Carter Talks With Mondale In Plains On VP Run
Vice presidential discussions continued as Jimmy Carter hosted Sen. Walter Mondale in Plains Georgia. Mondale and his wife arrived with other reportedly possible running mates for interviews as Carter eyes six or more candidates.
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Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Mondale
Americus
United States
Carter
Rosalynn
Joan
John Glenn
Ohio
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Georgia
Peter Rodine
New Jersey
Henry Jackson
Washington
New York City
Sen
Adlai E. Stevenson II
Illinois
Frank
Death Row Celebrates NC Supreme Court Ruling
Inmates on Death Row celebrated after the U S Supreme Court struck down North Carolina’s mandatory death sentence and upheld capital punishment as constitutional. They face life sentences, with many expressing mixed relief and continued uncertainty about appeals and freedom.
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U.S. Supreme Court
North Carolina
Death Row
Supreme Court
Archdale water taps and historical station questions raised
Readers ask why city water tapping fees changed since former mayor’s claim. City records show approval by council. former mayor did not publicly commit to no taps. Southern Railway station in High Point built in 1906 by Central Carolina Construction. no pre 1906 records available. Public hearing notes explain lack of scheduled session for senior citizens and prior hearings covered fund requests. council allowed statements earlier, but no new public input at July 1 meeting.
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Henry York
Enterprise
C.K
Don Wrenn
Southern Railroad
E.J.P. A. AS. Eggerton Jr
Southern Railway System
Washington
Southern
High Point
Central Carolina Construction Co., Inc
Greensboro
N.C
Q. L
Council On Aging
Culler
Kingfish on Amos and Andy Was a White Actor Deep Dive
Freeman Gosden portrayed The Kingfish George Stevens in Amos and Andy while Charles Correll played Andy and Henry Van Porter. The pair originated Sam n Henry as blackface characters on WGN Chicago in January 1926 and debuted Amos n Andy on WMAQ Chicago in March 1928. The show drew nationwide attention and even influenced store audio systems to air episodes.
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Amos
P' Andy
Aton
Freeman Gosden
George Stevens
Amos and Lightnin
Gosden
Charles Correll
Andy
Henry van Porter
WGN
Chicago
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Amos ‘N’ Andy
WMAQ
Fresh Air Taxi Company
Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge
Dupree testifies self defense in murder trial
Sandra Dupree, 34, testified in Henderson NC that she shot and killed Harry Dickens in Scotland Neck in self defense after he attacked her and her son Mark. Prosecution witnesses denied a struggle. protestors gathered outside the courthouse as the trial moved from Scotland Neck.
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Michelle
Superior Court
Scotland Neck
Henderson
North Carolina
Dupree
Sandra Dupree
Democrats Ready Cramped Garden
New York hosts a cramped Democratic convention at Madison Square Garden with 20,000 seats, converted from a circus venue. Raymond R. Hertler supervised a $1.4 million refurbishment, coordinating 80 to 90 firms to transform the arena into a political stage for the 8 p.m. start while reporters occupied benches and networks set up in the lions den space.
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Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
United States
Big Apple
San Francisco
Miami Beach
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square
Raymond R. Hertler
Hertler
Father Son Ban Rescinded After Ford Uproar
Washington AP Ford ordered rescission of a federal ban on school sponsored mother-daughter and father-son events after his irritation at the ruling. HEW studied potential Title IX violations while NOW charged the move narrows women’s equality, noting many communities still divide sexes for school events.
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Washington
Ford
Civil Rights Office
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
Ron Nessen
Scottsdale, Ariz
Jeas Scottsdale
Fcials
Nessen
Congress
National Organization For Women
Lynda Weston
Energy policy contrasts among Carter Ford Reagan
The article compares presidential candidates energy strategies. Carter backs oil price controls, import quotas, mandatory conservation standards, and restraining large energy companies, while Ford and Reagan favor unregulated markets and voluntary conservation. All support removing interstate natural gas price regulation, Carter proposing a five year trial. Carter favors coal and solar, Reagan mixed, Ford wary of western federal coal.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Reagan
West
Appalachia
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