Police Hearings Wind Up First Week Of Testimony
City Council hearings on police conduct focus on High Point liquor houses. ABC agent Larry Rogers testified he conducted undercover buys from Feb 6 1974 to July 15 1974 and observed frequent police warnings and possible collusion. He saw unmarked cars with police ID near operations and estimated 40 illegal liquor houses operating during five months in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
High Point
Larry Rogers
ABC Board
Raleigh
Rogers
B. F. Collins
Ed Holmes
Rachel Gray
Vice Squad
Council
Holmes
High Point Force
Collins
Andrews Homecoming Victories Highlight Friday Events
Andrews High School celebrated a double win with the football team topping Morehead High on Friday and the Art Club winning the Homecoming float contest. The Little Red Riding Raider float led the judging among 16 entries, with Reyettes and Anchor Club as runners-up and Spanish and DECA earning honorable mentions. No parade occurred as floats stayed in the parking lot. Homecoming queen Vicki Strawberry was crowned at halftime, escorted by Maurice Medley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews High
Morehead High
Reyettes
Vicki Strawberry
Maurice Medley
Gun Fires Wounds High Point Man In Leg
A man from Wa verly Street, John L Boyles, 48, was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital after a .22 caliber rifle discharged as he reached for it in a closet. Robert Webb, 29, of N Centennial Dr, also was treated for a gunshot wound to his lower right leg at High Point Memorial Hospital after a loud noise woke him at a Downing Street residence. Police say Webb walked to an E Washington Drive residence for transport. Additional incidents include a break in at Deeks Co on Blandwood Circle with $2450 in equipment stolen, an assault at the Martin Twin Theater on College Street, vandalism to seven High Point Central buses, a radio theft from Lil General Store, a car radio theft on West High Street, a bicycle theft at Northeast Junior High, and a bicycle theft description of a tall youth in maroon pants and a white sweater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Boyles
Waverly Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Boyles
Robert Webb
N. Centennial Dr
Downing Street
Martin Twin
Cherie Cooley
College Street
Thomasville
High Point Central High School
Lil General
E. Green Drive
W. High Street
Roger Dave Transeau
Trinity
High Point Merchant Promotion Awards First Prize
Rita Farlow wins the initial $100 in the Million Dollar Value Days promotion with two more winners to be drawn from city entries. The event is run by the High Point Merchants Association this weekend across various city locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Farlow
Beaucrést Dr
High Point’ Merchants’ Assn
North Carolina Farms Rank In National Top Ten
North Carolina ranks among the top 10 states in many major farm commodities for 1973 with tobacco, sweet potatoes, and forest products leading nationally. Grapes show rising interest as wine prospects, while the state excels in turkeys eggs broilers apples and soybeans. Farm earnings hit a record 2.38 billion dollars in 1973 amid agricultural growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Tar Heels
North Carolina
Georgia
Midwest
France
Italy
N.C. Crop Reporting Service
Multiple youth defendants in district court cases
Suspect Michael W. Gray aged 17 received a two year suspended sentence and probation after pleading guilty to accessory after the fact and larceny after breaking and entering. Several others including Terry L. Gray Frank B. Tucker Lee T. Henderson and Vickie L. Jones faced similar charges with pleas to misdemeanor breaking and entering or larceny by an employee and were placed on probation or bound over for Superior Court. Additional defendants Douglas C. Cheves Calvin Jones and Eddie Wilson faced drunken driving and larceny related charges with various outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael W. Gray
Potts Avenue
Gray
Terry L. Gray
Frank B. Tucker
Burton Street
Lee T. Henderson
Archdale
Donald R. Hicks
N. Hamilton Street
Eddie Wilson
Jesse Ridley
Vickie L. Jones
Calvin Jones
Douglas C. Cheves
Wiltshire Street
Albert B. Alston
Greensboro
Women Workers Increase In Home Labor Force
Approximately 40 percent of married women now work in jobs covered by social security, up from 30 percent in 1960, according to D W Arrison social security manager In High Point. About 19 million married women work outside the home versus 12 million in 1960 per the U S Dept of Labor. Nine of ten jobs are covered by social security and benefits may be paid to a wife on her work record even if her husband still works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Arrison
High Point
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Seven Education Meetings Planned in Guilford County
A series of seven community meetings opens Monday at 7 15 p m at the Guilford County Agricultural Center under Rural-Suburban Community Council sponsorship. Sessions feature a musical program a major speaker or panel and an hour of discussion through Nov 25. Dr James MacDonald of UNC Greensboro will speak at the opening with Dr Richard Bardolph and Dr Margaret Hunt as supports, musical artist Paul Sandifer. Topics cover the educational role of family public schools changing society the value of education and citizens roles with final session “Where Do We Go From Here?” Funding comes from the North Carolina Committee for Continuing Education in the Humanities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County Agricultural Center
James “MacDonald
Education Dept
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Richard Bardolph
Unc-G
Margaret “Hunt
Paul Sandifer
North Carolina Committee For Continuing Education
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Charlotte
High Point Enterprise
Atos By
Sor
Northeast Junior High School
James E. Lambeth Jr
Erwin-Lambeth, Inc
High ‘Point
Meredith College Board of Associates
Lambeth
Thomasville High Point
Thomasville High School
Meredith College
High Point Public Library
Furniture City Elks Lodge No
Piedmont Temple No
High Point Voluntary Action Center
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
VAC
Center
Don Bouldin
Trinity Senior High School
Enterprise
N.C
John Morrisey
N.C. Association of County Commissioners
Law and Order Committee
David Jones
Secretary of Corrections
Morrisey
State Board of Education
Mildred Strickland
Smithfield
Bill Noblitt
High-Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
Suney
Associated
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