Projects To Improve City Power Service
Two major power projects are underway to upgrade High Point’s electrical distribution. A second phase builds a higher voltage transmission loop from Alleghany Baker roads around the Burton Street Substation to English Road, with a further phase extending to Hammer Street. A third phase would link Hammer Street to the Deep River substation, pending financing and Westchester widening. Bond funds finance the Burton Street expansion and the Burton Street substation upgrade, funded by a $2 million electrical improvement bond approved by voters. The new 100,000 volt loop will replace the old 60,000 volt system and provide standby capacity for growth.
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City of High Point
Alleghany- Baker
Westchester Drive
Westchester
L.C. Williams
Public Utilities
Hammer Street
Deep River
Burton Street
Williams
The Poor Person Previews A Campaign Grind
In a street corner exchange amid an election season, Sedgewicke explains that October brings political tempo for the poor. He notes media attention, divides poverty labels, and recalls a supermarket stop where a senator pledges concern for poverty as cameras roll.
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Washington
Sedgewicke
Child Hit by Car in Multiple School Street Incidents
Six year old Annie Laurie Hughes of New Street was listed in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial after being struck by a car driven by Luther Ray Jones. Witnesses said she darted into Brentwood Street near Gavin Drive at 6 p.m. Jones faces charge for failing to yield at a stop sign as other minor wrecks on Lindsay Street and W Green Drive injured several people. A separate crash on Lindsay Street at Quaker Lane injured Annamaria Ferree Jones and Marie Perrtee. The other driver, Paul Elwood Grant Jr., was involved in a minor collision on Woodrow Avenue. A car on E Green Drive near New Street overturned after failing to turn. Steve Gordon faced speed charges. Damage to a 1974 model car estimated at $2,000.
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Annie Laurie Hughes
New Street
High Point Memorial
Luther Ray Jones
Camden Avenue
Brentwood Street
Gavin Drive
Annamaria Ferree Jones
Sinclair “Street
Marie Pértee
Glenmore -Circle
Lindsay Street
Quaker Lane
Paul Elwood -Grant Jr
Woodrow Avenue
Ms. Jones
Elaine Stricklan Cole
Radford Street
Abraham Parson
W. Willis Avenue
W. Green Drive
Wallet Taken in Vernon Street Robbery Report
Napoleon Wall says a man and two women robbed him on Vernon Street around 11 p.m. of his wallet containing $150. James Martin reports burglars forced a sliding glass door, causing $150 in damage and stealing two televisions worth $608. Harry A. Knight reports tools worth $775 stolen from a utility room through a window.
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Napoleon Wall
E. Russell Avenue
Wall
Vernon Street
Harry A. Knight
Blain Court
Knight
James Martin
E. Commerce Avenue
Showroom Tour Draws Trend Line Buyers From Hickory
About 350 people on eight buses traveled from Hickory to view the Trend Line showroom in the Mohasco display area on the third floor of the Commerce Street Wing in High Point. Burglars hit Kaye service station on English Road then stole 30 cartons of cigarettes valued at 90 dollars, and a tape player plus motor parts worth 110 dollars from a car at J and B Used Cars on Sherman Road. A 15 year old boy was charged with forgery. Margaret Gayle McCollum, 17, was arrested on drug charges including marijuana possession and drug conspiracy. Howard C Robbins, 19, faced marijuana possession and public drunkenness charges. Larceny charges were filed against Billy Elliott, 37, and James Mitchell Dowda, 17.
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Ing
Hickory
Trend Line
Mohasco Corp
Mohasco
Commerce Street
Sherman Road
Margaret Gayle McCollum
Centennial Street
Howard C. Robbins
Bethel Drive
Billy Elliott
Spring Valley Apartments
James Mitchell Dowda
N. Hamilton
Haunted House To Open At Seven In High Point
The High Point Youth Council hosts a haunted house at 108 W Ray St opening tonight at 7. It runs 7-11 p.m. tonight and Sunday, 7-10 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, and 7-11 p.m. Thursday Halloween night. Admission is 50 cents. Clubs include Allen Jay FTA, Andrews FTA and Distributive Education, High Point Central Futurists, Key Club and Sub-duniors. Sponsored by the Youth Council with the city parks department.
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High Point Youth Council
W. Ray St
Allen Jay
Future Teachers of America
FTA
Future Business Leaders of America
Andrews Fta
High Point Central Futurists Club
Key Club
Sub-duniors
City Parks and Recreation Department
Pony Killed In Collision Near Thomasville
A pony owned by Woodrow Hunt broke free from a nearby enclosure and ran into a northbound 1974 station wagon on Kennedy Road about 6 45 this morning one mile south of Thomasville North Carolina. Patrolman Bill Malcolm reported the collision caused about 250 dollars in vehicle damage.
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Thomasville
N.C
Kennedy Road
Malcolm
Sentences handed down by Crissman in drug cases
Superior Court Judge Walter Crissman handed down active terms and long probation in a criminal session. Gene McKay Warner and Gregory Palmer drew three years active for drug possession. Robert Sullivan received three to five years with suspensions on related charges. others, including Ray Lewis Long, Samuel Adams Moore, and Leroy Wright, received varying suspensions and probation on drug, robbery, embezzlement, forgery, larceny, and related offenses.
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Superior Court
Walter E. Crissman
High Point
Gene McKay Warner
Gregory James Palmer
Robert Sullivan
Sullivan
Ray Lewis Long
Danny Angelou Adams
Scott William Grubb
Arlie Zelon Luck
Samuel Adams Moore Drew
Robert J. Crawford
Henry Amos Ingram
Leroy Wright
Kenneth Douglas Gurley
Carson backs free competition in consumer protection
North Carolina Attorney General James Carson told the High Point Kiwanis Club that consumer protection should promote free competition. He cited a $12 million civil suit against nine milk processors for price fixing and outlined the AG office role in complaints and utilities hearings. Carson urged competition over fair trade restrictions, announced a planned white collar crime unit funded by a $157,000 federal grant, and warned that North Carolina faces growing organized crime and drug-related crime.
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Robert Marks
Atty
James Carson
High Point Kiwanis Club
Attorney General
Carson
Tate
State Utilities Commission
North Carolina
James Holshouser
Rufus Edmisten
Robert Morgan
U.S. Senate
Kiwanis Club
Piedmont
General Assembly
Attorney General’s Office
Sea Carson
Damages Reported In Bakery Fire And Other incidents
Firefighters from Jamestown and City units responded to Tip Top Bakery on High Point Road where insulation around an oven ignited but caused minimal damage. A separate outbuilding behind Chatham Avenue suffered an unknown-fire incident. Additional calls included a leaf fire on E Green Drive, a wreck on E Green, and a false alarm at English Road and Whittier.
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Jamestown Fire Dept
Tip Top
High Point Road
Jamestown Department
High Point
Chatham Avenue
E. Green Drive
E. Green
English Road
Whittier Drive
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Tony Simeon
High Point City
A.J. Simeon
Central
Andrews
Simeon
Mark Austin
Senator
Los Angeles Times
Kaye
Tommy Harrison
Owens
Frank Timberlake
Gunter, McDaniel
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
AP News
Post Office
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising
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