Charlotte's Fight Against Poverty in Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County Welfare Director Wallace Kuralt discusses rising program costs and limits of education in eradicating poverty. He cites a $6.5 million budget, day care, homemaking services, and birth control as tools, noting many welfare funds support families with absent fathers and urging broader efforts to raise children's horizons.
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Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg County Welfare
Wallace Kuralt
Kuralt
Springfield
Mass
University of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Johnson
Case Thrown Out Of Court In Charlotte
The manslaughter case against Mrs Helen Victoria House Kuhlman of Mecksville was dismissed in Mecklenburg Superior Court after defense argued lack of evidence linking the 44 year old mother of four to the infant death found in a refrigerator on April 9 1953. Issues cited include lack of a search warrant, alleged SBI disclosures, and whether the infant was alive when placed in the refrigerator.
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Charlotte
Helen Victoria House Kuhlman
Mecksville
Mecklenburg
Hubert E. May
Kuhl- Chargesman
State Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte Police Department
Man Gets 10 Years For Shooting Wife
Kenneth Shanks aged 37 was sentenced to ten years in prison for shooting his wife Marianne Shanks who is now paralyzed from the neck down. He was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. A 12 man jury deliberated under half an hour. Mrs. Shanks testified from a hospital stretcher after being wounded July 31. She remains a patient at Greenville General Hospital.
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Greenville
N.C
Kenneth Shanks
Marianne Shanks
Shanks
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Harllee
Harllees
Jacqueline
Cinnamon
Niege
Edith Henry
Connie
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Sherbrooke
Lady Bostinians
Buster Brown
Little Falls
Charles of
the Ritz
the Charles
Ritz
Kathy
Meredith
Pert
Harllee’s Cosmetics
Harlees
Herlees
Infants Dept
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