Randolph County approves tentative 8.1 million budget for 1971 72
Randolph County Commissioners give tentative approval to an eight million one hundred thousand dollar budget for 1971 72, about half a million higher than 1970 71. The tax rate remains 1.10 per hundred and schools gain about 830 000 for capital outlay. Archdale Trinity tax levy set at 25 cents per hundred. Guilford Fire District at 22 054.36.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Archdale-Trinity
Guil Rand
A-T
FCX Pays Dividends To Holders In Carolinas
Farmers Cooperative Exchange in North and South Carolina mailed 528 935 dollars in six percent preferred stock dividends to 42 614 stockholders. A week earlier 334 830 dollars in debenture interest went to 12 528 holders. Directors also authorized two new debenture series totaling 2 million dollars with 7 percent and 6 percent interest, maturing in 1977 and 1979 respectively.
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Raleigh, N.C
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
North Carolina
South Carolina
Carolinas
FCX
Coopertive
A. J. Haynes
Area Methodists To Attend Meet
Delegates from the area will join the United Methodist Church General Conference in Atlanta April 16-30 and the Southeast Jurisdictional Conference at Lake Junaluska July 10-14. Lead delegate is Dr James C Peters of Winston-Salem with listed attendees from Thomasville High Point Asheboro and Lexington. Reserve delegate Sally Pruett of Thomasville is named.
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United Methodist Church
James C. Peters
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Atlanta
Philip L. Shore Jr
Thomasville
William Henderson
High Point
W. Frank Redding
Asheboro
Jersey City Mayor Convicted on Extortion Charges
Jersey City Mayor Thomas J. Whelan was convicted by a federal jury of 29 counts of extortion and conspiracy to extort along with six other officials and associates. The verdict followed a four hour deliberation over holiday weekend. sentencing date not set.
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Newark
N. J
Jersey City
Thomas J. Whelan
City Hall
Whelan
Hudson County
Philipp Kunz
Kunz
Hudson County Democratic
Walter Wolfe
Jersey City Council
Thomas Flaherty
Joseph Stapleton
Fred Kropke
Bernard Murphy
Port of New York Authority
William Steinkopf
NAACP Leader Sees Cautious Steps by Nixon Administration
NAACP board chair Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood said the Nixon administration has taken steps earning cautious approval from black Americans. He noted progress on low income housing may be coming, while warning the racial climate remains unsettled. His remarks reflected official NAACP stance at its annual convention in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis, Minn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stephen Gill Spottswood
Washington, D.C
NAACP
Spottswood
Western double feature reviews at Center Theatre and Martin Twin One
A contemporary review compares Big Jake and Shootout to classics like The Wild Bunch and True Grit. It finds Big Jake overreliant on familiar John Wayne tropes and lacking impact, while Shootout offers decent mood and a notable bond between Gregory Peck and a young girl but suffers from thin, caricatured antagonists and a shaky final confrontation. The critique notes shared production ties and echoes of earlier films.
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Center Theatre
Big Jake
John Ford Company
Maureen O'Hara
Bruce Cabot
Wayne
George Sherman
Wayne Cohorts
John Wayne
Gregory Peck
Clay Lomax
Lomax
Peck
Hal Wallis
Henry Hathaway
Kim Darby
Marguerite Roberts
Swimsuits Switched In Backyard Theft Case
Cedar Rapids police report a fashion conscious leather ex changed swimsuits at a back yard clothesline over the weekend. Mrs. Richard Bradfield said a two piece swimsuit she hung is missing and the thief left a wet bottom half of another suit in its place.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Richard Bradfield
Meat Theft Puts Thief In Jeopardy
Hungry thieves broke into Arthur L. Bracy s home on East Commerce Street early Monday and stole 45 dollars worth of meat while he slept upstairs. Police said the burglary could be charged as first degree burglary a capital offense.
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Arthur L. Bracy
E. Commerce Street
Bracy
Charles Harley
Grimes Street
Rufus Moore
Clara Cox
Moore
Herbert Columbus Holyfield
Green Drive
Joseph Martin King
Tipton Street
Franklin Bivens
Barber Drive
Lois June Fox
Eden Terrace
John Wesley Taylor
Oakview Road
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Marie Wood
Stephanie Kerr
Karen Congdon
Arts Council
Macrame
Jim Stratford
Randolph
Nash
N. Main ST
Area Methodists
U.S. Dist
Robert Shaw
Harold Davis
Chapel of Blowers North Main
Farriss Avenue
Jacob McCandles
Wild Bunch
Robert Marks
Twin Oaks
North Main St
E. Westwood
RaMseur
Chicago
Delta
O’hare
Greensboro
George Ross
Delta Air Lines
U.S
Deltamatic
LTA
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