Growers Watch For Cold Damage To North Carolina Peaches
Candor North Carolina AP growers in the Sandhills will check orchards Wednesday after three bitterly cold nights may have damaged the states 789 million dollar peach crop. A 20 degree low was forecast for Tuesday night with experts noting buds may survive but trunks and limbs risk harm. North Carolina has not had a full peach crop for at least four years.
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Candor
N.C
North Carolina
Clarence Blatk
North Carolina State University
Sandhills
Allman
Black
Senate approves utilities reform package in North Carolina
The North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a utilities reform package sending it to the House. The bill would ban the automatic fuel adjustment clause repeal the forward test year and expand the State Utilities Commission. Sponsor Sen Wesley Webster warned there is no assurance rates will fall but said the bill reflects the will of the people. Lawmakers stressed avoiding actions that could jeopardize the economy.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Senate
House
State Utilities Commission
Wesley Webster
Rockingham
Webster
Cy Bahakel
D-Mecklenburg
Duke Power Co
Bahakel
Hie
Jim Hunt
Utilities Commission
The
Commission
Cannon Mills Faces Severe Profit Squeeze
Cannon Mills Co heads into 1975 amid a severe profit squeeze as chief executive Harold P. Hornaday reports uncertain outlook. Net sales rose to over 396 million with 1.67 dollars per share, while furloughs and production curtailments reflect softening demand amid a national recession. Springs Mills to adopt a five day week in Fort Mill plants through March 17 with Easter break.
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Kannapolis
N.C
Cannon Mills Co
Cannon
Carolinas
Georgia
Harold P. Hornaday
Hornaday
Fort Mill
8S. C
Springs Mills
Workers reluctant to lend Rock Island 10 percent
About 10 500 Rock Island employees faced a slow, disappointing response to a voluntary 10 percent paycheck loan plan aimed at a $1.5 million monthly relief. Only one of 20 workers interviewed said yes.
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Charles Chamberlain
Associated Press
Chicago
Rock Island Line
Rock Island
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Washington, D.C
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USRA
K.L. Brockman
United Transportation Union
J.E. McGowan
Ingram
SEARS
Sale
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Nile
Income Tax Service
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Edulis
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High Point
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Gokdale
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