New Council Expected To Raise Electric Rates
Incoming High Point City Council faces raising electric rates to align with Duke Power Co. Officials note past boosts by Duke and interim city adjustments, with Mayor-elect Paul Clapp supporting a rate schedule identical to Duke’s. Current projections show city profits from electricity around $1.3 million annually.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
Duke Power Co
Paul Clapp
Duke
Clapp
Duke's
Pneumonia Blamed For Death Of Local Youth
The body of 13 year old Thomas Dwayne Morgan of 220 Hobson Street was found Thursday evening in a Gatewood Avenue parking lot. An autopsy ruled his death from pneumonia described as walking pneumonia. He was a Ferndale Junior High seventh grader born April 21 1960. Survivors include his mother Carolyn Morgan a brother Anthony Morgan and grandparents Leon Morgan and Mrs Johnsie Morgan. Funeral services set for Sunday 1 p.m. at First Emmanuel Baptist Church with viewing at Moore Funeral Home the preceding evening.
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Thomas Dwayne Morgan
Hobson St
Carolyn Morgan
Washington Drive
Gatewood
Asheboro
Ferndale Junior High School
Anthony Morgan
High Point
Johnsie Morgan
Leon Morgan
Carthage
First Emmanuel Baptist Church
D. D. Mason
Moore Funeral Home
Hijacked Plane Crisis Escalates in In-Flight Blackmail
In 1973 amid a hijacking crisis, Arabs threaten gunpoint control on a jet. Passengers debate tossing an Israeli and a Dutchman to save others as Faisal demands compliance. Tensions rise, fuel dwindles, a grenade appears as dialogue unfolds.
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Faisal
Background Of Woman Investigated In Missing Case
Randolph County and state officers pursue a background study of Dema Rose Sheffner 19 missing since Tuesday night. Her abandoned car was found on U S 220 near an embankment after she left Greensboro en route to Randleman. A blue car seen nearby and a bumper dent are noted while a nationwide search continues.
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Asheboro
Rt. 1
Randleman
Randolph County
Dema Rose Sheffner
U.S
Greensboro
Brown
Local Students Named to Who's Who Among Campus Leaders
Two High Point students earn spots in the 1973 74 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Paul S Lester of Tabor Street studies law enforcement at Guilford College as a Dana Scholar and serves with High Point Police Department. Queenie Elizabeth Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs James Harris of Mount Place majors in social science at Elizabeth City State University.
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High Point
Paul S. Lester
Tabor Street
Guilford College
Dana
Hig Point
Queenie Elizabeth Harris
James Harris
Mount Place
Elizabeth City State University
Stolen Truck Recovered and Site Break-In Probeed
Police reported a Bike Electric Construction Co. truck stolen November 20 from a Brentwood and I-85 site was found in Atlanta. The break-in also hit a trailer office on the same site. The investigation continues. Burglary at a nearby La Chateau site on I-85 near S Main St reported no missing items. Several car and home burglaries yielded various stolen items including a pistol, tapes, a jacket and a wedding band.
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Bike Electric Construction Co
Brentwood
I-85
Atlanta
Barry Mitchell Stallings
Wiltshire Drive
la Chateau
S. Main Street
Raymond Lee Newton
Kivett Drive
Frank Williams
W. Ray Street
J. M. Parker
Ennis Street
Pearlie Mae Dixon
Meadow Place
R. H H. Barringer
Limits On Developments Refused By Planners
Guilford County Planning Board rejects a 2.5 dwelling units per acre limit for planned unit developments in watershed areas. They also reject a 20 percent land open space requirement and the proposed density bonus up to 25 percent for street or utility work or land donations. The panel will send its open space definition and other provisions to the Board of Commissioners for a Dec 17 hearing.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Planning Board
Amendment Board
Planning Board
Robert Shaw
Board of County Commissioners
Planning Dept
Board
Board of Commissioners
Cardinal Corp
Charles Price
Price
Frye Named Delegation Chairman
Greensboro delegates elect Rep Henry Frye as Guilford County caucus chairman for the 1974 General Assembly. Frye, first black NC legislator this century, eyed as a future House speaker or Democratic Whip. succeeding Rep Charles Phillips who did not seek reelection. The delegation also heard requests from Greensboro City Council and Judge E D Kuykendall for new district court judge, stricter blue light penalties, and mental illness commitment law revisions.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Henry Frye
Frye
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Lynwood Smith
High Point
Coolidge Murrow
Charles Phillips
E. D. Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Oil Dealers Warned on Spills Amid Energy Crisis
About 84 Randolph oil dealers and local emergency crews heard NC Oil Jobbers Assn leaders urge preparedness for spills. Richard Pugh stressed responsibility rests with the person in control of the oil. Gerald Matthews outlined state and federal spill laws and penalties for noncompliance.
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Don Wrenn
Asheboro
Randolph
Randolph Oil
North Carolina Oil Jobbers Assn
Raleigh
Richard Pugh
State Oil Jobbers Association
Gerald Matthews
State Association
Matthews
North Carolina
Pugh
Bill Kemp
The
Association
Kemp
Cheer Fund Donations Start Slow This Christmas Season
The 1973 Christmas Cheer Fund opens with $145 raised toward an $8 500 goal, with the largest gift of $50 from the N C Fabric Mens Club. If last year’s pattern holds, contributions should rise by next week as the fund prepares toys for eligible families and food certificates before Christmas. Donations may be sent to The Enterprise P O Box 1009 or the Cheer Fund P O Box 5467.
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N.C. Fabric Mens’ Club
Enterprise
P.O. Box
Cheer Fund
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N. C. Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
T. Wingate Andrews
Gatewood Avenue
Art Buchwald
Washington
Alors
Zut
Basta
Los Angeles Times
Lloyd Brown
Who
Art Richardson
Rone
Towne Theatre
Ralph Gilmore
Thomasville
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
N.C. Fabric Men's Club
H. Baker
Perry
Lucy
Jane Dowdy
Tonya
Vonda Booker
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