GOP Leaders Wary of Nixon Edge as Watergate_Woes Grow
GOP National Committee members express skepticism Nixon can lift Watergate fears ahead of November elections. Despite applause at the White House, leaders warn Nixon’s fate ties to GOP prospects, with some suggesting many candidates may run against him after primaries end.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington (Ap
Aster
Nixon
White House
George Bush
Dean Burch
Burch
GOP
National Committee
Mississippi
Clarke Reed
McLaughlin
Randolph Incident Hunter Becomes Hunted
A Flint Hill man Darrell Ward headed turkey hunting near Hillsville when a Highway Patrolman mistook him for a suspect in an earlier shooting. Patrolman Evans fired at Ward’s car, believing it to be the suspect’s pick-up, while Myers faces deputy shooting charges after a gunfight at his home. Ward unharmed, no charges against the officer.
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Don Wrenn
Enterprise
Hillsville
Flint Hill
Darrell Ward
Turkey
Ward
Randolph
Paul Myers
Jericho Road
Myers
Evans
Sgt. Hawley
Hawley
Mike Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Two Rhinos Arrive At Asheboro Zoo Public Display
North Carolina's two black rhinoceroses, from Kenya, will be shown to visitors Tuesday weather permitting. They arrived after a chartered jet via New York and will stay in a temporary paddock until next year’s habitat exhibit. The Randolph County Zoological Society has raised 17000 of 23000 dollars for the rhinos. Both calves weigh over 1000 pounds and are about two and a half years old.
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Asheboro
North Carolina
William Hoff
North Carolina Zoological Park
Hoff
Randolph County
North Carolina Zoological Society
Africa
Kenya
New York
Purgatory Mountain
State Zoo
Orientation Set For First Grades
Orientation for first graders will be held May 1 at 1 p.m. at all public elementary schools in High Point. Parents of children six by Oct 16 should attend with immunization records and birth certificates to be recorded. The visit aims to build confidence as students begin school, with district six-year-olds already reached. Leonard Street Kindergarten pupils will join under staff supervision.
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High Point
Leonard Street
Amethyst Meaning and Use in Ancient Beliefs
Amethyst derives from two Greek words meaning not to be drunk. Ancient belief held the violet blue crystal kept wearers sober and drinking cups were fashioned from amethyst.
City Grants Permits for Four Homes and Business Projects
City inspection division approved permits totaling 166,954 dollars over recent days. Four dwellings valued at 87,300 dollars and three business projects at 45,284 dollars led the mix, plus 10 repair permits 4,050 dollars and 14 dwelling improvements 18,851 dollars. Roofing work 10 permits 10,569 dollars and a fencing permit 950 dollars round out the activity. Notable permits include George Clements Realty 30,000 for a 2,925 square foot business building on S Main Street, Harris Music 10,000 for business improvements on English Road, and Sloan Gibson 5,234 for roofing on N Main Street. Dwelling permits include Paul Burkhart 51,000 for a Kensington Road home, Sandra White 5,000 for mobile home at a Rt. 1 Jamestown address, Paul Solano 6,300 for mobile home on Kivett Drive, and W R Malpass 25,000 for a Covedale Road house. Estimated annual U S air pollution damage stands at 11 billion dollars.
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George Clements Realty Company, Inc
S. Main Street
The
Harris Music Co
English Road
Sloan Gibson
N. Main Street
Paul Burkhart
Kensington Road
Sandra White
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Paul Solano
Kivett Drive
W.R. Malpass
Covedale Road
Extortion charge tied to Hearst kidnapping case
A 42 year old man Ralph Lee Jones of Van Nuys was arrested after attempting to extort $160,000 for phony plans to free kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. He claimed affiliation with the Symbionese Liberation Army and knew where Hearst was held. FBI said he sent letters threatening Hearst and her siblings and demanded money from Randolph Hearst.
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Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
FBI
Ralph Lee Jones
van Nuys
Symbionese Liberation Army
Jones
Miss Hearst
Revival Services at Pentecostal Holiness Church
Revival services run through Sunday April 28 led by Rev J H Swink of Hickory a Holmes Seminary graduate and 13 year Hickory pastor now evangelist doing benevolent work in the Appalachian Mountains Nightly services start at 7 30 p m at the church on Kenilworth Drive.
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Pentecostal Holiness Church
J.H. Swink
Hickory
Holmes’ Theological Seminary
Greenville
S.C
Appalachian Mountains
Kenilworth Drive
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GOP National Committee
South
Michigan Gop
William McLaughlin
United States
Republican Party
Highway Patrol
L. R. Hawley
Highway
W. T. Evans
Greensboro
Robert Earnhart
Earnhart
Market
Eugene
Governmental Center
Old County
Greene Street
City Hall
Jerry Brown
John Buheller
Buheller
High Point Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Brown
Moses Cone Hospital
Millis Square
James G. Exum
North Carolina Supreme Court
High Point Committee
Exum
Kkkk
Reg
Sali
Singer Sewing Centers
S. Main ST
Company Copyright
Singer Company
Air F1
Hearst
Heglar
Chapel Hill
Everett Heglar
Lincolnton
North Carolina Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Ruby Collins
Federation
Randolph A. Hearst
San Francisco
Hillsborough
William Sullivan
J. H. Swink
C.B. Radios & Antennas
N. Main
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