Four stock car drivers killed in the 1960s during tests and races
The text lists four famed drivers killed in the era after Fireball Roberts. It names Buren Skeen at Darlington in September 1965, Harold Kite at Charlotte World 600 in 1965, Jimmy Pardue at North Wilkesboro during tire tests in September 1964, and Billy Wade during tests at Daytona Beach in January 1966.
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Fireball Roberts
M. M
Buren Skeen
Darlington
Harold Kite
Charlotte
Jimmy Pardue
North Wilkesboro
Billy Wade
Daytona Beach
Sowing Fescue Grass Without Soil Work and Straw
Rae ford Turner advises established lawns can use top dressing of sand and peat to aid germination. For new lawns, soil prep and straw cover protect seeds from birds wind and wash. Water guidance says avoid nonfall sowing. keep sprinklers on until mowing becomes main issue. Fred Yoder notes tropical grasses like Bermuda as alternative.
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Raeford Turner
Fred Yoder
Bermuda
Mystery radar station under Centennial Bridge identified
The tower south of the Centennial Bridge is part of Southern Railway's telephone system. It uses microwave radio transmission to carry calls as far south as New Orleans and north to New York City.
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Centennial
Southern Railway
New Orleans
New York City
High Point College Library Use Policy Clarified
Miss Marcella Carter says outsiders may use the HPC library with conditions. High school students may use materials with a school librarian note. Other High Point residents may obtain a library card. Students have priority for material needed before due date.
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High Point College
Marcella Carter
High Point
HPC
Valley Drive sewer pending after council petition approval
Engineer Max Palmer says sewer work for the Valley Drive block between Longview and Manor will occur by the end of summer once the City Council approved the petition on March 16. For the single Valley Drive block without a petition, residents must sign a Hancock form at Central Engineering before any plans.
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Valley Drive
Max Palmer
Longview
Manor
Hancock
Central Engineering
U S Air Strikes Near Hanoi End Ban on City Area
U S carrier based pilots hit a cement plant near Hai An and an electrical transformer site 7 miles north of Hanoi with the resumption of air attacks on military targets close to the North Vietnamese capital. The moves mark a shift in escalation policy as Hanoi rejects peace proposals and border MIG bases shift under scrutiny.
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Derchiefs
Hanoi
U. S
Hai
John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Communist
China
Debate Over Possible U S Bombing of MIG Bases
Officials weigh whether the United States may be compelled to attack MIG bases in China as Red China could enter the war. They note increased MIG activity against U S planes despite earlier fears of widening the conflict. McNamara cited avoiding war widening as the reason for not bombing MIG bases.
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United States
China
Red China
North Vietnam
Prime Targets Hit In North By U.S. Jets
American warplanes pounded major North Vietnam targets including Haiphong and near Hanoi. Four U.S. planes were lost over the North, with two MIGs claimed shot down and a pilot reportedly captured. In South Vietnam ground fighting remained sporadic as Operation Manhattan tallies showed enemy casualties and Marine actions in Shawnee.
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U.S
Edwin Q. White
Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Hanoi
North
South Vietnam
Ensign James W. Laing Ejected Over Tonkin Gulf
U S Navy Ensign James W. Laing from Iowa City Iowa ejected from an F43 Phantom over the Tonkin Gulf after shooting down a Communist MIG17 near Kep airfield. He and pilot Lt Commander Charles E. Southwick of Del Mar California were rescued after returning from the mission due to fuel exhaustion. AP Wirephoto by Lt jg Garry Anderson Kane Pennsylvania.
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U.S. Navy
James W. Laing
Iowa City
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnam
Kep
Hanoi
Charles E. Southwick
del Mar
Calif
J.g
Garry Anderson
Kane
Judge Shot Dead at Divorce Hearing in Marlboro County
Hartsville textile worker Morris Hood is jailed pending investigation after allegedly shooting and killing Marlboro County Domestic Relations Court Judge Francis Hood during a final divorce decree hearing. Mrs. Hood, in her 30s and mother of several children, died from chest wounds at a Bennettsville hospital. attorney Charles Vaughan was uninjured.
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Bennettsville
S.C
Hartsville
Jack Weatherly
Morris Hood
Marlboro County
Francis Vo
Hood
Charles Vaughan
Wallace visit to Pittsburgh sparks protest and debate
Protests loom as George C. Wallace plans to speak at Amen Corner dinner in Pittsburgh. Mayor Barr and NAACP leaders oppose the event, while Wallace defends his record and policy stance amid calls for free speech and civil rights demonstrations. Senator George Murphy to appear with Wallace.
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Joe Krovisky
Pittsburgh
Amen Corner
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Houston B. Marshall
Lurleen
George Murphy
Calif
Joseph Barr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Barr
Donald McKlvane
St. Richards Roman Catholic Church
The
NAACP
Byrd R. Brown
Selma
Ala
Senate committee approves ECC separate university status
The Senate Higher Education Committee approved a bill to grant East Carolina College separate university status by an 8-7 vote, sending it to the Senate floor for debate. Gov. Moore opposes the plan, arguing it would fracture the unified state university concept. The Board of Higher Education recommended against change pending a study in August 1968.
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Reese Hart
Associated Press
Raleigh
Senate Higher Education Committee
East Carolina College
Senate
Jules Coggins
D-Wake
Charlotte
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Dan Moore
ECC
North Carolina
North Carolina Board of Higher Education
Sen
L. P. McLendon
D-Guilford
North Carolina ABC Board to issue brown bag permits May 6
Raleigh. ABC Board Director Ray Brady announced the first liquor brown bagging permits will be issued May 6 with three permit types covering restaurants, hotels and private clubs. About 2,000 applications are expected. fees range from 100 to 200 dollars per permit, with a 300 dollar cap for combined permits. Regulations will limit signage but not the legal advertising of a permit.
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Raleigh
ABC Board
Ray Brady
Brady
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Charles Mendenhall
Mendenhall-Moore
X.Z. A
James H. Millis
Winston-Salem
Millis
Miles
Bac Giang
Vietnam
Dong Thieu
Iphong
Esca
Thun
Pnong
Pixies
Veal
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