Charlotte Policeman Recalls Pearl Harbor Experience
Charlotte Police Captain A W Wallace, former Army Pfc, recalls the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor attack from Schofield Barracks. He served five years in the Pacific, helped guard beaches, and later joined the Charlotte Police Department. He attends Hawaii memorial with other North Carolinians.
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Charlotte
Pearl Harbor
Wallace
The
Pearl Harbor Survival Association
Hawaii
Pacific Islands
Saipan
Capt. Wallace
Pearl Harbor veterans recall strafing from planes 30 years later
Southeast natives aged teens to early 20s recount surviving the December 7 1941 attack. Sailors and soldiers including Salvatore Tardo John W Bayne A W Wallace J C Radau Horace C Benton Howard Rose Rodney Witmer Jay Shumway share memories of Hawaii Schofield and battles from Pearl Harbor through Korea and Europe.
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Atlanta
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Salvatore Tardo
New Orleans
Perry
Tardo
John W. Bayne
Boaz
Ala
Bayne
Birmingham
A. W. Wallace
Charlotte
Infantry
Horace C. Benton
Columbia
S.C
Solomon Islands
Okinawa
Japan
Howard Rose
Knoxville
Schofield Barracks
Korea
Rodney Witmer
Witmer
Virginians Die In North Carolina Plane Crash
Five Virginians die when a Piper Aztec crashes on Celo Knob near Burnsville North Carolina en route to a Houston stock-car race. Autopsies proceed in Asheville after bodies are recovered. two youths find William Jennings Jr. 55 of Norfolk. Pilot Ray Rudy 37 owner D H Bird 47 James Cornick 59 and Robert Elvis Jr. 29 were identified among the four others.
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Burnsville
N.C
North Carolina
Asheville
Houston
Tex
Celo Knob
William Jennings Jr
Norfolk
Jenning
Ray Rudy
D. H. Bird
James Cornick
Robert Elvis Jr
Virginia Beach
Governor Scott: unrest in North Carolina schools exceeds professional leadership
Raleigh AP Governor Bob Scott says unrest in public schools cannot be handled by professional leadership and appeals for media support. He announces a 75 to 100 member statewide task force to meet December 17 to seek remedies and orders a survey on days lost and suspensions. He cites racial tension as part of a larger problem and notes busing may contribute.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
North Carolina
Force
Scott
Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina Association of Educators
Motorist Aided Then Killed in Troutman Shooting
In Iredell County North Carolina deputies say 45 year old McKinley Delcoe of Troutman shot Floyd Young 39 after helping push Young’s car from snow. Delcoe is charged with murder amid an argument following the aided rescue. The report also notes unrelated items about pupil integration and education proposals.
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Troutman
N.C
Iredell County
McKinley Delcoe
Rt. ‘1
Floyd Young
Lloyd Tate
Delcoe
Young
Teacher Enters Race For Governor In North Carolina
Zeb Vance Kitchin Dickson a Rockingham County math teacher filed to run for the Democratic nomination for governor. He calls for a daytime 50 mph and 45 mph speed limit, 30 mph in municipalities, noting traffic deaths exceed 1,600 this year. Dickson, native of Alleghany County and Appalachian State alum, says he is old enough to be governor and young enough to be mature.
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Raleigh
Rockingham County
North Carolina
Zeb Vance Kitchin Dickson
Eden
Dickson
Hargrove Bowles
Greensboro
Pat Taylor
Hugh Morton
Wilmington
Reginald Hawkins
Charlotte
Alleghany County
Appalachian State University
Scott assigns extra duties to Simmons amid criticism
Governor Scott says Gene Simmons will take on administrative extra duties as director of the now defunct Department of Conservation and Development. Simmons salary is 24500 dollars and his duties remain unspecified. State Rep Holfhouser accuses Scott of cronyism while Scott defends the rearranged government and plans to face sharp scrutiny in the political season.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
Gene Simmons
Department of Conservation and Development
Scott
Simmons
State Democratic Party
C&d
Roy Sowers
Natural and Economic Resources
Sowers
C&d Department
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Jim Holfhouser
R-Watauga
GOP
D&d
Seeemer
North Carolina
Holfhouser
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Air Force
J.C. William L. Radau
Gulfport
Miss
Radan
Jay Shumway
Miami
Shumway
France
Germany
Salvador Tardo
U.S.S. Perry
Robert Payne
North Main St
High Point, N.C
Santa
High Point Bank and Trust Company
North Main Street
South Main ST. Fairfield Plaza
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Newsmen
Mann’s Drug Store
Ing
Mickey
Powart
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