Fire Severely Damages Kennedy Hill Market
Midway Curb Market on Highway 29A in Kennedy Hill was badly damaged by a Friday night blaze. Chief A Wright said crews arrived after the fire was well involved. the sales area suffered total loss. Cause undetermined. operators had been repainting. Owner named Clinton Hawks. Firefighters lacked in area hydrants and water-hauling hampered efforts. Local residents are being urged to join Hasty Water Inc to bring piped water to the area. about half of 1000 members have been secured to date. Reverend Lynwood Hubbard said the goal remains to fund a federal loan and begin pipe installation soon.
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Midway Curb Market
Highway
Kennedy Hill
A. Wright
Clinton Hawks
Wright
Hasty Water, Inc
Lynwood Hubbard
Then
Church of Christ
The
Water Organization
Short Circuit Sparks Fires in Thomasville Residence and Taxi
A floor furnace fault sparked a blaze at 506 Julian Ave yesterday at 12 44 pm. A second call at 6 30 pm cited a short circuit in wiring of a taxi in the 800 block of East Main Street. A false alarm arrived at 10 25 pm directing crews to Tremont Street and Culbreth Avenue.
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Thomasville
Julian Ave
E. Main Street
Tremont Street
Culbreth Avenue
Charlotte Churches Merge to Form United Methodist Church
Two Charlotte churches a predominantly white and a predominantly black congregation will merge on Sunday. Gillespie United Methodist Church will host the new church, with Rev. James E. McCallum of Simpson Memorial United Methodist serving as pastor of the merged group.
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Charlotte
Gillespie United Methodist Church
James E. McCallum
Simpson Memorial United Methodist
Thief Steals Hidden Wealth From Home on Moore Ave
A thief entered a home on Moore Avenue while residents were away between 5:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and stole cash, bonds, and checks totaling over $2,000, including a $1,000 check and a $500 bond. The rear door was used, possibly left unlocked or unlocked with a key in a porch closet. Police arrested Carl Thomas Yates in connection with a separate auto tape recorder theft at Reliance Universal Inc. on Prospect Street. a suspect fled after being chased. A bullet hole was found in a Mack Street residence front door and a .25 caliber slug recovered in the kitchen. Willie Mae Byers reported an assault at 5 a.m. on Mack Street after a man entered through a kitchen window and fled when she screamed.
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Moore Ave
Kearns Tent & Awning Co
Carl Thomas Yates
Lincoln Drive
Reliance Universal, Inc
Prospect Street
Gary Mounts
Thomasville
Yates
Mount
Nathaniel Bridges
Mack Street
Willie Mae Byers
Piedmont Triad seeks HUD Breakthrough housing plan
Representatives from High Point Greensboro and Winston-Salem presented a unified HUD Breakthrough plan for mass produced low cost housing. Gov. Robert Scott and state officials joined the North Carolina delegation as HUD reviews eight North Carolina applications with a decision due November 19.
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Ashington
Piedmont Triad
Department of Housing and Urban Development
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Robert Davis
Mary Seymour
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Lindsay Cox
North Carolina
HUD
Charlotte
Duxham
Hickory-Newton
Raleigh
Fayetteville
Florida
Tennessee
Irvin Aldridge
Department of Local Affairs
Robert Scott
Raleigh-Durham
Rain resumes after long drought in High Point
After a dry spell, umbrellas return as rain continues through the night and into tomorrow in High Point. The weatherman warns to keep the gear handy as the drought breaking rain persists.
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High Point
Traffic Mishaps On Slick Streets Leave 7 Injured
A string of Friday and Friday night accidents on rainslicked High Point streets injured seven motorists and led to several charges. Police logged 19 crashes including two-car, three-car, and single-vehicle incidents with injuries not considered serious. Suspects faced charges such as running a red light DUI leaving the scene driving left of center and following too closely. Names include Marion Hardy Bobby Joyce McDuffie Vickie Lambeth Billy Gene Rushing James Richard Hayes Jacquelyn Templeton Frank Mickey Share Brooks Harrelson Charles Osborne Craig Jack Crowder and Henry Kersey.
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Asheboro
Parks Streets
Marion Hardy
W. Willis Street
Bobby Joyce McDuffie
Clay Street
Jack Junior Lewis
Forrest Avenue
Lindsay
Westwood Street
Jesse Frank Gillean
Mocksville
Lewis Aud
Lewis
N. Main Street
Vickie Sue Lambeth
Thomasville
Billy Gene Rushing
Winston- Slaem
Rushing
Lambeth
Main
Dayton Street
James Richard Hayes
W. College Drive
Jacquelyn Charleson Templeton
Frank Mickey
Cherkoee
Westchester
Parkwood
Mickey
Share Brooks Harrelson
Montlieu Avenue
Circle Drive
Greenwood Avenue
Oxford Place
Charles Osborne Craig
Guilford College
Jack McKeithan Crowder
Walker Street
Henry Alston Kersey
Kivett Drive
Milton Babbitt to Lecture at High Point College
Internationally known composer Milton Babbitt will lecture at High Point College on Monday in Memorial Auditorium at 10 a.m. The free talk, on The Production and Perception of Electronic Music, is sponsored by the Piedmont University Center, bringing scholars to area colleges each year.
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Milton Babbitt
High Point College
Babbitt
Memorial Auditorium
Piedmont University Center
Rain And Cool Is Prediction For Weekend
Weather watchers at Friendship forecast rain and cool temperatures today through Sunday. Rain chance around 80 percent tonight with daytime highs in the high 50s and nights falling to the upper 50s. More than an inch of rain has fallen in the Piedmont, and similar totals are reported statewide.
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Piedmont
CEO Official Backs Away In Food Boycott Project
Guilford County residents push for lower meat and produce prices through the Guilford County Concerned Citizens on Food Prices. EOC executive director Charles Davis stresses unofficial staff support and seeks guidance from the EOC board while maintaining client contact. Davis urges awareness of the national price problem and notes the EOC aids budgeting and decision making for residents. Leaders have sent letters to chain stores and local grocers urging action to reduce prices, with High Point leaders calling for immediate moves if chains do not act.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Concerned Citizens
Guilford County Economic Opportunity Council
Charles Davis
EOC
Davis
High Point
Ralph Johns
Federal Building
EOC Board of Directors
Brick and Mortar Groundbreaking At Commerce Corner
Ground breaking Friday for a $600,000 five story white brick office and commercial building at Commerce and Wrenn streets. Worth Loflin, Mayor Robert Davis and Herman Bernard attend. Two floors already leased. ground floor tenant still sought. A four story base is planned with a fifth added if demand rises.
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Commerce and
Wrenn
Worth Loflin
Robert Davis
Herman Bernard
High Point Man Freed In Appeal
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals freed Ross Joseph Grier of High Point North Carolina who was convicted for failing to report for induction into the military. The reversal cited the draft board’s failure to reopen the case amid new evidence and noted his deferment as a college student followed by a 1-A reclassification in January 1967.
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Richmond
4Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High Point
N.C
U.S. Middle District Court
Ross Joseph Grier
Draft Board
Grier
Building Permits Total 258856 In High Point
New houses and business improvements dominated the week for the city Inspection Division with a total of 258856 dollars in permits. Freeman Hill issued five business permits totaling 100000 and three houses at 121000 plus 48 roofing permits 18741 and 10 fencing permits 3762. Additional dwellings repairs and improvements specified, including a 7500 ware house and 10000 storage shed. New houses include 26000 Longcreek Road 75000 Forest Hill Drive 18000 Dover Street.
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Freeman Hill
Samet Construction Co
Kettering Road
High Point
Blair Park
S. Main Street
Dixon, Hauser and Odum
Lindsay Street
E. C. Cummings
W. Green Drive
Greensboro Road
Jerry Shaver
Longcreek Road
Thad Melnnis
Forest Hill Drive
Harrigan and Dawkins
Dover Street
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
High Point Enterprise
HPC
Lenora Hogue
Florence
Sea Oeo
Dick Swaim
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