged creation of a poor peoples lobbyist in Raleigh and pressed federal and state officials on housing welfare schools and political power. Samuel Jackson of HUD admitted national housing failings and proposed organizing Black communities to act locally. Eva Clayton of Warrenton was named to pursue financing for the lobby project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
N.C
North Carolina
Manent
Raleigh
James Clay
Civil Rights Commission
Clay
Nathan Garrett
The
Foundation For Community Development
Durham
Mount‘ Zion
Jackson
Ruth
Eva Clayton
Economic Development Corp of
Warrenton
State Departments of Social Service, Public Instruction and Agriculture
Telephone Lines Sabotaged in Durham Dispute
General Telephone of the Southeast reports seven cable cuts and shotgun pellet blasts into equipment in Durham as 400 employees stay off the job since Monday over a dispute with the company. Local 289 says the work stoppage is not union sanctioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
General Telephone& Co
Southeast
Carl Sapp
Durham County Sheriff's Department
The
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Hospital Hit Sappers Destroy Helicopters in Raid
Saigon AP dispatch reports a daring raid at Camp Radcliffe in the central highlands early Sunday. The assault destroyed nearly 20 helicopters, damaged the hospital and nurses quarters, and wounded many as sappers penetrated the base from the northeast. U.S. command listed one soldier killed and multiple wounded with higher casualty counts from field reports. two dozen enemy infiltrators were described.
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Anansergpy
U.S
Camp Radcliffe
Jay Sharbutt
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Eset
Central Highlands
17Th Field Hospital
Red Cross
Radcliffe
Gumu
Pleiku
Amezilos
Hong Kong Mountain
Rotary barbecue draws 3000 in winter cold at High Point
Jim Hawkins reports the 13th annual High Point Rotary Club barbecue and auction drew about 3,000 people despite cold weather. Officials estimate $5,000 to $6,000 raised for the Salvation Army building fund, with roughly $2,000 from the auction. Volunteers from Rotary and Inter-Act clubs, plus a High Point Central High School band, assisted. Items included furniture, antiques, and a pony, among 120 donated lots.
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Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
High Point Rotary Club
Clement A. Paffe
Wrenn Street
Souther Furniture Exposition
Salvation Army
Paffe
Rotary Club
High Point Central High School
Andrews High School
Dave Carter
Red
Mendenhall
Exposition Building
High Point
Warming Trend Expected Here
A warming trend is expected today after a raid freeze last night. The forecast calls for generally fair skies with zero precipitation. Low temperatures last night were in the mid to high teens, with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s and tonight’s low in the 30s.
Power outage hits North High Point area Saturday
Power failures hit the northern sector of High Point Saturday evening leaving homes without electricity. Public utilities director L C Williams said crews at the station began repairs about 5 45 p m and expected power to be restored within a few minutes after 8 p m
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Hammer Street
High Point
L.C. Williams
Public Utilities
Maude Fiddler 80 Dies At Lamb’s Nursing Home
Maude Fiddler 80 of Lambs Nursing Home died at 2 30 p m Saturday after two years of declining health She was born August 21 1889 in North Carolina daughter of Samuel and Flora Pike A High Point resident she attended Cloverdale Church of the Living God She married Wiseman B Fiddler in 1905 who died June 14 1965 Surviving are two daughters Bonnie Webb and Juanita Hobson one son Samuel Monroe Fiddler six grandchildren six great grandchildren and one sister Mrs Maggie Roach Funeral will be held Monday at 2 30 p m from Cloverdale Church of the Living God Rev Worth Pugh officiating Burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery Body at Cumby Mortuary until placed in church 30 minutes before service Family at the funeral home Sunday 7 9 p m Asheboro Effie Hughes Little 62 dies at Griffis Clinic Survivors include husband John L Little three daughters Dora Jarrell Robert York and Jesse Jarrell two sons Ernest Little and Donald Little one brother Pied Hughes ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Monday at High Pine Wesleyan Church Body at Pugh Funeral Home Asheboro Sunday 7 9 p m and 30 minutes prior to service
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Maude “Pike Fiddler
Fiddler
North Carolina
Samuel and
Flora Pike
High Point
Cloverdale Church of
Marvin
Bonnie) Webb
Joshua
William
Juanita) Hobson
English Rd
Samuel
Monroe Fiddler
Plymouth
Maggie Roach
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Church
Worth Pugh
Floral Garden Park
Cumby Mortuary
Asheboro
Effie Hughes Little
Rt. 3
Griffis Clinic
Denton
John .L. Little
Rt 3
Dora Jarrell
Robert York
Jesse Jarrell
Ernest Little
Donald Little
Pied Hughes
High Pine
Elizabeth
Charles’b. McCrary School
Farmer Baptist Church Sunday School
Mary Elizabeth Hughes Lambeth
Bonnie Lambeth
Hilda Lambeth
Brenda , Williams
Lester (Janette) Hedrick
Shelton Parks
Thomasville
Gaye Bevins
Laugel
Jay B. Lambeth
the Home
Walter T., Dermont
Eugene
Louis Lambeth Jr
Jesse Lambeth
Farmer
Julius Lambeth
Mashburns Funeral Held for James Mashburn
Funeral services for James Grady Mashburn 65 of Rt. 2 Bennett were held Monday at High Falls United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. He died Saturday in Pikehurst hospital. Survived by wife Mae Upchurch Mashburn. daughter Mrs. Chester Brown of Fairmont. two sons Rev. Dwight Mashburn of Winston-Salem and Robert Mashburn of Bennett. one sister Mrs. Cecil Maness of Robbins. five grandchildren. Body remained at Kennedy Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mashburn
Rt. 4
Bennett
Cecil Maness
Rt. 1
Robbins
Kennedy Funeral Home
Mashbirn
Brown longtime Randolph County resident dies at 74
Bennett Saturday at Librry Hospital. Native of Randolph County Mr Brown born November 1891 son of Henry and Levena Brown. Lifelong Coleridge resident and retired farmer. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday Pleasant Grove Christian Church. Family at Loflin Funeral Home Ramseur 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Bennett
Saturda
Librry Hospital
Randolph County
Mr. Brown
Henry
Levena Brown
Coleridge
Pleasant Grove
Flora Preddy
Rt. 1
Ramseur
Tsaac" Brown
Bore Brown
C. AL Brown
Becrest Avenue
High Point
Christian’ Church
Loflin
Brown
Highway Toll Reaches Five This Weekend
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports at least five persons killed in traffic accidents in the state so far this weekend. The deaths bring the year total to 1,535, 73 fewer than the same period last year.
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Associated Press
North Carolina Highway Patrol
The New Exploration Spacecraft Earth Future Dreams
Washington report on America's space program outlines Apollo Moon missions Saturn V orbital lab plans in the 1970s and Grand Tour probes to outer planets. It emphasizes space applications benefiting Earth and frames Spacecraft Earth as a shared voyage with bold, long term goals.
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Oran W. Wicks
North American Newspaper Alliance
Washington
America
Earth
Space
Mariner
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Elt
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Apollo
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Rotary
T. Eugene Terrell
Meeting of
Paife
Balice
Itelf
Leslie
Philippines
Presbyterian Home
North
Ran
WPF
J. L. Little
J. G. Mashburn
Lambeth
Ces Nan Tate Service
le Beet Curl
Bare Sale
Gladys Hart Baker
First United Methodist Church
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