High Point council advances beer permit denial on Leonard Street
High Point city council tentatively denied Flash Market beer license on Leonard Street amid opposition from Councilman Samuel Burford, citing proximity to a school and five churches. City Attorney Knox Walker argued no clear grounds under state rules, while confusion over The Wick and Taper novelty shop arose during deliberations.
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High Point
Leonard Street
Samuel Burford
Knox Walker
Ray Street School
Little Red School
Vote On Liquor In Lenoir And Four Surry Towns
Citizens in Lenoir Caldwell County and four Surry County towns voted on state controlled liquor stores. Council members discussed church concerns and the minimal role city councils have under a revised state ABC law taking effect next month removing the 50 foot church setback.
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Lenoir
Caldwell County
Surry County
Attendance High At Fair Opening
Open ing night at Welch Fair Grounds features the Over the Hill Gang rock show and a crowded exhibit hall with blue ribbon farm displays. Jerry Watson notes attendance surpassed last year as the High Point Jaycees sponsor a week of free schools day admissions and nightly performances by Tom m y Fa ile Browning Bryant George Hamilton IV and Joyland midway shows. Jere Ayers of Highland Cotton Mills joins the Governor's Executive Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.
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Welch Fairgrounds
Bundy Road
Guil Rand Fowl Fanciers Club
Jerry Watson
High Point Fair Assn
High Point Jaycees
Tommy Faile
Arthur Smith
Browning Bryant
George Hamilton IV
Thomas Joyland
Boy Scout Troop 14
Jere A. Ayers
Highland Cotton Mills
Cloverdale Dye Works, Inc
Ayers
Sedgefield
Ban On Direct-Line Fire Alarms Pushed
City leaders consider an ordinance to ban sale and use of direct line fire alarm devices that dial the fire department automatically. Fire officials say such systems can trip by nonheat events and tie up lines, hampering reporting of actual fires.
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Fire Department
Knox Walker
Walker
Harold Cheek
Nine Year Old Asks Winning Question About Cameras
Randy Hill, 9, of Archdale, asks how cameras take pictures. The Trindale Elementary student with a twin brother and photographer-inclined family explains camera parts like shutter iris and lens, comparing them to the human eye in simple terms.
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Randall Thomas Hill
Wood Avenue
Archdale
Randy
Samuel Hill
Trindale Elementary
Sammy
Andy
Revaluation Nears Finish as Guilford County Hits 92 Percent
Guilford County nears completion of the Cole-Layer-Trumble revaluation project with 92 percent done. By month end 95 percent expected, with February notices of 1972 valuations to landowners.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
C. R. Brooks
Brooks
Cole-Layer-Trumble Co
Ece
Board of Equalization and Review
McGeachy Bids For Atty. General Post In 1972
Fayetteville North Carolina veteran State Senator Hector McGeachy D Cumberland says he would like to take the office of Attorney General next year if Robert Morgan does not seek reelection.
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Fayetteville, N.C
Robert Morgan
Hector McGeachy
Cumberland
Council Boosts Brentwood Street Shopping Center Rezoning
City Council signaled approval of a High Point Business Development Corp. rezoning request to change 64 acres between Drew Avenue and Lamb Street from residential MA to neighborhood retail. The move challenges a prior Planning and Zoning Commission denial and requires a three fourths majority to override.
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Brentwood Street
Carson Stout Homes
High Point Business Development Corp
Drew Avenue
Lamb Street
High Point Planning and Zoning Commission
John Langford
High Point
Don Hubbard
Housing Authority
Farmington de
Westminister Co
Greensboro
Business Development Corp
Arthur Kirkman
Planning and Zoning Commission
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Jim Pearce
Ken Nickerson
Jim Stratford
Troop 14
High Point Friends Meeting
Jeff Curtis
Harvey Lafon
Volney Horney
State Post
Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Randy Hill
Morgan's Office
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