Opposition Undaunted in Brentwood Avenue Zoning Fight
Allen Jay residents vow to press a rezoning challenge after the Planning and Zoning Commission rejected their bid to reclassify a 35 acre Brentwood site from Residential MA to allow single family homes. The decision is only a recommendation to City Council, which must approve by a 3 4 majority after hearings.
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Allen Jay
Frank B. Wyatt
Planning and Zoning Commission
Brentwood Avenue
Wyatt
Clarence Wagner
Harold Johnson
Craven- Johnson-Pollock
Rats Win Battle For Short Pl Supremacy
The Bowden family at 914 Short Pl faces relentless rat infestation in an old two story house. Children bitten twice in two weeks raise fear of sleeping in their rooms. Bowdens rent from W. W. Horton and report refused repairs as they seek help from the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Ray Hubbard
Lacey Bowden
Bowden
Kathyrine
Bowdens
Horton
High Point
Post Office Lands Option Exercised in High Point
The Post Office Department will purchase land for a new High Point post office on E Green Drive at S Centennial Avenue. Redevelopment Commission’s Henry Price says a message from Congressman Richardson Preyer confirms the option is exercised before expiry today. President Nixon’s federal construction cuts cast doubt on the project.
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Post Office
High Point
Henry Price
The
Redevelopment Commission
Richardson Preyer
E. Green Drive
S. Centennial Avenue
Price
Nixon
Fair And Cool Forecast For High Point Area
The High Point area expects fair skies and cool tonight with a low near 50. Wednesday looks fair and warmer with highs in the upper 70s and a 10 percent rain chance. Winds ease southeast at 5 to 15 mph. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer. Today's high was mid to upper 70s and last night's low 48.
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High Point
Thief Strikes Ferndale School for Third Time This Month
Ferndale Junior High reports a third theft this month with two television sets and a microphone and stand stolen. Principal G C Frye says items valued around 450 dollars were missing. A janitor alerted police after a door was found open and investigators continue to probe the series of break ins and other thefts in the area.
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Ferndale Junior High School
G. C. Frye
Frye
L. E. Wallace
Jeanette Street
Casey Smith
Ciara Cox Apartments
Clodfelter
Ward Street
Nettie Schwartz
Forestview Drive
American Legion
High Street
Guilford County Tax Collections Hit 97.27 Percent in 1968-69
County accountant Hugh Ross reports Guilford County and school operations collected 97.27 percent of the 1968 levy by June 30, 1969, totaling $12,296,627.55 for county taxes and various district receipts. Uncollected amounts and adjustments are detailed, with past-due taxes and rebates noted for High Point and rural districts.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Hugh Ross
High Point
Ross
C. R. Brooks
High Point Township
Guilford County Plans Two Year Property Revaluation
Guilford County will begin a two year property revaluation program on November 1 under Tax Supervisor C R Brooks. The effort aims to complete by March 1972 with new valuations effective January 1 1972 and totaling an estimated 600000 to 700000.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
C. R. Brooks
Brooks
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High Point Enterprise
Dick Swaim
Brash Rat
Elaine Bowden
Ferndale School
Eastside
E. Washington Street
Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Guilford
Guilford County Budget
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