Pageant Notebook Preparations Like Furniture Market
Atlantic City Miss America pageant builds towards NBC telecast at Convention Hall. Messy setup gives way to spotless showrooms as judges prepare for two hour broadcast. Bert Parks hosts with Phyllis George and Terry Meeuwsen. Judges include Gray, Farrell, Hayes, Healy, Meixell, Mitchell, Haynes, and Foy Jr.
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Robert Marks
Atlantic City
NBC
High Point
Convention Hall
Albert A. Marks Jr
Phyllis George
Terry Meeuwsen
Glenn Osser
University of Indiana
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Jeanne Meixell
Gilbert Mitchell
Condo
United States Army Band
Northern Virginia Chamber Orchestra
Trudy Haynes
Philadelphia
Eddie Foy Jr
Miss North Carolina Susan Griffin Shines in Pageant Talent
Susan Lynn Griffin of High Point drew audience acclaim for her performance in the Miss America talent preliminaries, though judges chose other winners. Jean Ahern of Hinsdale won talent in her group, while Lucianne Buchanan of Claremont led the swimsuit round. The field narrows to 10 finalists with finals tonight on NBC.
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Robert Marks Enterprise
Arang City
North Carolina
Susan Lynn Griffin
High Point
Susan
Illinois
Jean Ahern
Hinsdale
Convention Hall
Lucianne Buchanan
Claremont
Toni Pat
NBC
Bert Parks
Susan -Lynn “Griffin
Asso
Clarence
Ann Jump
Jack
Marilyn Bell
Bob
Pat Lee
Robert Lee
Charles Jarrell
Steven Byrd
Ervin L. Griffin
Atlantic City
Breakins and Shooting Reported in Local Incidents
Debbie Watson of E Fairfield Road suffered a minor gunshot wound at a Prospect Street service station when a friend’s .32 caliber pistol discharged. Thieves hit Holiday Motors on W Green Drive taking keys, three dealer tags, and a 1973 model car. suspects held in custody in Galax, Virginia. Burglars pried doors at American Auto Supply on S Main Street. other homes on Somerset Court and Kennedy Street were ransacked with missing items including an $18 watch and an unspecified number of pills. Bray Electric Company door knob pried. Smith’s Package Store shot at, front door and ice machine damaged. Cars on Clifton Street and N Main Street reported thefts. bicycles stolen from Hillcrest Drive. A 15-year-old was charged with breaking into Shelby Sherwood’s home on Johnson Street. a 10-year-old was detained then released after a false fire alarm. Marijuana charges against two men and others noted. }
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Debbie Watson
E. Fairfield Road
Ms. Watson
Prospect Street
Lincoln Drive
Holiday Motors
W. Green Drive
Galax
American Auto Supply
S. Main Street
Quentine Hodgin
Somerset Court
Harvey Jay Hoover Jr
Kennedy Street
Virgil William Cash
Phillips Street
Bray Electric Company
S. Hamilton Street
Smith’s Package Store
English Road
Linell Williams
Franklin Street
Clifton Street
Steven Irvin Morris
Walkertown
Libby Hill Seafood
N. Main Street
Mark Drew Garrett
Hillcrest Drive
Phillis Ann Burton
Kent Street
Shelby Sherwood
Johnson Street
Walnut Street
Granby Avenue
Ronald Lee Terry
Whitsett
Clarence Lee Everett
Gibsonville
Fannie Catherine Bell
Thomas James Bell
Tax Take Down For Guilford County Intangible Taxes
GREENSBORO The county received 1 073 649 59 in intangible tax from the North Carolina Dept of Revenue for 1973 74, about 180 000 below last year at this time. The figure exceeded the budgeted 1 million.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
North Carolina Dept. of Revenue
Thomas Cashwell
Cashwell
Dept. of Revenue
Two School Bus Accidents Kill Child, Injure Seventeen
Two separate rain slick incidents near Asheboro and Winston-Salem claim one life and injure seventeen as buses evacuate students. Penny Woodall, 10, died after a car struck her at a bus stop on U S 220 seven miles south of Asheboro. In Davidson County, a van transporting pompyere to a church school overturned on U S 62, injuring fifteen children and several adults while driver Tony Shumaker, 16, was charged with speeding. Hospitalized victims ranged from 5 to 40, with multiple in critical or serious condition, and several drivers facing injuries or charges.
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Randolph
Davidson
Penny Elizabeth Woodall
U.S 220
Asheboro
Randolph County
Seagrove
Robert R. Skelton
Patricia King
Skelton
Pompyere
U.S. 62
Winston-Salem
Davidson County
Joe Bowers
Tony Ra Shumaker
Garland Drive
Welcome
Robert Junior Billings
Rt. 10
Lexington
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Lisa West
Rt. 9
Harold West
Council Eying Erosion Measure
Thomasville City Council plans to consider a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan from the planning department. The measure would require grading permits, impose buffers near water bodies, and mandate notification and seeding of vacant slopes, with exemptions for government and small agricultural projects. The ordinance hinges on planning approvals and state contractor review.
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Thomasville
City Planning Department
Paul Key
N. C
Key
Lake Tom-Alex
Fair To Open If Rain Permits
Guilford County Agricultural Fair, delayed by heavy rain, aimed to open at noon weather permitting. Steve Murphy of the High Point Jaycees said the fair could shift to Sunday at 1 p.m. Exhibits rides and midway sit beside Bundy Road off Penny Road in Florence. Fireworks may be postponed if rain persists to avoid wet car ash risk.
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Guilford County
Murphy
Mae
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Marks
United States
Wellington B. Gray
School of Art
East Carolina University
Greenville
Eileen Farrell
Mark Austin
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Focal News
AP News
Post Office
Ward
Grifith Company
Guilford
Lat A
Shumaker
Bowers
Mark T. Lowder
Albermarle
Rock Creek Park
Ar Ric
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