Prison Sentences Reported In Thomasville Superior Court
Milton Dray ton Jr of Fieldcrest Street Thomasville received a 3 to 5 year prison term after pleading guilty to assault with the intent to commit rape for the April rape of a 10 year old girl. A separate case against Johnny Leon Miller was postponed due to an error in the indictment. Fondie Hyatt was given a suspended 12 month sentence for breaking and entering stamps worth $2 with probation for five years.
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Lexington
Milton Drayton Jr
Fieldcrest Street
Thomasville
Davidson County Superior Court
Barnwell Street
Drayton
Johnny Leon Miller
Liberty Drive
Carolina Avenue
Hyatt
Ralph Otis Hill
Rt. 2
Hen
Bloodmobile Visit Set This Week
The Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to High Point this week with Thursday 11 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Medical advisor Dr. C A Velat urges support noting hospital costs rise without blood programs. The November visit aims for 200 pints at the Red Cross Chapter House 2011 ene Rd. December visits are set for Dec 27 and 28.
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Red Cross
High Point
C. A. Velat
Ene Rd
United Airlines Vis count crash lands at Raleigh-Durham
A four engined United Airlines Viscount with thirty nine passengers and crew escaped serious injury when the nose wheel collapsed on landing at Raleigh Durham Airport. Fire from the nose was extinguished by airport crews while passengers evacuated via canvas chutes. Four people including a woman with a knee scrape were treated at Wake Memorial Hospital. The flight was inbound from Washington and arrived on schedule around 9 p.m. EST.
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United Airlines
Raleigh-Durham
Wake Memorial Hospital
Raleigh
United
Washington, D. C
Wright Tract Is Re Submitted For Post Office Site
J N Wright properties on S Main Street and Alexander property on English Road are offered as a combined site for a new post office after the City Council rejected the Law Building block. Mayor Davis said postal officials will seek another location. Wright plans leasing or building options with Post Office Dept. and a $1.50 per square foot lease limit. Paul Jones of News paper Enterprise Assn. to speak at Kiwanis Ladies Night at Sedgefield Manor.
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Forrest Cates Enterprise
J. N. Wright
S. Main Street
Law
Davis
Frank Smith
Atlanta
N. Main
Church Streets
Wright
Alexander
English Road
Smith
Post Office Dept
S. Main
Paul Jones
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
High Point Kiwanis Club
Sedgefield Manor
Jones
National Safety Council
Wet Weather Streak Promises Rain Through Thursday
Weather forecast grows wetter with a 30 percent chance tonight and 70 percent on Thursday. Expect mostly cloudy skies and rising temps tonight, then cooler with occasional rain Thursday and a high near 50. Friday looks partly cloudy and warmer. last night dipped to 27 with tonight near the low 30s.
Parking Project Plaza Block Land Bought By RAY HUBBARD
Redevelopment Commission reports three more parcels bought for the Plaza Block parking project. Henry Price says Atlanta approved a total $142 000 for parcels fronting High and Elm streets with center block warehouses owned by I M Lassiter.
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Ray Hubbard
Redevelopment Commission
Plaza Block
Henry Price
Commission
Atlanta
High
Elm Streets
I. M. Lassiter
High Point College
J. S. Welborn
S. Main
Price
Lassiter
PLAZA
Motel Truck Stop to Be Sold for Defaulted Payments
The 29 70 (Longview) Motel and Truck Stop near Thomasville on Interstate 85, closed under a court padlocking order after a vice raid, will be auctioned December 27. Walter F. Brinkley, trustee, says the high bidder must post 10 percent up to 1000 and 5 percent above that. sale requires Superior Court approval.
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Thomasville
Longview
Walter F. Brinkley
Lexington
G. Durmont Conrad
Brinkley
Davidson County
Superior Court
Davidson
Firefighters Extinguish Two City Auto Fires
Firemen battled two automobile blazes yesterday, one on E Holly Hill at 6 10 p m and another on Mary James Avenue at 7 35 p m.
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Thomasville
E. Holly Hill
Mary James Avenue
Bomb probe continues into Lexington sheriff's car blast
Investigation into the early Monday bombing of Sheriff Fred C. Sink's personal auto in his yard proceeds with no arrests. The blast demolished the car and shattered windows at the sheriff's home. Demolition experts call it dynamite with FBI SBI and Lexington Police Dept. aiding in the probe.
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Lexington
Fred C. Sink
Sheriff's Department
FBI
SBI
Lexington Police Dept
Jamestown Growth Plans Outlined In Community Study
Guilford County Planning Dept prepared a Community Facilities Plan for Jamestown proposing extending water and sewer lines toward Greensboro, improving fire and police protection, and expanding utilities and street lighting. The study notes population growth from 1,340 now to about 2,200 by 1980 and area growth to about 20,000 by 1985, with waste disposal concerns and several sewer extension options including Sedgefield and Cedarwood areas.
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Jamestown
Greensboro
Guilford County
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Charles Forbis
County Planning Dept
Forbis
Jamestown-Guilford College Road
High Point
Cedarwood
Southern Railroad
Vickery Chapel Road
Sedgefield
Reddick’s Creek
High Point Employee Cleared in Manslaughter Case
Harold B. Grace, 519 Gatewood Ave, was acquitted on two counts of manslaughter and two of reckless driving in Randolph County Superior Court over the April 10 highway death of two men on Route 29 near High Point. The judge ruled the state failed to prove culpable negligence. Grace, a High Point water department employee, faced the charges arising from the incident involving Willie Andrews and Robert M. Jones.
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Asheboro
High Point
Randolph County Superior Court
Harold B. Grace
Gatewood Ave
Highway 29
Grace
Willie Andrews
Rt. 8
Lexington
Robert M. Jones
Rt. 3
Andrews
Superior Court
Thomas Seay Jr
Groce
Water Cens
High In
Seay
Myrtle York
Jerry Whittington
Trinity
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High Point Enterprise
Cillan
Tory
HPC News Bureau
P.O
Robert Davis
Enterprise
County Superior Court
Robert M. Gambill
Conrad
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Oakdale Cotton Mills
Randleman Lake
Bull Run
Reddick’s
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