Revered Thomas Wolfe Turns Asheville Pride Into Tourism
In Asheville the author once loathed for his harsh portraits is now celebrated. The Wolfe Memorial housed in his former boarding house drew over 2 000 visitors last month, and this year over 8 000 have toured the site.
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Asheville
Thomas Wolfe
Paul Rockwell
Angel
Tom
Rockwell
Wolfe
Robert O. Conway
State Memorial
Old Kentucky Home
Conway
Virginia
Myra Champion
Pack Memorial Library
Miss Champion
Pack
Wolfe Memorial
Oklahoma
Ben
Champion
UNC Plan Clashes With HEW Black Enrollment Rules
The UNC Board of Governors planning committee rejects HEW’s demand for a 150 percent rise in black freshmen and transfer students by 1982. The plan favors shifting enrollment patterns and emphasizes quality, need and productivity over race, projecting 950 black entrants yearly and increases without expanding overall enrollment.
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John Saunders
UNC
HEW
U.S. District Court
John Pratt
Jim Hunt
Ray Dawson
William C
Helms Proposes Canal Plan to Retain U S Control
Sen. Jesse Helms proposes to President Carter a compromise to keep U S ownership of the Panama Canal while giving Panamanians economic and educational benefits. He cites a 78 percent national poll opposing ceding the canal and urges modernization with local opportunities without a new treaty.
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Kernersville
N.C
U.S
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Carter
Panama Canal
Opinion Research Corp
Congress
Helms
United States
Panama
Strikes Against Local Phone Firms Averted
Agreements reached in weekend bargaining around the country ended or averted strikes against local telephone companies. The CWA secured a national contract with Bell on Aug 6 for 31 percent wage increases over three years. Local settlements covered sales, line workers, clerks, operators, repair workers and installers across states from New York to California.
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Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone Company
New York State
Indiana
Michigan
Georgia
Western Electric Co
Bell System
Michigan Bell
Robert Salton
Bell
Illinois Bell
CWA
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
New England Telephone Co
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High Point Enterprise
Sen. Helms
St. Louis
C.A.B
Delta
Chicago
Midwest
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Denver
Las Vegas
California
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Evansville
Detroit
Houston
Little Rock
Memphis
Deltamatic
The
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Southern New England Telephone Company
Indiana Bell
Seattle
Pacific Northwest Bell
Mountain Bell
Telephone Company
Rocky Mountain Area
Pacific Telephone Company
Order of
Pacific Telephone
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Tommy Mitchell
Mutual of Omaha
G A. Richardson Agency
Life Insurance
United of Omaha
Santina Cleaners
English Road
High Point, N.C
Northwest High Point
Northpark
W. Parris Avenue
North Main
EXXON
Corn Oil Company, Inc
Robert Corn
Randy Wall
Billy Lawson
Tommy Gaddy
Pratt
Guilford Technical Institute
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