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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1973
Page
2
Work lagging on Eastchester Drive widening and the new city hall leaves projects incomplete with completion still distant next month. The delays affect city planning and local services as officials monitor progress and adjust milestones.
Three men and two women were arrested on charges of breaking and entering auto larceny and receiving stolen goods linked to William E. Thayer of E Fifth Street missing since September 14. Thayer’s car was found in a wooded area off Mendenhall Road with no plates or caps, and a stereo and TV were recovered after the arrests. Police fear Thayer is dead as searches continue in the area and around his parents in Troy.
High Point faces a vacancy in the mayoral race when A G Whitener is barred from running on the American Party ticket. The party lacks legal status in North Carolina after failing to meet 10 percent statewide votes in 1972.
Gene Hafer of the North Carolina Attorney General's office addressed the Kiwanis Club of High Point on consumer protection progress. He explained how three men discovered differing loan rates in a single conversation and stressed that the truth in lending act now requires disclosure of the true effective annual rate.
Susan Wood was crowned the 1973 Homecoming Queen during halftime of Trinity High School’s football game against Concord, where the Trinity Bulldogs lost 27 to 6. Joy Lawson, retiring queen, offered congratulations, and Mark Lawson served as escort. The article notes credit-law changes curtailing misleading loan practices and a three day cooling off period for buyers.
Eddie J. Warren 31 of Short Spring Street was found guilty of second degree murder for the Langford Street throat slaying of Jerry McCoy from Rt. 1 Trinity last May. Judge Walter Crissman had not yet sentenced Warren. Other defendants received varied sentences for multiple charges including burning, breaking and entering, larceny, and drug offenses.
NCNB announced it will begin offering 8 percent conventional home mortgages Oct 1 for loan amounts from 15 000 to 45 000 with up to 30 year terms and 80 to 90 percent financing. Luther H Hodges Jr said the bank seeks to aid buyers in a tight money market while not seeking immediate profit. A limited 9 percent option will be available for homes costing 50 000 or more.
HUD awards 474218 to High Point Housing Authority for Southside streets and drainage under the Neighborhood Development Plan part of a federal grant approved Friday. The incident at Lyles Chevrolet left the historic flag missing with fingerprints found on the pole and police continuing the probe.
Transcript from Moscow Politburo reveals officials discussing forced bread consumption to use up U. S. wheat, including three loaves per day, bread pudding scars, and threats against dissent. Plan aims at boosting Soviet intake while pressuring America amid SALT talks.
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