Lenoir man gets two death sentences in murder rape case
Ver non Junior Woods, a Lenoir furniture worker, was convicted of murder, rape, and kidnapping in the death of Paula Gail Bowman Hollar, 18. A Newton, North Carolina jury handed two death sentences for murder and rape and life for kidnapping. The trial moved from Caldwell to Catawba County for impartiality. The defense plans an automatic appeal. execution set for August 26 in the state gas chamber.
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Newton
N. C
Vernon Junior Woods
Lenoir Furniture
Lenoir
Woods
Caldwell County
Catawba
Paula Gail Bowman Hollar
Lacy H. Thornburg
North Carolina
China to Free American Taken in Paracels Fight
The Associated Press reports China will release Gerald Emil Kosh, 27, of Lafayette Hill PA, along with five sick or wounded South Vietnamese, at the Hong Kong border after the Paracel battle. U S officials say Kosh, a civilian Defense Department employee and former Special Forces captain, was on a patrol when Chinese forces moved in. Vietnam reports 18 dead, 43 wounded, 116 missing among about 60 troops on three islands. Paracels lie about 250 miles east of Vietnam and 175 miles southeast of Hainan.
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Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
TOKYO
China
Paracel Islands
Hong Kong
Hsinhua
Gerald Emil Kosh
Lafayette Hill
Kosh
State Department
Defense Department
Coral Archipelago
South China Sea
United States
U. S
Peking
U.S
Saigon
da Nang
Paracels
Hainan
Volunteers Scan Swamp for Missing 3-Year-Old Boy
In Tampa Florida hundreds of volunteers searched swampland through the night for Matthew Abred a slender 3 year old who wandered from home. Authorities said about 250 people combing fields and ponds with no sign of foul play while his mother Virginia and father Vernon stayed near Clair Mel City.
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Tampa
Fla
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Matthew Abred
Clair- Mel City
Florida
Vernon Alred
Youth Held In Slaying Of Man
A 17 year old youth from Martinez is jailed in Appling County on murder charges in the slaying of Donald Russell, a 30 year old Morehead City man whose body was found in woods near Martinez. Russell was shot three times with a small caliber weapon after visiting Baltimore relatives. officials say the youth was driving Russell’s car with a stolen license tag. Russell’s body will be sent to Morehead City for burial.
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Appling
Morehead City
N.C
Martinez
Ed Tankersley
Columbia County
Frank Thompson
Donald Russell
Tankersley
Russell
Baltimore
Thompson
Augusta
University Hospital
Oil firm earnings rise 35 percent in 1973
Standard Oil Co of Indiana, sixth largest, reported 1973 earnings of 511 million dollars, up 35 percent from 374.7 million in 1972, with fourth quarter profits rising 53 percent. Murphy Oil and Skelly Oil also posted gains, as Sohio, Exxon, Mobil, and Texaco reported higher profits for the year.
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Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Murphy Qil Corp
el Dorado, Ark
Skelly Oil Co
Tulsa
Skelly
Murphy Oil
Standard Oil of Ohio
Sohio
Exxon Corp
Mobil Oil Co
Texaco
Jonas Urges Mizell to Run for Senate in N C
Raleigh AP Charles R Jonas Jr urges Rep Wilmer Mizell to run for the U S Senate seat vacated by Sam Ervin Jr Mizell a Fifth District Republican is seen as a leading statewide candidate Jonas, a Charlotte stock broker and Nixon reelection committee chair, distributed copies of the letter to Raleigh newsmen Gov Holfhouser's staff distributed the letter without immediate comment on an endorsement Mizell had said he would decide within two weeks whether to run.
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Raleigh
Charles R. Jonas Jr
U.S. Senate
Wilmer Mizell
R-N.c
Jonas
Mizell
Jim Holfhouser
GOP
Den
Sam Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Charlotte
Charles R. Jonas Sr
President Nixon
North Carolina
Holfhouser
Natural Gas Users Cut Down
Piedmont Natural Gas Co reports North Carolina and South Carolina customers used 15.4 percent less gas from Nov 7 to Jan 7 than the prior two months. The reduction averted potential industrial shutdowns as firm customers with guaranteed supplies cut back voluntarily aided by mild winter weather.
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Charlotte
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
North Carolina
South Carolina
Piedmont
Newsmen To Take Stand At Mass Murder Trial
Defense attorney Will Gray aims to delay Elmer Wayne Henley trial for six months to curb publicity. He subpoenas more than 60 reporters to probe sources behind police leaks and asks to quash the indictment. Manhunts of 27 victims spanned three years.
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Jim Barlow
Associated Press
Houston, Tex
Elmer Wayne Henley
Texas
Will Gray
Henley
Gray
Sto
Brooks
William Hatten
Hatten
Houston
North Carolina Bill Proposes Higher Small Loan Ceiling
Rep H M Michaux proposes raising NC small loan principal limit from 900 to 1500 and increasing interest rates to three percent for the first 300 and one percent thereafter. The bill also targets loan practice fairness by banning upfront discounting and requiring interest computed on average unpaid balances. An advisory council on hospital rates is also proposed with no enforcement power.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
H.M. Michaux
Durham
Michaux
House
Senate
Record Breakers Pay to Wright Brothers in 1909
The Wright brothers were paid 30000 by the United States government in 1909 for their wood and fabric military airplane. They also received a 5000 bonus for exceeding by seven miles the speed of 40 miles an hour.
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Wright Brothers
United States
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Virginia
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North Elm & Waste Tel
Iten
Nemgiber
Stete Farm
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomingtos, Ditinots
Rep. Mizell
Hale
Greensboro
High Point
Herald C. Davis
Harold C. Davis
Harold C.davis
Lowers North Main
Farriss Avenue
PFOI
Vernon White
D-Pitt
Kenneth Royall
D-Durham
Barney Woodard
Djohnston
Navy Chase
Dwayne
Grace Flower Shop
Wrenn St. Westwood
Thomasville
Nash
N. Main ST
Glenn's Sewing Machine CO. Inc
N. Main
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