Bowles promises reform amid highway commission probe
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Hargrove Bowles at a Charlotte news conference vows to appoint a commission to review state laws on conflict of interest and public funds. He calls allegations linking highway commissioners to material sales slander of most public servants and a threat to citizen trust.
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Wilbur Hobby
Campaign For Young Voters
Charles Jeffress
Hobby
North Carolina State University
Jeffress
Vietnam
Spring warmth returns as North Carolina warms this week
April showers shift pattern with sunshine and southerly winds boosting temperatures. North Carolina expects highs mostly 60s to 70s today through Wednesday with scattered showers western mountains. South Carolina warms to mids 70s to low 80s. Extended outlook through Thursday to Saturday shows partly cloudy skies, warm days, cooler nights, and chances of mountain showers.
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High Point
Friendship Weatherman
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Friendship
Violence, vandalism hit Chattanooga News Free Press strike
In Chattanooga Tennessee violence against non striking workers escalated with hail stone sized metal balls denting cars and windows before dawn. The News Free Press posted a 1700 reward for information leading to arrests in repeated acts of vandalism and violence with 1000 funded by the paper and the rest by local businessmen. Local 89 of the International Typographical Union began a January 24 strike over seniority holiday pay and work assignments amid a rights dispute while the paper continues to publish afternoon and Sunday editions.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga News-Free Press
News-Free Press
International Typographical Union
Impossible Satisfaction Beyond Dollars and Cents
The line suggests that fulfillment cannot always be measured by money and profit, implying intangible rewards or moral considerations may drive actions beyond financial gain.
Gangland Slayings Continue Across New York City
Police found a bullet pierced body in a Brooklyn car trunk after an anonymous tip, marking the seventh gangland execution in two weeks. Investigators note no clear links among the killings while names like Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo surface in questions. The victim, shot multiple times, may have been dead up to a week. A separate Brooklyn mob figure and two other men were slain in related gangland violence.
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Brooklyn
Joe Galle
Ialler
Brooklyn Homicide Headquarters
Joseph “Crazy Joe’’ Gallo
Asst. Dist
Edward Rappaport
Gallo
Gennaro Ciprio
Frank Ferriano
New Jersey
Lower Manhattan
Motorist Appearances Fail to Aid in Tragedy
John Renfrow, 13, waved for help on Interstate 560 in western Iowa as his mother died after a string of operations. Renfrow and his father tried artificial respiration while bystanders passed by, sparking questions about the lack of response.
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Omaha
Neb
John Renfrow
Iowa
John
Renfrow
Perry
Renifrow
Renfrew
Muskie and McGovern Close in Delegates Lead
AP polls show Muskie with 99 percent of pledged Democratic delegates and McGovern at 95 percent ahead of the July convention. Nixon leads Republicans with 128 committed delegates, while a large bloc of 193 Democrats remains uncommitted. Humphrey opposes the air war expansion but urges Saigon to stand on its own feet.
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Muskie
George McGovern
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
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Edmund S. Muskie
Humphrey
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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