Navy Lied Contends Young Married Couple Face Trial
A young married couple who went AWOL twice after the Navy broke a promise to keep them together have been transferred to Memphis to await trial. Mrs. Sylvia Chilton 27 and her husband William 28 were arrested in Owensboro Ky on unauthorized absence from Little Creek VA. They joined the Navy in November hoping for a husband wife stationing at one of three bases. They allege recruiters promised they would be stationed together but were sent to different bases after basic training. Mrs. Chilton seeks a dishonorable discharge claiming they were lied to.
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Memphis
Navy
Sylvia Chilton
Chilton
Shelby County
William
Memphis Naval Air Station
Millington
Owensboro
Little Creek
Florida
England
Hawaii
Long Beach
Calif
Fort Snelling
Chiltons
5.M. Banks
Naval Air Station
Banks
End To Lower Wages Push For Southern Growth Plan
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter addresses The Commission on the Future of the South as leaders from 13 states endorse a blueprint to end discriminatory wages and curb high freight costs. The panel aims for coordinated planning, rural development, and improved regional living standards ahead of a final September report.
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Helen
South
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Commission On
Jim
Carter
Commission
Nuclear Dangers Claimed at Barnwell Plant
A spokesman for Environmentalists Inc alleges a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Barnwell will spread radioactivity 50 miles, affecting soil water plants and animals. He warns radioactive krypton could raise global radiation levels and cause tissue damage. The group opposes continued construction without added gas-removal equipment.
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Columbia
Environmentalists, Inc
Barnwell
Itis ‘Ay Rhodes
Cilumia
Rhodes
Navy corpsman arrested in bank slaying near Jacksonville
Marcus Schrader, a 33 year old Navy veteran, was arrested at his Swansboro home and charged with the murder of Sheryl Boyd, 19, who was abducted from a North Carolina National Bank branch in Jacksonville. Boyd was found shot in her car after the Feb. bank robbery. Authorities say the motives and link to a prior shot death remain under investigation.
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Jacksonville
N.C
Sheryl Boyd
Onslow County
North Carolina National Bank
Schrader
19 Year Old Mowing Lawn Electrocuted in Charlotte
In Charlotte a 19 year old youth was electrocuted while mowing his lawn with an electric mower. Police said H Lee Crawford II was turning the mower and a bare spot on the cord struck him, knocking him down. Neighbors found him with the cord wrapped around his shoulders. He survived by his parents Henry Lee Crawford and two brothers, Mark and Steven.
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Charlotte
B. G. Jones
H. Lee Crawford II
Henry Lee Crawford
Mark
Steven
Nine killed in North Carolina traffic crashes
The Associated Press reports a mother Dorothy Lynn Marshall 26 and her daughter Ember Lynn 9 of Advance NC died when a car entering US 74 struck their vehicle in Robeson County near Lumberton. Also killed were Jasper Hill 23 of Orrum and Shirley Thomas 23 of Proctorville.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Dorothy Lynn Marshall
Ember Lynn
Advance
N.C
U.S. 74
Jasper Hill
Orrum
Shirley Thomas
Proctorville
Robeson County
Lumberton
Marshall
Gary
Greensboro
Argentina Harley
U.S. 70
Guilford County
Brenda Peele
Windsor
Thurman Lewis Giles
Cramerton
Lowell
Gaston County
William Walter Morris
Old Fort
Tub Derby Big Feature At Lakeside
In Charlotte area lakeside charity event 8000 spectators watched the bathtub race on Lake Norman to raise funds for Easter Seal Society. Randy Hudson and Gary Barbour won by balancing and paddling hard in a foam tub, with entries featuring oars sails paddies and even a motorized class. Sponsors collected about 1500 dollars from 10 and 25 dollar entry fees.
Group Forms To Fight Cigarette Smuggling War
A multistate group led by Pennsylvania official Paul Landau aims to curb cigarette smuggling, which nets criminals about 1.60 dollars per carton while costing states like Pennsylvania 25 million yearly in lost taxes. The alliance seeks federal funding and agents to track bulk North Carolina purchases through to destination states.
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Larry Margasak
Associated Press
Harrisburg
FBI
Paul Landau
Landau
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
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Gary Barbour
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Massachusetts
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Timates
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
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Hoffman Drug
E. Green St
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Energy Board
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Wherton Oil Co
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Lderton Oil Company
High Point
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