Navy Lets Grumman Take a 54 Million Loan for Aircraft
A satirical report depicts the Navy advancing 54 million dollars to Grumman Aircraft as an “advance on F-14 airplanes” and describes a fictional, jokey bank run through the Pentagon. It portrays officials offering questionable terms and perks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Navy
Gumman Aircraft Co
Navy
Grumman
Morris Stans
Secretary of Commerce
Pentagon
Smiley
Morris
Litton Industries
Stans
Department of Defense
Gumman Aircraft
Bank of America
Morehead Finalists Selected From District V
Six Greensboro area students along with one from Burlington, Raymond Alan Shelton, Charles Brian Clark, Dwight Merriman Davidson III, Christopher Whitman Moore, John Wesley Sanders III and John Dargon Watson Jr., are finalists for 1973 Morehead Scholarships at UNC. Alternates David Walter Trader and David Garland Murray are also named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Greensboro
Burlington
Morehead
University of North Carolina
Raymond Alan Shelton
Charles Brian Clark
Dwight Merriman Davidson III
Christopher Whitman Moore
John Wesley Sanders III
John Dargon Watson Jr
David Walter Trader
David Garland Murray
Alamance
Chatham
Guilford
Randolph
Central
Smith Proposes Tough Measures Against Drunk Driving
North Carolina Sen. McNeill Smith of Guilford pushes for objective breathalyzer based drunk driving standards. Bills with Rep. George Miller aim to require roadside pre arrest tests and penalties for refusal, backed by data from Dr. Page Hudson and Dr. John Ewing on liquor related highway deaths.
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Bryan Haislip
Raleigh
Sen. McNeill Smith
Guilford
Smith
General Assembly
Rep
George Miller
Durham
Senate
House Highway Safety Committees
Rep. Miller
House
Sen. Smith
Miller
Page Hudson
Hudson
John Ewing
Center For Alcohol Studies
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Ewing
Great Britain
Watershed plan stirs Guilford County debate and Burlington reservoir talks
Guilford County commissioners voiced concern over state designation of southeastern Guilford as a watershed impacting industrial and residential development. The controversy ties to a proposed Burlington reservoir on Greater Alamance Creek with a $7 million lake, a $1 million filter plant, and possible Haw River water sources. Officials plan a Piedmont conference to discuss regional water needs.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Guilford
Burlington
Alamance
Maxwell
Piedmont
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Caswell
Rockingham
Percy Sears
Alamance Creek
State Water and Air Resources Department
School For the Deaf
William Baker
Raleigh
John Witherspoon
Perttu Virtanen
Sears
Haw River
Preliminary hearing ends. Young bound over for trial
District court Judge Ed Washington denied a suppression motion and bound Darrell Lee Young for superior court trial on murder kidnaping and robbery charges. Gallimore, 19, was forced into a car at Westchester Mall on Nov. 3 and found shot to death the next day off Blandwood Circle. State Agent E L Sneed testified Young admitted killing her and described forcing her into the car and the gunfire incident.
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District Court
Ed Washington
Darrell Lee Young
George Place
Superior Court
Young
Bonnie Lynn Gallimore
Oakview Road
Miss Gallimore
Westchester Mall
Marilyn Shoe Store
Blandwood Circle
Albertson Road
Washington
State Bureau of Investigation
E. L. Sneed
Sneed
Galli
Blandwood
Convention Speeches Highlight Southern Republican Tide
Governors James Holshouser Jr. and Arch Moore Jr. told California Republicans at the 1973 state convention that a political tide favors the South. Holshouser, North Carolina’s GOP leader, said young Republicans offer change while Moore urged unity amid internal party battles and emphasized nationwide political prosperity.
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Sacramento
California
South
James Holshouser Jr
North Carolina
Arch Moore Jr
West Virginia
Holfhouser
Moore
Jay Rockefeller
Nixon
Vietnam
Wounded Man Sought After Ridgecrest Drive Shooting
Police seek James Lee Williams, 37, after an argument at a Ridgecrest Drive home ended with Doris M. Hicks firing a pistol. Williams left, later said he was unhurt and staying with a friend near Cedar Square. no charges yet. A second note names Beulah L. Williams arrested for concealing five cartons of cigarettes at Big.
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Morris
BuNav Boc
Commander Smiley
Bureau of Navy
Stans
Litton Industries
Ash
Cape Cod
Smiley
High Point
Ridgecrest Drive
James Lee Williams
Doris M. Hicks
Williams
Hicks
Cedar Square
Friendly Avenue
Beulah L. Williams
Greensboro Commissioners to weigh fire coverage expansion
Guilford County commissioners schedule public hearings starting at 9 a.m. on Monday to consider extending Pinecroft-Sedgefield Volunteer Fire Dept service area. Other hearings cover removal of a road segment, a utility easement, and grant requests including 10,000 for next year and 13,800 for rehabilitation services.
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Greensboro
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Guilford County Administration
Greensboro- High Point
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Oak
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Litton
Los Angeles Times
Roger Bishop
Armstrong Park
Roger
Birmingham
Ala
Jennie Nance
Bridges Street
Mark Austin
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Okly
AP News
Ward Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
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