North Carolina Board Pushes Minority History Curriculum
The NC Board of Education adopts a policy to review and revise public school curriculum to include minority history. It aims to foster human relations and prepare students for a pluralistic society with elective minority study options and joint goal setting by students, teachers, and administrators. NC joins a federal right to read initiative.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Education
North Carolina
Toll Free Service Plans Endangered by North Carolina Ruling
The North Carolina Utilities Commission disclosed toll-free service between Durham and Chapel Hill will not occur before 1973, dismissing Chapel Hill Telephone Co from a Triangle Telecasters petition. The ruling delays, but does not kill, toll-free plans for the Raleigh area as General Telephone Co. of the Southeast studies Durham to Hillsborough feasibility.
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Raleigh
Durham
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Commission
State Court of Appeals
Chapel Hill Telephone Co
Triangle Telecasters Inc
Wrdu-Tv
University of North Carolina
Court of Appeals
Research Triangle
General Telephone Co
Southeast
Hillsborough
Peach Growers Hope for Cold Weather in South Carolina
South Carolina peach growers seek more winter chill as Clemson Extension predicts unseasonably warm weather through January. Temperatures dropped to 22 degrees in the mountains and 42 along the coast Wednesday night. Lemmon of the Peach Growers Assn. warns inadequate chilling could hurt the crop, which is valued at about 20 million dollars.
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Columbia
South Carolina
F. M. Lemmon
Baptist Awards Highlight Mecklenburg Liquor Referendum Battle
The Biblical Recorder named Charlotte attorney Allen Bailey Baptist Layman of the Year for leading the court challenge to Mecklenburg County liquor by the drink. The issue now sits before the state Supreme Court as evangelist Billy Graham drew noted silence.
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Raleigh
The
Biblical Recorder
Charlotte
Allen Bailey
Mecklenburg County
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Bailey
State Supreme Court
Billy Graham
Mecklenburg
Moore County
Southern Baptist Convention
Sunday School Board
Nashville
First Baptist Church of
Greensboro
Carl Bates
John E. Lawrence
Baptist State Convention
Humphrey to Speak in Charlotte for Democratic Nomination
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota will announce on Monday his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He is set to speak in Charlotte on January 22 at a session of the North Carolina Young Democratic Club convention.
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Charlotte
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
North Carolina
Young Democratic Club
Kennedy Tops ADA Rating Among Possible Presidential Hopefuls
The ADA gave Edward Kennedy a 100 percent rating, highest among declared or mentioned contenders. George McGovern 96 percent, Hubert Humphrey 89, Edmund Muskie 85, all Democrats. Republican John Ashbrook received 8 percent amid Nixon administration tensions.
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Washington
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Americans For Democratic Action
Massachusetts
ADA
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Ashbrook
Scott Names Church For Democrat Post
Gov. Bob Scott recommends Vance County Sen. John Church to succeed Joe Yates as chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee. Yates plans to step down at an executive committee meeting next Tuesday. The committee will meet at 1100 a.m. in Raleigh to select a new chair and set dates for precinct meetings and conventions.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
Vance County
John Church
Joe Yates
North Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
Scott
Yates
Church
Gene
Highways Building
N C Auditor Files For Reelection
Raleigh AP Henry Bridges state auditor for 25 years filed for reelection at the State Board of Elections paying a 250 filing fee. He pledged to continue his record and improve efficiency while safeguarding state funds. Bridges, a former Greensboro attorney, was appointed by Gov Gregg Cherry in 1947 and has been reelected every four years.
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Raleigh
Henry Bridges
North Carolina
Bridges
State Board of Elections
Gregg Cherry
Greensboro
Realistic Budget Talk From North Carolina Leaders
Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor urged educators to set priorities and request a realistic budget to avoid forcing the legislature into hard educational cuts. He spoke at a State Board of Education meeting as Gov. Bob Scott demanded 1973 75 program proposals and price tags by February 1, a deadline officials called impossible.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Pat Taylor
Taylor
State Board of Education
Bob Scott
Scott
General Assembly
Craig Phillips
Dallas Herring
A. C. Davis
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