Downtown Elm Street bottleneck to ease with road widenings
Traffic engineer R V Moss says final paving on Elm Street will open during the furniture market. Projects widen Elm from Vail to Ward and extend Ward to S Hamilton, connect to Highland Place, and widen the Commerce to Vail segment next year pending CD funds.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point
Elm Street
Main Street
Elm
High
Commerce
R.V. Moss
Moss
Elm Drive
Federal Community Development
Vail Street
Ward Street
Highland Place
Ward
S. Hamilton Street
High Point Housing Authority
Vail
Parkway
Elm Street Open For Market Traffic In High Point
City officials announced that the one block of Elm Street in downtown High Point will open to traffic during the furniture market starting Thursday though construction is not yet finished.
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Elm Street
High Point
Area Democrats In Controversy Over Election
High Point Democrat Scott Tobin will appeal a Guilford County Democratic Party ruling reversing a party election. Patti Eckard of Greensboro is named winner. Tobin argues clerical error. An appeal to State Democratic Chairman Betty McCain seeks a Council of Review meeting and a final decision.
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Scott Tobin
High Point
Guilford County
Democratic Party
Russ Clark
Tobin
Clark
Patti Eckard
Greensboro
Mark McDaniel
Prayers Accompany Spencers To California Court Martial
William and Jean Spencer fly to Camp Pendleton California to support their son Sgt William M Spencer Jr at a court martial for attempted murder aggravated assault and conspiracy in the November 13 1976 interracial attack at the base The case sparked Klansmen presence reports and drew church prayers as the Spencers join other black Marines facing similar charges and defense by civilian and military attorneys.
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William
Jean Spencer
High Point
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Memorial United Methodist Church
Spencers
California
William M. Spencer Jr
Spencer
Ku Klux Klan
William and
Operation SLAP outcomes and sentences in Greensboro High Point
Five months after Operation SLAP ended, nine convicted 11 awaiting trial and 11 at large. Sentences reach up to 10 years. 373 grand jury indictments and $286,848.20 recovered. High Point unit operated from a TV repair store. no new arrests after June.
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John Lowe
Greensboro
High Point
S. Elm Street
Taylor Avenue
Snowy Weekend in North Carolina Mountains
The report notes light snow at a vacation cabin near West Jefferson in upper Wilkes County with larger accumulations in other North Carolina mountain areas reaching several inches.
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Wilkes County
West Jefferson
North Carolina Mountains
Tavern Rezoning Request Denied In Guilford County Vote
Guilford County Board of Commissioners denied a rezoning request to turn watershed residential land on Penny Road at Sunnyvale Road into business to host a tavern. The 3 to 2 vote followed neighborhood opposition and a warning that nearby Florence Elementary School is close. Garland Ellison and Viola McCullum defended the plan as a quiet family venture.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Florence
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Viola McCullum
Oscar Cole
Ogden Deal
Robert Landreth
Gaston Faison
Forrest Campbell
Bert Hall
Garland Ellison
McCullum
Deal
Florence Elementary School
Guilford County Planning Board
Roanne Way
Guilford College Road
Sandy Ridge Road
Deep River Township
High Point
Bame Road
Joe Road
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Lindsay Street
Dalton Street Railroad
Broad Street
Lindsay
Broad
Dalton Street
Dalton
N. Wrenn
Westwood
N. Hamilton
S. Wrenn
S. Hamilton
Sonny Hedgecock
Area Democrats
William Spencer
Superior Court
Jack Green
S. T. Myers
Roland M. Holmes
Hoover Ave
Holmes
Thurley Smith
Kivett Drive
Clarence Lee France
N. Centennial Street
Clifton Ballard
Fairview Street
North Carolina
Micki McCall
High Pointer
J.V. Morgan
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