Meredith Slane Named High Point Citizen of the Year
Meredith Clark Slane becomes the first woman to win High Point Enterprise's Citizen of the Year for 1976 chosen by prior winners. A longtime arts patron, she helped found the High Point Arts Council, led drive for a baby grand piano at High Point Theatre, and served on boards from the YWCA to the North Carolina Symphony Society.
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Carol Wilson Utley
High Point Theatre
North Carolina Symphony Society
The
Historical Book Club
North Carolina Assn. of Music
Slane
High Point
Jake Froelich
Froelich
Arts Council
YWCA
Mary Jarrell
Violet Johnson
Bundles For
Britain
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Community Chest
War Chest
United Fund
United Community Services
Community Planning Council
UCS
Drug Action Council Board
DAC
Black Judge Will Be Named To Top Justice Dept. Post
Wade H. McCree, a black federal appeals court judge on the Sixth Circuit, is Carter’s choice for solicitor general. The 56-year-old Des Moines native would be the third ranking official in the Justice Department. McCree’s selection may ease criticism of Attorney General nominee Griffin Bell.
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Justice Dept. Post
Washington
Wade H. McCree
Carter
Justice Department
6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Federal Appeals Court
McCree
Griffin Bell
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bell
G. Harrold Carswell
Solicitor General
U.S. Supreme Court
Carter Aims for Good Luck With Black Eyed Peas New Year
President elect Carter vowed to eat black eyed peas for luck on New Year’s Day after urging Americans to back him in the new duties he will assume. He and Rosalynn celebrated at home after canceling a Friday appointment for a quail hunt nearby. The hunting outing lasted until dusk and yielded enough birds for dinner along with a woodcock. Carter is the first quail hunter elected president since Eisenhower.
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Plains, Ga
Carter
Rosalynn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgia
Ten Die In Fires In Chicago NYC
Predawn New Year fires in Chicago and New York killed at least ten people. In Chicago a four alarm blaze in a three story brick building left six dead and nine injured with possible arson being investigated. witnesses said children were dropped to safety by neighbors. In New York a grandmother and three grandchildren died in a Queens two story frame house fire likely caused by a gas explosion.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Queens
Ford Seeks Puerto Rico Statehood Amid Opposition
President Ford proposed making Puerto Rico the 51st state amid Puerto Rican opposition and predicted a tough fight in Congress. He urged quick action, citing progress and rights, while Puerto Rico’s governor-elect supported statehood on the path to economic recovery.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Puerto Rico
Congress
Caribbean Commonwealth
Carter
John Carlson
Ford Long
Commonwealth
U.S
Herman Badillo
Puerto Rican Independence Party
Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee
Whic
United States
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
Memphis Attorney Seeks Ray Testimony on King Slaying
James Earl Ray’s Memphis attorney Robert J. Livingston urged Ray to testify before the House Select Committee on Assassinations, saying Ray has not spoken truthfully about the 1968 murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The panel has reopened its inquiry into the case.
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Memphis
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
House
Robert J. Livingston
Ray
House Select Committee On
King
Rainy Night Parade Draws 600000 Despite Downpour in Miami
A rainy New Year’s Eve Orange Bowl Parade in Miami attracted about 600000 spectators despite heavy rain. Photographer aids another by keeping dry as the event unfolds under wet conditions. AP Lasernn Livingston urges Ray to testify truthfully to the Select Committee on Assassinations, warning of threats and seeking strong security. Ray, jailed for 99 years at Brushy Mountain Prison, has indicated willingness to testify.
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Miami
Livingston
Ray
Select Committee On
Wrec Radio
Select Committee
Brushy Mountain
Petros
Tenn
Four Die Of Cold In St Louis Area
Four men were found frozen to death in the St. Louis area as temperatures plunged to 10 below, tying a 112 year December record. A fifth man remained in critical condition. Danny C. Robinson, 30, De Soto, died of exposure in front of his home. Johnny Beard, 57, St. Louis, was found behind crates in a north side alley. Horace Currie, 55, sitting in a chair in a vacant lot, died of exposure.
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ST. Louis
Danny C. Robinson
de Soto
Johnny Beard
North St. Louis
Horace Currie
Currie
Beard
City Hospital
Seminary group urges God the Mother in language shift
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville proposes inclusive language across official publications chapel services and lectures substituting humanity for mankind sisters and brothers for Brotherhood and clear cut black and white issues. The move aims to present God with motherly as well as fatherly traits while not eliminating God the Father.
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Louisville, Ky
God the Mother
God
Thomas Parsons
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Church
Body of Christ
Parsons
God the Father
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Meredith Slane
Young Women's Christian Assn
Drug Action Council
Junior League
Mrs
Meredith Clark Slane
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Margaret Constanza
Rochester
N.Y
White House
Washington Post
McCree Is
Des Moines, Iowa
Fisk University of Nashville
Harvard Law School
Carters
Nyc
Enee
Pete E
Weather
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