First Lady Lumber Grad Could Set Up Business
Sharon Akins a 19 year old Haywood Technical Institute lumber program graduate in Waynesville plans to enter a male dominated field after June graduation She will be the institute first female lumber graduate and hopes to work in lumbermill administration or start her own business She values the skill and independence of woodwork and insists on doing tasks herself with help from fellow students when needed.
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Canton
N.C
Sharon Akins
Haywood Technical Institute
Waynesville
Former N C House Speaker Eugene Bost Dies at 69
Concord NC AP Former North Carolina House Speaker Eugene T Bost Jr died at 69 after a heart attack. He served from 1937 rising to power as finance chair and Democratic caucus head and later became general counsel for Cannon Mills Co and held multiple Cannon affiliated positions. Funeral plans pending. Survivors include his wife two daughters and a son.
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Eugene T. Bost Jr
Cabarrus Memorial Hospital
Cannon Mills Co
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Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trust
Cannon of the West Coast, Inc
Cabarrus County
Nancy Bost Millner
Richmond, Va
Carolyn Bost
North Carolina Weather Forecast With Front Incoming Friday
A high pressure system wanes as a cold front moves in this evening. Friday temperatures fall 10 to 20 degrees, with highs in the 70s and 80s across regions and small rain chances. North Carolina highs reach the upper 60s to 80s, South Carolina around 80s to 90s, with weekend outlook partly cloudy and warm and a chance of showers.
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Carolina
Baseball Outlawed Detroit Opens With No Field
The Renaissance Center a $330 million private project in downtown Detroit will debut in spring with many attractions indoors and outdoors but will not include a baseball field.
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Renaissance Center
Stevedores Stage Walkout Across Atlantic Ports
The International Longshoremen's Association led a midnight Wednesday walkout involving 35,000 workers against seven major shipping firms. The strike hit New York and New Jersey hardest, with all 8,000 local longshoremen expected to stop work, potentially cutting U.S. to Europe trade. Gulf and South Atlantic locals showed mixed compliance due to contracts. The dispute centers on container unloading and repacking rules deemed illegal by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Civil Rights Enforcement May See Reorganization
Washington Carter administration adviser Harrison Wellford says federal civil rights enforcement is slow and inconsistent and a merged agency may be proposed to improve efficiency. He notes overlap among EEOC Justice Labor HHS GSA and others and says no master plan exists yet.
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Wellford
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