Bids Set for Guilford Mental Retardation Center at Red Road
Greensboro officials announce bids will open December 23 at the Guilford County Administrative Building for the Henry Wiseman Kendall Mental Retardation Center on an 18 acre Red Road site near the Juvenile Detention Home. The two-building facility, planned with 28 000 square feet initially and 50 beds total, aims for a March 1972 completion with a project cost about 788000 dollars funded by federal 336000 and state 364000 dollars.
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Greensboro
Henry Wiseman Kendall
Red Road
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Dayton Green
Guilford County Mental Retardation Board
Green
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Mental Retardation Board
High Point
John Bridgers
The Nation Addicted to Bad News Follows Urgent Cure
A satirical interview with Dr. Felix Hamburger exposes Americans hooked on bad news driven by television and press access. He warns that reliance grows as synthetic headlines flood outlets, causing anxiety and harmful cravings for more disturbing content.
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Washington
United States of America
Felix Hamburger
Hero
Rotary
Uman
McCauley
Doc
Time Magazine
Dr. Hamburger
Auto Hits Pole Hurting Driver on Taylor Avenue
A Franklin Street resident was treated and released from High Point Memorial Hospital after a car driven by 63 year old William Cezar Martin veered on Taylor Avenue and struck a utility pole. Police said he was eastbound when the crash occurred.
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Franklin Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Taylor Avenue
William Cezar Martin
Taylor
Alumni Banquet Is Scheduled at Davidson County
Thomasville notes a Society for Engineering Technologies banquet at Davidson County Community College with Norman T. Buddine as speaker. The 7 p.m. event in the faculty dining room features alumni from multiple states and college staff and students in mechanical and electrical technologies.
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Thomasville
Winston-Salem
Society For Engineering Technologies
Davidson County Community College
Norman T. Buddine
Buddine
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Morrison Addresses High Point Jaycees Induct 15 Members
High Point Jaycees inducted 15 new members at Thursday night’s meeting under president Bob Bain. Guest speaker Fred Morrison Jr. urged youth political involvement, noting Gov. Bob Scott’s interest. The group also presented a 1257 dollar check to the Gay-Davidson Fund for families of a fatal fireman and a seriously burned firefighter.
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High Point Jaycees
Jaycees
High Point
Bob Bain
Fred Morrison Jr
Bob Scott Morrison
Scott
Morrison
Thomasville
Thomasville Jaycees
Gay-Davidson Fund
Knox Bridge
Country Furniture Co
New Jaycees Induct 15 Members in High Point Ceremony
High Point Jaycees inducted 15 members at Thursday services led by president Bob Bain. David Stephens Ronnie Thompson and Tom Walden were among the four highlighted inductees. Guest speaker was Fred Morrison Jr. from Gov. Bob Scott's staff.
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David Stephens
Ronnie Thompson
Tom Walden
Bob Bain
I. To R
The
High Point Jaycees
Green Street Choir Sings at Kiwanis Meeting
The Green Street Baptist Church senior choir performed at the Friday High Point Kiwanis Club gathering at the Top of the Mart with Marion Boling directing and Ruth Anne Sears on piano. Seven Kiwanis members were inducted, bringing total club membership to 172. guests Rev. Tom Duncan and Wilford Moldinger attended.
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Green Street Baptist Church
High Point Kiwanis Club
Mart
Marion Boling
Ruth Anne Sears
Kiwanis
Thomas E. Eubanks Jr
L. M. Josey
John William Lindsay Jr
Roland Mullinix
John E. Ramsey Jr
John W. Stallings III
Peter Wasmer
Rev
Tom Duncan
Wilford Moldinger
High Point Council Rejects City Cemetery Expansion
High Point city council members, at a Thursday meeting, went on record not to approve expansion or purchase of land for city cemeteries. Councilman Paul Clapp said the move aims to deter private cemetery development and willingness to take over Oakwood Cemetery remains uncertain.
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High Point
Paul) Clapp
Fred) Yoder
Paul Clapp
Oakwood Cemetery
Floral Garden
Greenhill Cemetery
Oakwood
Guilford County approves 9 million notes for courts and social services
Guilford County Commissioners chairman Dale Montgomery signed 9 million in bond anticipation notes to fund a new Greensboro courts facility and a Social Services building on Red Road near the Juvenile Detention Home. One year notes at 3.2188 percent were issued Nov. 30 and will be returned to Raleigh for long term bond action.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Dale Montgomery
Courts
Social Services Dept
Montgomery
Local Government Commission
Raleigh
Court House
Social Services
Red Road
Guilford County
Argument Ends With Shooting Leaves Two Charged
An argument on W Green Drive ended with Clinton Boykins wounded and Patrick McRae jailed on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Boykins is in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital with wounds to chest and face. McRae, 23, of Mangum Street, has a December 7 hearing. Horace Bowman Jr., 17, faces assault and peace charge hearings with a December 4 trial date after threatening an officer with a butcher knife. Drunk driving charges were filed against Clifford Lax, Edna Chafin, and John Christian Friday.
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Andrea Doris Grant
Weavil Drive
N. Main
Montheu Avenue
Thomas A. McNeill
Pine Ridge Drive
Viola Marley
Kendall Avenue
Charles Kenneth Robbins
Beddington Road
Beddington- Albertson Roads
Deborah Joyce Shoaf
Adams Street
W. Green
High Point Memorial Hospital
Clinton Boykins
W. Green Drive
Patrick Michael McRae
Mangum Street
McRae
Boykins
Horace Bowman Jr
Furlough Street
Bowman
Clifford George Lax
Walton Street
Edna Stanton Chafin
Albert Street
John Albert Christian
Tryon Street
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Joy Wray
Civic Center
Chair City
Miss Wray
Miss Carolina Press
Carl D. Wray
Cedarland Drive
East Davidson High School
Shelia Satterfield
Miss Congeniality
Janice Byerly
Susan Pollard
Debbie Ott
Donna Holland
Sonny Hedgeenck
Witherspoon
Art Buchwald
Gen. Fea. Corp
Ford High School
Ledford Choir
Ledford
Dale Millikan
Debbie Potter
Earl Smith
Phyllis Morgan
Phillip Potter
Led
Sonny Hedgecock
Bob Scott
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