North Carolina Weekend Highlights Set for Saturday and Sunday
Major events across North Carolina include the 22nd Highland Games on Grandfather Mountain and an Old Timers Reunion with steam engines and antique cars. Other spots host a touring band, open house by Smithsonian scientists, SPCA dog show, Coon Dog Day Parade, Mountain Arts Festival, Shindig on the Green, Expo 77 Craft Fair, and a sailing regatta.
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Linville
Grandfather Mountain
Climax
Hunt Criticizes HEW View on North Carolina Desegregation
North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt condemned HEW desegregation guidelines as simplistic after the federal move to boost black enrollment at UNC and other states. Hunt supported UNC President William Friday, noted input from NC leaders, and said he spoke with HEW Secretary Califano about court doubts while the legal case proceeds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Hunt
University of North Carolina
William Friday
HEW
Joseph Califano
Califano
U.S
Rebels Shoot Ambassador In Paris
Mauritanian ambassador Ahmed Ghanahalla was shot in Paris near his home by two attackers and survived. The incident, claimed by the Polisario Front via a phone call to AFP, marks the third ambassador shot in Paris in two years amid North West Africa territorial tensions. Ghanahalla, in Paris 15 months, was taken to the American Hospital where officials reported he remained conscious and out of danger.
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Paris
France
Ahmed Ghanahalla
Polisario Front
Africa
Spanish Sahara
Mauritania
Morocco
Agence France Presse
Mohamed el Wali Sayed
Nouakchott
Ghanahalla
16Th
Spain
Algeria
No Way It Will Stretch to Next Payday Says Experts
Consumers face limited purchasing power as prices hold steady and wages lag. Analysts note short term relief may appear from small discounts while long term budgeting remains tight through the next pay cycle.
Measles vaccine guidance conflicts noted by CDC
Atlanta officials disclose a vaccine guidance discrepancy as New Mexico drops school inoculation rules. Merck warns against vaccinating pregnant women while public health officials push vaccination for those at risk.
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Atlanta
Center For Disease Control
New Mexico
Myrtle Beach considers 2 am beer wine ban in bars
Myrtle Beach city council approved on first reading a proposal to ban on premises consumption of beer and wine from 2 am to 8 am prompted by police warning of early morning rowdiness. Take-out sales would not be affected and second reading is next. City officials note most establishments already close at 2 am.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
J. Stanley Bird
David Stradinger
Groucho Marx in fair condition after pneumonia setback
Comedian Groucho Marx age 86 is in fair condition and gradually getting better after readmission to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for pneumonitis. He was discharged following hip surgery and doctors have not set a release date.
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Los Angeles
Groucho Marx
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Marx
Florida man sought in Wilson County migrant worker death
A Florida man, Lino Vasquez, 22, is wanted on murder charges in the hit-and-run that killed Belemino Zavala, 19, as seven migrant workers argued on a rural road west of Wilson. Vasquez allegedly returned to strike Zavala and injure two others, who remained in fair condition at Wigson Memorial Hospital.
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Vaquez Allegely
Wigson Memorial Hospital
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