Gambling Trial Delayed Due to Publicity in Randolph County
Asheboro area lawmen were ready to testify against Douglas Robinson and Kenneth Darrell Safriet on six counts of dealing in lotteries. Judge Walker granted a continuance citing widespread publicity from Greensboro TV, radio, and newspapers. Both defendants, residents of High Point Route 5, had earlier received six month sentences on the same charges in district court.
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Asheboro
T. Worth Coltrane
Superior Court
Hal Hammer Walker
Douglas Robinson
Kenneth Darrell Safriet
Route 5
High Point
Coltrane
Greensboro
Randolph County
Robinson
Safriet
Harden Visits Jamestown School Ghosts Talk by Greensboro Author
John Harden, Greensboro author of Tar Heel Ghosts and The Devil's Tramping Ground, spoke to Jamestown Elementary School fourth graders and the James Mendenhall Junior Historian Assn. He presented a program on North Carolina ghosts and urged students to use imagination in creative expression.
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John Harden
Greensboro
Jamestown
Harden
James Mendenhall
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Lessa Linder Named Miss DCCC for Holiday Festival
Salisbury student Lessa Linder, daughter of Mr and Mrs James G Linder, elected Miss Davidson County Community College. The first year student in the law enforcement program will ride in the Holiday Festival 77 parade in High Point. She volunteers at Salisbury Police Dept and aims for a FBI career, pursuing a B S degree.
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Lessa Linder
Salisbury
Davidson County Community College
High Point
Miss Linder
James G. Linder
Rt. 3
South Rowan High School
Local Man Joins Panama Jungle Training Jump
Fayetteville native Martin Johnson age 21 of Route 2 Asheboro a member of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg will lead about 600 paratroopers in a two week jungle training exercise in the Canal Zone Training at Fort Sherman Panama includes navigation patrolling rappelling water operations and jungle living The exercise ends December 10 with a return to Fort Bragg and a drop at Sici ly Drop Zone Johnson is the son of Verna A Johnson of Suttons Bay Michigan.
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Fayetteville
Martin Johnson
Asheboro
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Battalion
325Th Infantry
Panama
Johnson
325 ATR
Canal Zone
U.S. Army
Fort Sherman
Randolph
Army
Airborne Ranger School
North Carolina
Sicily
Verna A. Johnson
Sutton’s Bay
Michigan
Jordan Named Reserve Bank Director
Thomas A. Jordan, secretary treasurer of Stuart Furniture Industries Inc. in Asheboro, was elected to a three year term as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Born in Charlotte, he studied at NCSU and Harvard Business School and has roles with Brevard College and several other firms.
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Thomas A. Jordan
Stuart Furniture Industries Inc
Asheboro
Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
E. Angus Powell
Richmond Reserve Bank
Charlotte
Jordan
N.C. State University
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Stuart Furniture
Brevard College
Pedestrian Injured In Cedar Street Alley Accident
A Cedar Street woman, Carolyn S. Briley, was treated and released at High Point Memorial Hospital after being pinned between two cars while conversing in an alley with Archie Lee Fisher. Grady McCall drove into the scene around 1 p.m. No charges were filed. Two other occupants in separate two car crashes on Locke Street and Westchester Drive were treated and released. Belinda B. Wright was charged with a safe movement violation.
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Cedar Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Carolyn S. Briley
Archie Lee Fisher
Furlough Street
Grady McCall
McCall
Fisher
Ma. Briley
Sarah Andrews
Nathan Hunt Drive
Shannon Kinley
Ennis Street
William Lester Parrish
Kendall Avenue
Anthony Vow Hunter
Greenway Drive
Locke Street
Ferndale Boulevard
Belinda B. Wright
Fourth Street
Marjustus Alexander
Cliffside Street
Westchester Drive
Whittier Place
Ms. Wright
Robbery foiled at Flash Market by vigilant cashier
A Thursday night robbery at the Flash Market on Main Street was thwarted when a cashier used a pistol to deter two men. Edward Thomas Robinson of Leonard Avenue, an employee, reported one suspect demanded money while the other watched at the door. The duo fled in a light colored car. investigation continues. Separately, multiple thefts were reported across several residences and vehicles, with items including jewelry, tools, an amplifier head, a CB radio, a bicycle, a drive shaft, a battery, and a case. Suspects named in larceny charges include Ernest Ruben Hill, Frank Keith Chadman, and Michael Jackson.
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Main Street
Edward Thomas Robinson
Leonard Avenue
Robinson
Martin Curtis
Dorothy Street
Teresa Patton
G.L. Whitaker
Lakecrest Drive
E. Commerce Avenue
William E. Loontz
Williford Court
William General Lee Jr
S. Elm Street
Mill Street
Robert Satow
Suffolk Avenue
Ray
Malin Street
Selma Hughes
Route 3
Schirra Place
Ernest Ruben Hill
Frank Keith Chadman
Habersham Road
Michael Jackson
N. Centennial Street
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Reserve Bank
P.m. Thur
Luna J. Gillespie
Charles Street
Nthe A
W. Main
ALL New Barn Lodge
Baker RD
Eastchester
Kirkwood Dr
High Point Mall
Old Greensboro Rd
English Road
S. Main St
Lexington Ave
Randolph Thomasville
Elbe
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