Monument To God to Rise On Deaverview Mountain
A Raleigh nonprofit plans a $2 million Monument to God retreat on 375 acres atop Deaverview Mountain near Asheville. The National Christian Monument Association Inc has tax exempt status with Henry L Bridges as VP, Ike B Stevens Jr as president, and John R Prince as secretary. Plans call for gardens, statues of prophets and disciples, Christ carvings, and 30 to 40 foot floodlit crosses. Future ideas include a bell tower an outdoor amphitheater and summer camps.
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Asheville, NC
Deaverview Mountain
Asheville
National Christian Monument Association, Inc
Raleigh
Henry L Bridges
Ike B Stevens Jr
John R Prince
Steel Products
Stevens
Rainy spell ends as warm, near 80s expected in Carolinas
The forecast says North Carolina and South Carolina will see partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thundershowers turning sunny. Highs expected near 80 in most areas with 70s in the mountains and Outer Banks, tonight lows around 40s to 60s, and a 20 percent rain chance today dropping to near zero by Monday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Midlands
Coast Fair
Triad
Mrnday
Business Sales Rise at Southern Film Extributors 1976 Q1
Southern Film Exuders Inc reports first quarter 1976 net sales of 1,728,068 up from 1,545,821 a year earlier. Net income fell to 42,563 from 7,480 and earnings per share dropped to 14 cents from 24 cents. Kroehler Manufacturing reports a 4.0 per cent sales gain for the twelve weeks ending March 28 1976 with net sales and other operating revenues at 40,988,000 versus 24,723,000 a year earlier restated. Earnings for the period were 472,000 or 36 cents per share versus a loss of 11,2700 previously restated.
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Southern Film Extruders, Inc
Naperville. I
Kroehler Mfg Co
Arkansas first elected lieutenant governor in 1926
The Arkansas lieutenant governor post did not exist as an elected office before 1926. Previously the Arkansas Senate president filled the role. Harvey Parnell became the first elected lieutenant governor.
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Little Rock Arch
Arkansas
Arkansas Senate
Harvey Parnell
Large Slave Cemetery Found Near Airport Expansion
New Bern NC AP An ECU archaeologist reports a large slave cemetery uncovered on 25 acres tied to Summons Knott Airport expansion. Dr David Phelps notes 42 graves located in a section with potential hundreds more beneath plowed fields and overgrown areas as planners weigh buffer zone implications. Joseph Freeman says the site lies partly within the buffer area and impacts on the master plan are not yet determined.
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New Bern
Summons Knott
East Carolina University
David Phelps
Joseph M Freeman
Panel Votes To Fund N C Human Rights Commission
Raleigh AP A state budget committee reversed plans to shut down the North Carolina Human Rights Commission, recommending a $379000 budget cut of $150000 after director Ronald K Ingle defended agency work. The panel also eyed saving funds by cutting kindergarten class size and closing the Richard T Fountain Training School for juvenile offenders in Rocky Mount, amid broader 1977 budget cuts.
Utilities Vacancies May Remain Open
RALEIGH AP it may be some time before replacements are named for Chairman Marvin R Wooten and Commissioner George T Clark Jr who have resigned from the state Utilities Commission the governors office said The delay would be deliberate a money saving effort a spokesman for Gov Jim Holfhouser said Wooten will leave April 30 He resigned to take a post as a federal bankruptcy judge for the states western his righ Clark said he will resume private law practice in Wilmington His last day will be June 30 Named to the commission in 1968 Wooten was appointed chairman in 1972 by former Gov Bob Scott His term will expire June 30 1977 planned to counter the move to increase class sizes the Department of Public Instruction proposed a 300 000 cut in the allowance for kindergarten materials a cut of 16 milion in funds not needed for salaries and a cut of 944 656 not needed for pup transportation The committee completed its work on the budget for the Department of Human Resources and recommended about 14 milion in cuts
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Raleigh
Marvin R Wooten
George T Clark Jr
State Utilities Commission
Governors Office
Jim Holfhouser
Wooten
Righ
Bob Scott
Department of Public Instruction
Pup Transportation
Department of Human Resources
Dorothea Dix Hospital
Stonewall Jackson
Concord
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Associated Press
Augusta Cic
Charleston Pe
Charlotte
Culumbia
Greensboro
G Salle
Fog Raleigh Pe
Sivannah
Thmington
Kroehler
Upton Supply CO
Satie
Greentbera
Coastal Seafood Market
Central
North Main
Phelps
North Carolina Human Rights Commission
Richard
Ronald K Ingle
Commission
Senate
House
Joint Committee
Clark
Wilmington
Raymond Shurling
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
N. Main
College Village
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