Textile Worker Charged In Death Of NC Teen Girl
A 23-year-old textile worker was charged with kidnapping and murdering Jackie Stone, 13, daughter of Wallace radio announcer Leon Stone. Stone’s body was found in five feet of water near a creek northeast of Wallace after she was abducted on her way home from school. Miller, married and employed at a Wallace textile mill, reportedly confessed and was held without bond after a drunken driving detainer. The investigation notes Miller did not know the family and denies rape allegations. a preliminary hearing will be scheduled.
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Wallace
N.C
T. E. Revelle
Dublin
Roger Vernon Miller
Rose Hill
Jackie Stone
Poo
Miler
Revelle
Jackie
Lisa
Robin
Miller
Wilmington
Earl W. Whitaker
Fentress
Stone
Tragic case: girl killed after car abduction in North Carolina
North Carolina investigators say preliminary autopsy shows a girl was already dead when thrown into a creek after being abducted by a man in a black and white car. Her sisters were lured away from home four blocks from school. a dog later found the pocketbook.
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Clyde Fentress
North Carolina Bureau of Investigation
Revelle
Jackie
Miller
Mariner 7 Mars flyby mission details emerge
The article outlines Mariner 7's planned Mars flyby with near polar imagery and infrared sensing to study ice caps and atmospheric conditions. It notes a late launch, on-board computer hiccup resolved, and a later trajectory adjustment by a ground-controlled thruster.
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Mariner 7
South Pole
Mars
Mariner 6
Earth
Newton W. Cunningham
Mariner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert Leighton
California Institute of Technology
Lars’ Sur- On
Seni
Tamilies
Soul Es
Enou
Harlan J. Smith
McDonald Observatory
University of Texas
Ronald Schorn
Smith
They
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mt. Everest
Nixon to Form Commission on All Volunteer Defense Force
President Nixon directed a commission to study moving to an all volunteer military. The panel will review selection standards, utilization policies, costs and social impacts, with members including former generals, academics, and leaders from Notre Dame, DuPont, and the NAACP.
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Nixon
Defense Department
Ziegler
Commission
Pentagon
Shee
Gates
Supreme Allied
Europe
Alfred Gruenther
Lauris Norstad
Thomas Curtis
Missouri
Frederick Dent
Mayfair Mills
Spartanburg
D.C
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Crawford Greenewalt
DuPont Co
Wilmington
Del
Alan Greenspan
New York City
Stephen Herbits
Washington, D.C
Theodore Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Je-rome Holland
Ike Eisenhower’s Condition Worsens as Heart Fails
Doctors report General Eisenhower’s heart is slowing and failing to pump effectively. They call the prognosis unfavorable but cannot estimate time remaining, with congestive failure causing moisture buildup in the lungs and reduced oxygen flow.
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Eisenhower
Frederic J. Hughes Jr
Adverse reaction to center relocations sparks mixed views
The Kansas City Times said 825 jobs would move from Kansas City to Denver, provoking fear of job loss in some communities while others welcomed new centers. Missouri lawmakers urged Nixon to allow Kansas City area voices in the transfer debate, questioning efficiency gains. In Austin, regional OEO director Walter Chiter noted relocation affecting 220 people.
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Kansas City Times
Kansas City
Denver
Missouri
Nixon
Austin
Tex
Walter Chter
Rithe Office of Economic Opportunity
Teen-Age Immigrant Scores Perfect on Nine College Board Exams
Tony Kwong Jr., a 16 year old Chinese immigrant from Hong Kong, earned perfect scores on nine College Board tests spanning mathematics and science after taking the exams three times. A Seward Park High School senior, he arrived two years ago and ranks fifth in his class.
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New York
Tony Kwong Jr
Hong Kong
Tony
Seward Park High School
College
Surrance
Hong Kok
Margaret Thortie
College Board
Kwang
Kwong
Manhattan
Chinatown
Princeton
City College
Cooper Union
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assembly Debates Tuition Grants and Public Education Edicts
A study commission on constitutional revision proposes to remove general private school tuition grants except for handicapped children. The House adopted a toned down stance on high quality public education, with 26 amendments proposed to relax guarantees. House Education Chair Sam Pope failed to win a key amendment, while other proposals sought to redefine state control and free textbooks. Some remarks touched on food exports and potential overseas benefits.
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Study Commission On Constitutional Revision
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
House Education
Sam Pope
Assembly
General Assembly
Defense Rests Case In Murder Trial Of Sirhan
The defense rested its case in the murder trial of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, accused in the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Prosecutors planned to begin rebuttal on Friday, after more than a month of defense testimony that jurors heard included claims of self-hypnosis and mystic trance programming.
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Sirhan
RFK
Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Grant B. Cooper
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
California
Ambassador Hotel
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Bernard Diamond
University of California
Diamond
New York
Sen. Kennedy
Georgene Seward
Burlington Mills pact monitors Negro hiring progress
Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard and Burlington Mills chairman Charles F. Myers Jr agreed to monitor progress of African American employees across Greensboro and other plants. The pact sets steps to ensure recruitment hiring placement and promotion without race or sex discrimination and establishes a detailed reporting procedure.
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David Packard
Charles F. Myers Jr
Burlington Te Gysieiag Inc
Greensboro
Pentagon
Burlington
Defense Department
Reg“ward
Senate
J. P. Stevens & Co, Inc
Dan River Mills Inc
Office of
Federal Contract Compliance
South Carolina
North Carolina
Packard
Dirksen
Burlington Mills
Kennedy
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Manila summit pledges pullout of troops in 1985
At a Manila summit, allied nations commit to withdrawing their troops from Vietnam, with pledges to complete pullout within one year amid increasing troop contributions since 1985. The agreement signals a timeline for troop disengagement and reassessment of regional commitments.
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U.S
Vietnam
Manila
Front and Nixon talks on Vietnam policy and peace
The talks centered on Hanoi and NLF points as the Front demanded U S troop withdrawal and dissolution threats, while Thieu pressed for no coalition and opposed US force withdrawal. Rogers defended future talks with the Soviets, urged one-package Middle East deal, and noted Spain security accords and Castro listening.
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Thiew
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Hanoi
NLF
U.S
Vietnam
Johnson
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Americanpublic
Nixon
Rogers
Roger
United States
Middle East
Israel
Spain
Madrid
Fidel Castro
Dr. Seward
Fulbright
Sirhan
Psy- State Departments
Melvin R. Laird
Hentagon
Secretary of State
Laird
Duke President Knight to Depart. Budget Near Doubled
Dr. Knight prompted by unpublicized plans but pledges ongoing support for Duke. Trustees chair Charles Wade commends his sacrifices and notes needed administrative changes to allow a possible successor to lead. Under Knight the Duke budget rose from 24.3 to 55.9 million while he pushed for national and international recognition and closer ties with UNC Chapel Hill and NC State. He led a major curriculum revision, especially in the medical school.
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South Dakota Democrat
Saigon
U.S
San Bernardinio
Calif
Bert Tollefson
American Corn Millers Federation
Johnson
Paaiaienanas Sr
Arnold E. Schaefer
Senate
Denver
Bill McNichols
Neil Freeman
Agricultural Research Service
Leverton
Martin Forman
Nutrition and Child Feeding Service
Agency For International Development
James Carter
Vanderbilt University
Division of Nutrition
Dr. Knight
Duke
Charles Wade
Knight
Rissen
North Carolina State University
Universl of North Carolina At
Chapel i Hill
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Wallace Radio
WLSE
Albert Kramer
Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
Chicago
Marian Staniec
Federal Department of Health, Educaton and Welfare
Biy
George S. McGovern
America
McGovern
U.S. 173d Airborne Brigade
Phu Bai
da Nang
Miititary
Ike
Bill WillIams
Apple Growers Association
Thuy
Thieu
Bey
Pastry Shop
Smithfield
DIAL
Tunstall Road
Ballou Park Center
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