North Carolina Education Sees Positive Trend Says Governor
Gov. Bob Scott reports a positive trend in North Carolina education despite desegregation and busing debates. He cites new kindergarten and Occupational Exploration in the Middle Grades programs, rapid college enrollment growth, and the expansion of the community college system. He links education to economic progress and notes diversification in farming with livestock and poultry income surpassing tobacco.
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Five Die in Fire in Highlands North Carolina
Five residents from Cuthbert Georgia, including four children and their grandmother, died in a Sunday fire in Highlands. The blaze trapped them in two bedrooms as smoke inhalation caused their deaths, believed to start from an oil furnace. two other adults escaped uninjured.
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Free Speech Rally Fights UFO Coffeehouse Closure
A Columbia rally of about 500 protesters contends the UFO Coffeehouse closed for what was said rather than actions. Organizer Robert Duane Ferre links the move to fears of corrupting Ft Jackson soldiers, with a broader antiwar backdrop and support for the operators facing legal challenges.
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UNC Food Strike Vote Scheduled
UNC food service workers plan a strike vote after rallies as they argue SAGA Foods is a university puppet. They allege a conspiracy to replace black workers with white students, while SAGA cites reduced patronage for layoffs and May contract withdrawal.
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Daily Tar Heel Fee Vote Planned at UNC
At UNC Chapel Hill students will vote likely in March on continuing compulsory fees to support The Daily Tar Heel. The Elections Committee chair reports over 1,700 petition signatures for a referendum amid criticism of the paper as left-wing and calls to end mandatory funding.
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New Name Sought for Troubled Rose High School
A biracial committee in Greenville urges renaming Rose High School to foster unity and reduce tensions after January violence and closures. The report calls for expanded curriculum and extracurriculars, a pupil-faculty grievances board, two black guidance counselors, two mixed-assignment assistant principals, and interracial meetings, arguing integration must become a unified community effort.
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