Expelled Students Challenge Charlotte School Authority
Four Charlotte students aged 14 and 15 sue the school system, aided by Legal Aid Society attorneys, claiming expulsions due to mental emotional or physical handicaps deny equal educational opportunity. They seek to strike down state expulsion laws and require alternative facilities for troubled students. The suit was filed in U S District Court after denied reinstatement by the Board of Education. The North Carolina Association for Retarded Children plans a similar filing.
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Charlotte
Legal Aid Society
Board of Education
U. S. District Court
North Carolina Association For Retarded Children
Centralization Is Issue in Methodist Reorganization Plan
Opposition from black and white U S Methodists clouds a two week convention in Atlanta over a proposed national reorganization. Critics call it centralizing power and a step toward bogus democracy while supporters claim checks and balances will keep agencies accountable.
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Atlanta, Ga
United Methodists
Franklin Blackstone
Zelienople
Thomas Devans
Greensburg
Satan
Dow Kirkpatrick
Evanston
Ill
Kirkpartick
Albert Cutler
Dallas
Christendom
Richard Cain
Phoenix, Ariz
Seasonable Days Temperatures Return to Normal in Carolinas
The forecast shows sunny and warm conditions for North Carolina with highs in the 70s to 80s and lows around 50. South Carolina follows with sunny, warm weather and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. A frontal zone and high pressure dominate the region, with rain chances limited to mountains Thursday and statewide by Friday before clearing by Saturday.
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High Point
North Carolina
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Carmichael Receives Doctorate From Indiana University
Hoagy Carmichael is awarded a doctorate of music by Indiana University in Bloomington. The composer of Stardust gained fame after reportedly composing the song while at a student hangout and hunching over a piano.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hoagy Carmichael
Indiana University
Toll in Belfast gun battle rises as troops battle IRA
British troops fought all day and into the night in Belfast killing two guerrilla snipers and wounding several others amid ongoing Northern Ireland conflict. Three soldiers and a 9-year-old boy were among the wounded as crowds of teenagers threw stones and gasoline bombs. The army used armored cars and even commandeered a house to improve fire control during the exchange. The funeral of IRA leader Joseph McCann looms amid a weekend of attacks and further violence anticipated.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Joseph McCann
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Stompers Initiate Killed In Carolina Motorcycle Crash
James Douglas Boatwright, 25, was to be welcomed as a full member of the Tar Heel Stompers when he died in a head on collision on South Carolina Rt. 51. Thirty Stompers and companions attended his funeral in Fort Mill, marking the first Stompers death during riding in five years. Boatwright was to join the Pineville North Carolina chapter. leaders said his mother wished the turnout.
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Fort Mill
S.C
James Douglas Boatwright
Tar Heel Stompers Motorcycle Club
Stompers
Boatwright
South Carolina
Rt. 51
State Line
Pineville
N.C
University Research Warns Antibiotics in Animal Feed May Impact Humans
University of Illinois scientist Dr. William G. Huber warned that indiscriminate antibiotic use in livestock could affect human consumers. He cited that about 80 percent of animals receive antibiotics, with swine near 100 percent, and noted meat testing is limited to visual checks by the USDA.
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Urbana, Ill
University of Illinois
Surance
William G. Huber
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
Huber
Food and Drug Administration
USDA
Beltsville
Ind
Medicare claim cuts in North Carolina exceed three million
A HEW spokesman said Medicare payments to North Carolina doctors and hospitals were reduced by more than $3 million last year. Thousands of claims were cut, about 41 percent, with an average 7.6 percent reduction. Total claims paid in the state reached $38.1 million. The top earners ranged from a $66,925 GP to a $34,317 intern. Names of doctors are not disclosed.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
North Carolina
Mrs Nixon to Auction Tobacco and Open Historic House
Mrs Richard Nixon will visit North Carolina on Wednesday to auction tobacco and attend events in New Bern and Robersonville. She will open the restored John Wright Stanly House in New Bern before joining Robersonville’s centennial celebration.
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Raleigh
N.C
Richard Nixon
North Carolina
New Bern
Robersonville
R. Frank Everett
Nixon
John Wright ‘Stanly
Sanford Campaign Focuses on Government Roots
Terry Sanford, former North Carolina governor and Duke University president, pressed a reform message to the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers, urging a closer relationship among federal, state, and local governments as he pursues the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Charleston
S. C
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Sanford
Duke University
Southern Association of College and University Business Officers
Religion Draws People Back After Frustration with Other Avenues
Many adults restart religious practices after seeking solutions elsewhere, finding comfort in community, ritual, and belief. The trend suggests faith remains a resilient source of meaning amid social and personal stress.
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Atlanta
THE
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Greenville, S.C
Philco
Philco A.C.T
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Carmichael
Max G. Reece
Trindale Baptist Church
Flint Hill Road
Stanley Baromirski
C.G. McDaniel
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mrs. Nixon
PeteWe
Business Credit, Inc
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Hamilton Street
Skipper’ Bowles
Channel 4
Russell Stover
Calhoun Drug Store
Monthey Ave
Gospel Baptist Church
Highway 311
Sonny Holland
Zachary, Lo
Jesus
A. F. Blackburn
Pastor
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