North Carolina ties appear on Forbes 400 richest list
Forbes lists five North Carolina connected figures among the 400 richest in America led by Sam Walton of Bentonville with 2.8 billion. Roy Park, David Murdoch, James Evan, Frank Batton and other notable names appear alongside giants like Gates and Rockefeller, with demographics and wealth details following.
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New York
North Carolina
Forbes Magazine
America
Leon Levine
Charlotte
N.C
Dollar Stores
Roy Park
Park Communications
David H. Murdock
Bel Air
Calif
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
James Emmett Evan
Dade City
Fla
Highlands
Frank Batton
Landmark Communications
Greensboro News & Record
Forbes Top 100 Rich List Names Walton and Others
A sanitized roll of wealth lists Sam Walton and others from Walton's Wal-Mart group and numerous families. It cites Henry Ross Perot David Packard Margaret Hunt Hill and many more with billions in holdings across oil real estate publishing and manufacturing.
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Sam Moore Walton
Bentonville Ark
Wal-Mart
Walton
Wall Street
Gordon Getty
Getty
Henry Ross Perot
Dallas
Electronic Data Systems
John Kluge
S.I
Donald Newhouse
Rupert Murdoch
Wal- Mart
Arkansas
Perot
Forbes
David Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Margaret Hunt Hill
H.L. Hunt
Winthrop Paul
Winrock Farm
Ark
Wang
Lincoln
Mass
Wang Laboratories
Carlson
Curtis Leroy
Minneapolis
Entreur
Libourg
Michel
New York City
Bronfman
Edgar Miles
Seagram Co
Ziff
William Bernard Jr
Texas
Johnson
Samuel Curtis
Racine
Wis
Johnson Wax
Cooke
Jack Kent
Middleburg
Pritzker
Jay Arthur
Chicago
Robert Alan
Chicago Area
Hunt
Lamar
Ludwig
Daniel Keith
Richard Mellon
Pittsburgh
Dyson
Charles Henry
Rollins
Orville Wayne
Atlanta
Koch
Charles de Ganahl
Wichita
Kan
David Hamilton
William Ingraham
Boston
Frederick Robinson
Bechtel
Stephen Davison Sr
Oakland
Cal
Country Music Association Awards Winners Listed
The 19th annual CMA awards announced winners across 12 categories in Nashville. The Judds won Single of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year, with George Strait taking Album of the Year and Ricky Skaggs earning Entertainer of the Year. Other winners include Reba McEntire as Female Vocalist, Lee Greenwood as Songwriter for God Bless the USA, Anne Murray and Dave Loggins as Vocal Duo, Hank Williams Jr. for Music Video, Chet Atkins as Instrumentalist, Sawer Brown as Horizon Award, and Skaggs Band taking Instrumental Group.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ae the Judds
USA
Lee Greenwood
Fort Worth
George Strait
Ricky Skaggs
Reba McEntire
the Judds
Anne Murray
Dave Loggins
Rowdy
Hank Williams Jr
Chet Atkins
Sawyer Brown
Model Train Attracts Crowds in Colfax Basement Exhibit
Leland Atwood of Colfax Iowa runs Trainl and U.S.A. a vast basement layout drawing 15000 to 20000 yearly visitors from across the nation and world. His two layouts feature diesel and steam era trains with landmarks from New York to California and midwestern scenes created by 600 lights and 120 switches.
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Colfax
Iowa
Leland
Red
Atwood
Trainl
U.S.A
New York
California
Florida
Mississippi
West Coast
America
Wyoming
Heather Owens
Lawson, Mo
Arizona
Kansas
San Francisco
Oregon
Lloyd Milbourn
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Rockefellers
Cabots
du Ponts
Hunts
Hearsts
Kennedys
Busch, Coors and
Stroh
Gallo
Robert Guccione
Penthouse Magazine
Hugh Hefner
Playboy
Gene Autry
Ted Turner
Norman Lear
James Jaeger
Max Palevsky
Philip Hampson Knight
Nike
Caroline Rose Hunt Schoellkopf
Samuel I. Newhouse Jr
David Rockefeller
Henry Lee Hillman
John Werner Kluge
Charlottesville
Harry Helmsley
Marvin Davis
Denver
Beverly Hills
Warren Edward Buffett
Omaha
Leslie Herbert Wexner
Columbus
Ohio
Abby Rockefeller Simpson
Dorothy Bullitt
Seattle
Newhouse
Samuel Irving Jr
Donald Edward
Befeller
David
Tarrytown
N.Y
Hillman
Henry Lea
Kluge
John Werner
Metromedia
Helmsley
Harry Brakmann
Davis
Marvin
Buffett
Warren Edward
Neb
Wexner
Leslie Herbert
the Limited Inc
Gordon Peter
Inheritance
Anschutz
Philip F
Anthony
Barbara Cox
Honolulu
Cox Enterprises
Chambers
Anne Cox
Nelson Bunker
Inheri
Tance
Mars
Forrest Edward Sr
Las Vegas
Nev
Candy
Forrest Edward Jr
McLean
John Franklyn
Arlington
Walter Hubert
Wynnewood
Rancho Mirage
Tisch
Preston Robert
Harrison
Loews Corp
Milion
Pennington
Claude B
Baton Rouge
Melion
Paul
Upperville
Gaylord
Edward Lewis
Oklahoma City
Broadcasting and
Trump
Donald John
DeBartolo
Edward John
Youngstown
Weinberg
Harry
Baltimore
Stern
Leonard Norman
Murdock
David H
Bren
Donald Leroy
Newport Beach
Los Angeles
Cook
Jane Bancroft
Cohassett
Sarasota
Dow Jones
Kroc
Joan Beverly
la Jolla
McDonald's
Abram Nicholas
Santa
Scott
Dave Pratt
Pratt
Eejay
the Market Place
Dark Ave. S.W
Howard Miller
Westminster
Howard X Miller
General Freight
Augusta
R.P. von Buedingen
M.D
F.A.C.S
F.L.C.S
Joann Maurice
R.N
Charles Wispert
P.A.C
Linda Lucas
R.T
Aiken Medical Center
University Parkway
University of South Carolina
S.C
Aiken
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