Election Study Set In North Carolina For 1972 Voting Reforms
A seven member Study Commission on Elections and Voting Abuses met in Raleigh to review ten election process areas from absentee voting to registration and ballot counting. The panel, created by the 1971 General Assembly with 1973 changes, aims to boost public confidence in NC elections.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Study Commission
General Assembly
Brian Scott
Rocky Mount
State Board of Elections
Scott
Martin Pannell
Newton
Vet- Pannell
Rogers Reopens Mideast Effort
Secretary of State William Rogers has again opened the American push for an interim Arab Israeli settlement. He spoke by tele to Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Egyptian counterpart Muhamad Riad about new talks. The plan follows a pause earlier when U.S. focus shifted to the United Nations.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
State Department
Rogers
Ken
Abba Eban
Muhamad
Pay Board May Expand Cost of Living Raises Under New Rule
The Pay Board discusses raising merit pay within contract ranges and applying the 5.5 percent limit to executive pay. It signals a tougher stance if rules are not followed, with considerations of labor contracts and self-bargained salaries. State Department comments reference Washington contacts as a next step.
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Local arrests report for weekend crimes in city
Equipment D Marshall 22 Meadow brook Drive charged with assault and battery against a female. Barbara Elaine Mininal Hawthorne Drive charged with shoplifting. Saturday arrests include Herbert Jackson Grimes 38 Ontario Street breaking and entering larceny. Joe Lewis Horne 36 Church Street assault with a deadly weapon. Elmore Graham 17 assault and battery on a female.
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Meadowbrook Drive
Barbara
Laine Mininal
Hawthorne Drive
Herbert Jackson Grimes
Ontario Street
Joe Lewis Horne
Church Street
Elmore Graham
Winter Returns to North Carolina With First Freeze
A cold front pushes temperatures below freezing for the first time in a week in North Carolina. Frigid conditions are expected through Sunday with little or no precipitation. The weekend forecast calls for sunny, windy and cold weather.
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North Carolina
Forecast: Cold Solstice Weekend Across NC and SC
Forecast shows clear cold tonight then partly cloudy mild Sunday with mid 40s to upper 40s in the coast and mountains. North Carolina faces gale warnings along the coast and high wind inland with temps 30s to 50s and some snow flurries in higher elevations. South Carolina will be partly cloudy windy cooler today with highs 40s to 50s and freezing tonight. Winds NW 30 to 40 mph diminishing tonight, then NE 5 to 15 mph Sunday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Triangle Area
Piedmont
Northern Coastal Plain
Triad Area
Two U S Flyers Rescued After North Vietnamese SAM Downing
A North Vietnamese SAM downed a Phantom F4 over North Vietnam. Lt. Col. Arthur S. Blissett Jr. and Lt. Michael H. Murray were rescued after Blissett dangled from a tree nine hours and Murray landed nearby. They were treated in Thailand and reported in good condition.
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Arthur S. Blissett Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
Michael H. Murray
Chicopee
Mass
North Vietnam
U.S
Mu Gia Pass
Blissett
Murray
Thailand
James D’entremont
U.S. Command
Bobby Jones Dies At 69
Bobby Jones, the golfing great who achieved golf's only Grand Slam in 1930 by winning the U S Open Amateur and British Open Amateur, died at his Atlanta home at age 69. His career was entirely amateur and his 1930 Grand Slam remains a defining record in golf.
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Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Jones
Bob Jones
Arnold Palmer
Walking Sticks Grow Popular for Self Defense
Associated Press notes a rise in walking stick use for sidewalk self defense. Stores report demand for weighted canes and concealed weapons lookalikes. options include a heavy blackthorn cane, a fencing cane, and a buckshot drilled model. Prices range from five to fifteen dollars.
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Simon
Porter Wagoner and HEE HAW Guests Highlight TV Guide
A TV guide listing features Porter Wagoner and guests George Lindsay Kenni Huskey at 6 30 P M and 7 P M on HEE HAW. Other programs include All in the Family Christmas episode with Archie’s gloom, The Partners with Jack Webb as Police Commissioner North, Mary Tyler Moore Newsroom romance, Weekend Movie Whats a Nice Girl Like You, The Good Life with Albert quitting as butler, and Arnie charity setback plus Mission Impossible and The Persuaders plotlines.
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Lawrence Welk
Mary Tyler Moore
Dick van Dyke
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