Planned Nuclear Plant Hearing Draws Debate
About 75 citizens attended the public hearing on the Perkins nuclear plant proposed for the Yadkin River, 11 miles west of Lexington. FCC official Frederic J. Coufal and WFMY’s Bob Garner clashed over TV coverage. The hearing examined water use limits, NRC jurisdiction, and Duke Power’s eight plant plan with a summer ruling anticipated.
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Mocksville
Perkins
Yadkin River
Lexington
Frederic J. Coufal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WFMY
Bob Garner
Duke Power
Duke
NRC
Fire damages house on Hoffman Street. cause undetermined
Firefighters responded to a house fire at 610 Hoffman St early today with the home heavily damaged before extinguishment. The fire cause remains under investigation per the department spokesman. A separate blaze at Glenora Frame Works on New Street began with a welding torch igniting sawdust, triggering a tarp and sprinkler activation.
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Hoffman St
Glenora
New Street
Nixon to be featured in David Frost interview series
WGHP channel eight will air four 90 minute Nixon interviews with David Frost at 7 30 p m on May 4 12 19 and 25. The station cites viewer choice and economic uncertainty as reasons for airing despite other Triad stations declining.
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Channel 8
Richard Nixon
David Frost
Frost
Nixon
Channel 6
Wghp-Tv
High Point
Triad TV
Gene Bohr
Wghptv
Wxii-Tv
Winston-Salem
Wfmy-Tv
Greensboro
Deaths of Tom M. McIntyre and William M. Cox
Tom M. McIntyre 76 of 1220 Bowen Drive died today at High Point Memorial Hospital after five days of illness. Born July 9, 1900 in Elkin, he was a retired furniture worker and Baptist. Survived by a foster daughter, sister and brother. Funeral Sunday 2:30 p.m. in Harold C. Davis Chapel. burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery. William M. Cox 83 of Route 2 Ramseur died Thursday in Moses Cone Hospital Greensboro. WWI veteran and former contractor owned Ramseur Building Supply Co. Survived by wife, a son, a daughter, sister and two brothers. Funeral Saturday 4:30 p.m. at Parks Cross Roads Christian Church. burial at the church cemetery. The family will be at Loflin Funeral Home tonight 7 to 9.
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Tom M. McIntyre
Bowen Drive
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. McIntyre
Elkin
James L
Drucilla Brown McIntyre
Bernice Swing
Bobby
Yvonne) Briggs
Thomasville
Minnie Jones
Sam M. McIntyre
Harold C. Davis
Floral Garden Park
William Cox Ramseur
William M
Willie) Cox
Moses Cone Hospital
Greensboro
Parks Cross Roads Christian Church
Ramseur Building Supply Co
Buies Creek Academy
Annie Stout Cox
William C. Cox
Rt. 2
Ramseur
William E. Pate
Rams
McDaniel criticizes appointments to utility commission
McDaniel warns that loading the seven member utility commission with inexperienced appointees could trigger unfair rate increases. He says hearings would be hard to follow and power companies might sway outcomes. One more Hunt appointment comes before July 1, amid a Piedmont group of about 200 members across several counties.
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McDaniel
Hunt
The
Concerned Citizens For
Guilford
Davidson
Chatham
Forsyth
Randolph
Alamance Counties
County Rejects Fund Request From Model Plane Flyers' Club
Greensboro officials denied a $1,000 grant to the Greensboro Radio Modelers to fence and bleachers at their Huffine Mill Road site. The 3-2 vote sparked debate over public funding for hobby groups and spectator safety.
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Model Plane Flyers’ Club
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Board of County Commissioners
Greensboro Radio Modelers Club
Gaston Faison
Don Reynolds
Huffine Mill Road
Ogden Deal
Deal
Robert Landreth
Wally Barnes
Advisory Committee For Recreation
Faison
Forrest Campbell
Bert Hall
Campbell
Landreth
Barnes
Board of Commissioners
High Point
John Witherspoon
Florence
Garment maker signals court win over Tris recall costs
Carolina Underwear Co. president Nereus C. English III says a federal court ruling may limit the recall expense for Tris treated garments. He notes potential job impact and higher costs from agency actions and supplier cross-claims amid ongoing safety scrutiny.
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Phil Speaks
Thomasville
Nereus C. English III
Carolina Underwear Co
Product Safety Commission
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Presbyterian Home
Mattie Idol
Beth Hamm
Helen Bryant
Carlotta Jacoby
Annie Mae Powell
Ruby Garner
Edith Fisher
Evelyn Stirewall
Sandy Epperson
Cris
Coufal
NBC
Garner
WGHP
Aries
T. M. McIntyre
Margaret Register
Community Councils
Witherspoon
High Davidson
Point County
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Wen
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Si West Sand Street
New York
Nut
Rockefeller Plaza
Wwem
Wbtvv
WTTG
Wsoc
Wxil
WDCA
Charlotte Washington
Charlotte Instasalem
Washington
Charlotte Sree
Star Trek Gomer
Quincy
Wilson
English
Environmental Defense Fund
Tris
Consumer Product Safety Commission
American Apparel Manufacturers Assn
Commission
Perry Jones
Enterprise
Joint Commission On Hospital Accreditation
Eyewitness News
Cross Wits
Rex Reed
Lucie Arnaz
Arte Johnson
Donny
Marie
Gabe Kaplan
Harvey Korman
Cloris Leachman
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