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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1971
Page
13
A dated local newspaper snippet from September 20, 1971, highlights ongoing community items in the High Point section. The note indicates Monday afternoon coverage focusing on local happenings and public notices in the High Point area.
The city holds the Plaza Block site in downtown High Point and paid the Redevelopment Commission nearly 479 500 for property on S Main Street and S Hamilton Streets plus land for a ground level parking lot The project faces funding hurdles with bond sales lagging and no timetable for construction Officials say the redeveloper commission will clear structures and the city will build the parking facility while financing remains unsettled
The unclad body of a white woman was found in a field off Blandwood Circle near the National Spring Corporation plant. Det. Capt. George Leverette said the death cause is undetermined and the woman likely died six to eight hours earlier. Her description includes 5 feet 2 inches, 100 pounds, dark brown hair and eyes, with prior surgeries noted by the medical examiner. Clothing lay piled over the body.
Eight thousand people attended the second annual outdoor festival Sunday in the Park at City Lake Park in the High Point area. More than 3,000 cars filled park spaces as planners credited a rain delay for giving extra preparation time.
A HUD regional official could not confirm if the Southside urban renewal project would receive priority funding under the Model Cities program. The East Central style approach shifts to annual National Development Program funding, as High Point revises its 240 acre plan for the southwest slum.
Thomasville police charged Johnny Hunt and Donald Kenead with breaking and entering larceny and receiving for stealing $50 and $70 stereo tape players from cars at Thompson Ford Co. Both released on $350 bonds. Trials set for Oct 7. Clarence Guntherg charged with simple assault and battery. George Paul Vernon arrested for drunken driving.
Bedford Drive resident Robert Marion Myers, 24, jailed on assault with a deadly weapon and multiple traffic counts after allegedly hitting an officer with his car. Other weekend arrests include Allan Michael Papa dines for speeding and marijuana possession, several thefts of vehicles, boot thefts from N. C. Leather Co., and multiple DUI and weapon charges across the area.
High Point Republicans join countywide efforts to elect precinct officers and delegates for the county biennial in Greensboro at 2 p.m. Oct 2. Voting starts at 7:30 p.m. in most precincts. Precinct 13 meets at Blair Park Clubhouse. Morris Adams announces Sept 27 township convention at 7:30 p.m. at City-County Building.
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