Deaf residents to gain teletype link with High Point police
The High Point Police Dept plans a new TTY teletype system to connect with deaf residents, with six machines in service and four more to be installed soon. The program, aided by Sertoma Club and Rev Aubrey McLellan, includes officer sign language training and a Deaf Community Center in High Point. Funds and offices support Greensboro and College Park Baptist Church efforts. a Greensboro school for the deaf opened Sept 15.
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High Point
June McGhee
Guilford Technical Institute
Sertoma Club
Aubrey McLellan
College Park Baptist Church
Greensboro
Ms. McGhee
Green Street Baptist Church
Thomasville
Morganton
Raleigh
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Peggy Brewer
College Park Baptist
Accident Cuts Power. No One Was Seriously Injured
At 12 40 a.m. a car driven by Robert Bowden and two passengers swerved to avoid another vehicle struck a utility pole guy wire, bringing down two 69 000 volt cables and cutting power from the Commerce Avenue substation. Bill Williams of the Electrical Utilities Dept. said the wires narrowly missed the car and that the pole fed significant city lines including Commerce, Linden Avenue and Burton Street stations.
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Lacy Robert Bowden
Graves Street
Bill Williams
City Electrical Utilities Dept
E. Green Drive
Park Street
Astor Dowdy Towers
High Point
Commerce Avenue
Commerce
Linden Avenue
Burton Street
Williams
Burton
Tate Street
Duke Power
Linden Street
Bowden
Park
Green
Two-Time Rape Reported Near Lexington Avenue
A 21-year-old woman told police she was raped twice by a one-armed deaf man while walking along Lexington Avenue from 2 to 4 a.m. She was treated for facial injuries after being dragged into bushes and later followed, then released. The attack occurred near Westchester Key Apt complex with authorities seeking details.
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Tabor Street
Lexington Avenue
Westchester Key Apt. Complex
Lexington
Country Club Drive
High Point
Roads Counts Fair DOT Answers Criticism
Davidson County road priority battle heats up as DOT officials defend eyeball counts used to rank highway needs. Board member Bob Vaughn and Secondary Roads Council chair Cecil Budd led a press conference, noting manpower swaps between counties and recounts to address voter pressure and past administration studies.
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Phil Speaks
Davidson County
Vaughn
Rowan
Davidson
Horton
Highway Department
DOT
Budd
Lexington
Loflin
State Trooper Acquitted In Death Of Auto Driver
District Court Judge Ed Washington acquitted state highway patrolman Doug R. Owenby of death by motor vehicle in a July 25 collision that killed Clyde Purdue of Greensboro. Two Purdue passengers were seriously injured and Owenby, treated for a broken jaw, faced charges under a new statute requiring interpretation by the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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District Court
Ed Washington
Doug R. Owenby
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Owenby
Clyde Purdue
Rt. 8
Greensboro
Purdue
Richard Allen Chilton
Gary Victor Curtis
Washington
State Court of Appeals
Rick Greeson
Jack Green
Two Washington men arrested after Greensboro bank robbery
Two Washington, D. C. men were arrested quickly after a Greensboro First Citizens Bank branch on High Point Road was robbed of more than 40,000 dollars. Investigators say no one was hurt and two suspects were caught about an hour later at an I-85 roadblock in Alamance County. The FBI linked the pair to the Dinging Gang and planned federal arraignment while pursuing other robbery cases.
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Greensboro
N.C
Washington, D.C
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
High Point Road
Inves
Alamance County
SBI
James Charles Herron
Alvin Julius Tobin
Washington
FBI
Herb Shrider
Washington Area
High Point Enterprise Advertisement Rates and Notice
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including six months, three months, one month, and yearly plans. It notes sales tax, AP news use rights, and that carriers and distributors are independent contractors.
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High Point Enterprise
High Pos Enterprise
Church Eee High Point
N.C
Regs
Associated Press
AP News
High Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Consultant Urges Park Fees in North Carolina
A state parks consultant proposes entrance fees to boost revenue and curb vandalism. He favors a Golden Eagle style annual permit and day charges, plus separate fees for activities like swimming and boating, arguing current subsidies and unequal charges should end. Debate likely in the General Assembly as plans move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Parks and Recreation Division
Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources
Harold K .Cordell
Cordell
North Carolina
State Park
General Assembly
Oklahoma Governors Discuss Gas Direct Sales Plan
Oklahoma Governor David Boren and North Carolina Governor Jim Holshouser led a meeting with about 50 gas producers and industrialists to tackle shortages. They discussed short term supplies and a six month price control gap on interstate gas sales, seeking FPC relief and broad gubernatorial support.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Gas
North Carolina Industries
David Boren
North Carolina
Jim Holshouser
Oklahoma
Holfhouser
Boren
Oklahoma Governor's Mansion
Federal Power Commission
FPC
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Sonny Hedgecock
Pat Lewis
McGhee
Diane Dickens
Teletype
Mary Jeanette Watkins
S. Elm Street
James Henry Abney
Olga Street
Leon Roy Brown
N. Centennial Street
Hamilton Street
E. Kivett Drive
Cant
E. Kivett and
Hamilton
Ashmore Business
College
Brown
Hamilton and
Kivett
Mark Austin
Shrider
Herron
Tobin
Bill Noblitt
Utah
New York
N. C
State University Recreation
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