North Carolina drought keeps rain odds low for a month
The National Weather Service projects another 30 days without rain as a high pressure system persists. Meteorologist John R. McClain notes predicting weather that far ahead is nearly impossible while farmers and foresters face millions in crop losses amid ongoing fires. Burn bans and park fire restrictions stay in place as drought edges toward the record stretch, though a slight chance of rain appears in western mountains.
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Raleigh
Weatherman
North Carolina
National Weather Service
John R. McClain
Raleigh-Durham
McClain
Jim Graham
Tom Hegele
State Forest Service
Hegele
State Park Service
Hickory
Wilmington
Strict Controls Over Spy Agencies Urged
The Senate intelligence committee ends its probe with a report detailing domestic intelligence abuses and sparks a battle over creating a special congressional panel to oversee spy agencies. The document flags misuses and calls for tighter oversight, prompting partisan debate on reform and accountability.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
Special Congressional Panel
CIA
FBI
National Security Agency
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Mondale
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Dick Clark
Iowa
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Clark
Intelligence Committee
Senate
U.S
Intelligence Panel
John Tower
Texas
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Tower
Goldwater
Armed Services Committee
Defense Intelligence Agency
NSA
Richard S. Schweiker
H-Pa
Congress
Library Parking Sparks City Frustration at High Point Market
Readers complain that in the High Point furniture market week the city library parking lot fills with out of state and local workers’ cars, blocking patrons. Librarian Neal Austin tries limited enforcement, but locals and YMCA workers still fill spaces. The page notes a bid to issue library-only parking signs and towed vehicles as a potential fix.
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Q. S
High Paint
Public Library
High Point
Anow
Neal Austin
Austin
YMCA
No Evidence FBI Probed King Killing Faulty
Atty. Gen. Levi said a seven month Justice Department inquiry found no evidence that the FBI investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was faulty. He ordered continued review of all DOJ records and rejected outside committee review suggested by Asst. Atty. Gen. Pottinger. King was assassinated in Memphis on April 4 1968.
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Washington
Edward H. Levi
Justice Department
FBI
Martin Luther King
Levi
Asst. Atty
J. Stanley Pottinger
King
Memphis, Tenn
Pottinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Humphrey Weighs Presidential Bid Amid Carter Momentum
Sources say Senator Hubert Humphrey will decide today whether to run for the Democratic nomination as momentum grows for former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter after Pennsylvania primary results. A draft or exploratory committee could begin fundraising and organization, while some supporters pressure Humphrey to declare and campaign in New Jersey where delegates are uncommitted.
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Washington
Tower
Humphrey
Senate
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Carter
Minneapolis
Humphrey’ Committee
Short
Peter Hoding
Patte
Minnesota
Wallace
Texas
Reagan
Ford
Tyler
Tex
Oval Office
Kansas City
Alabama
Man Kills Self After Conviction in Georgia Court
James Billy Courson, 48, facing a tractor theft trial in Adel Georgia, killed himself in the Superior Court chamber as verdicts were read. He entered unsearched on bond. family and officials watched in horror as he drew a pistol and fired.
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Adel. Ga
James Billy Courson
Courson
D.J. Connell
Brown Begins His Campaign In Maryland
In Texas and Maryland the 1976 presidential contest heats up as California Governor Brown begins his national campaign in Maryland while Carter and Humphrey weigh entry. Ford campaigns in Texas against Reagan, Wallace moves among Texas and Georgia, and Lloyd Bentsen remains on the ballot alongside an evolving GOP and Democratic clash for delegates.
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Brown
Maryland
Reagan
Texas
Jimmy Stewart
John Wayne
Carter
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Lloyd Bentsen
Exports To Russia Charged In Alleged Illicit Sale
A Sunyvale California firm J I Industries Inc and six others are charged in a federal indictment with illegally shipping $3 million in sophisticated electronics equipment to the Soviet Union. The case cites phony firms and foreign middlemen, disguising gear as washing machines and ovens. The goods, used to make semiconductors, could enhance military capability. Indicted are Gerald Starck, L Carl Storey, Patrick O Connor, Richard Mueller, Friedrich Linnhoff and Volker Nast.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Unon
J.1. Industries Inc
Sunnyvale
Calif
U.S
Asst
James H Datter
Gerald H. Starck
L. Carl
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George Frazier
Bill Lee
Mildred Peatross
Sophia Cassidy
Cleveland
J. Lee Collins
Major Bowes
Wendy Nichols
Wendy
Robert Short
Dallas
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Edmund G Brown Jr
Ronald Reagan
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