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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
9
Forecasters predict cooler, damp conditions for the High Point area over the next two days with a 10 percent rain chance tonight and Tuesday. Wednesday should bring variable cloudiness with little temperature change and scattered showers. Today's high of 77 and a low of 59, with Tuesday's high in the mid 70s and a low around 55.
A two car crash on U S 64 near Bowers Road east of Lexington yesterday left three Thomasville teens dead and injured two others. Jeanie Walker 16 Lexington remained in critical condition and James Ray Slanter 17 Thomasville was in serious condition. The deceased were Slanter half sister Sharol Day 15 and Bonnie Kennedy 14 of Thomasville and Jeffery Sprinkle 16 of Thomasville. Robert Harrison 19 Lexington was treated and released.
The 60 year Leddy Franchise for High Point’s utilities expires in two years, ending private gas electric and bus service. Duke Power and Piedmont Gas now supply most services while Consolidated Bus Lines and City Transit run buses. Legal changes may nullify the franchise or block its continuation as the city faces new contracts.
Republican candidate Richard Barnwell replies to Guilford Democratic Chief Jake Froelich over Kornegay records. He questions donations linked to an address at Greensboro Post Office contractor and notes Kornegay's two passed bills in six years. Barnwell also cites Powell and party aid, defending a Piedmont tax credit bill as boosting local employment.
The North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to lower the voting age to 18. The measure will be presented next year amid a weekend Council of Administration meeting with about 1,500 attendees. The group also backed S-3303 to boost on the job training for farmers and opposed merging National Guard with Army Reserves.
Central Ambulance announces High Point unit will open Oct 1 from the former Red Cross Building at 109 Gatewood Ave with three borrowed ambulances. Equipment for the countywide service is on order, funeral directors will supply vehicles temporarily, and staff will begin 30 day crash training.
Detectives investigated a safe robbery at Joe Levine and Sons on Prospect Street starting Saturday. Thieves reportedly cut the safe with an acetylene torch after entering via a back door past a surrounding fence. Losses are estimated at about 200 dollars. James Wardlaw 21 of Hunter Court faces four larceny counts for using gas stations and leaving without paying. bond set at 375 dollars. John Burton 41 of Thomasville faces a drunk driving charge with a 300 dollar bond.
Thomasville police investigators recovered a small safe behind Commercial Carving Co on Randolph Street near the High Point Thomasville Denton railroad tracks. Detective Lt Verle Stamey noted the door was removed but found with the safe and questioned what robbery occurred. A bird dog is credited with locating the mysterious safe.
The annual YMCA Men’s Club meeting occurs at 6 p.m. today in the Sky Room at the Y. The event features Jeannette Ogg presenting a soprano musical program and the man of the year award.
Reader notes a Monday afternoon item from the High Point section dated September 26 1966. The fragment previews local items and brief notices typical of a community page with no complete details available.
County Accountant Hugh Ross reports Guilford County agencies total past fiscal year income of 22 408 411 90 dollars. County wide operations contributed 15 609 779 66 and local district school and fire funds 4 777 742 55. Ad valorem taxes amounted to 9 415 214 58 with state federal funds 3 969 080 31 and other revenues 616 418 58.
High Point plans to extend zoning one mile into Guilford County with a public hearing tonight. Few property owners have contacted the City Planning Department about the move. Maps showing proposed zoning have been published and are available at the planning office for public viewing.
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