Smokies Lose 200 Bears Yearly to Poachers
Cherokee AP report quotes Guy Taylor of Great Smoky Mountains National Park as estimating about 100 bears killed on the North Carolina side and another 100 on the Tennessee side each year. Poaching, including cub theft for display in shops, is tied to profits from meat, hide, and teeth, with traders using baited traps and staged feeds to lure mothers and cubs.
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Guy Taylor
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Taylor
South District
North Carolina
Tennessee
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Ruby find boosts tourism in Cowee Valley mines
Seventeen year old Kim Jones found a 456 carat ruby valued at 20 000 to 100 000 dollars triggering a tourist boom in Cowee Valley North Carolina. Rockhounds flood public mines to pan rubies sapphires and garnets as visitors pay fees and learn stone recognition from local guides and shopkeepers.
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Franklin, N.C
Kim Jones
Cowee Valley
W.R. Gregory
Kim
South Carolina
Warren
Gregory's
Liz Taylor
Gregory
Dorothy Gregory
Gregory's Mine
Holbrook Mine
Former Inmate Testifies Guards Ignored Dormitory Fire
McDowell Prison inmate David Carpenter testified at a state Industrial Commission hearing about a deadly June 1976 blaze. He said a guard urged prisoners to stay inside the dorm and burn with it while others were refused release, contributing to nine deaths and 23 injuries with claims up to 30000 under the tort claims act.
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Morganton
N.C
McDowell Prison
David Carpenter
State Industrial Commission
Carpenter
Roger Dale Wyatt
Venters Former Legislator Carl V. Venters Dies at 71
Former Onslow County legislator and UNC Board of Trustees member Carl V. Venters died at age 71 in Jacksonville after pneumonia. He served in the North Carolina House 1949–1963 and Senate in 1965, chaired Budget Commission 1957–58, and sat on the General Statutes Commission 1959–63. He leaves two sons Carl V. Venters Jr and Wayne B. Venters, a daughter Gail Gilbert, and seven grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Anne's Episcopal Church.
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Jacksonville
N. C
Onslow County
Carl V. Venters
University of North Carolina Board of Trustees
Venters
State House of Representatives
State Senate
Advisory Budget Commission
The
General Statutes Commission
Carl V. Venters Jr
Raleigh
Durham Life Broadcasting Service
Wayne B. Venters
Gail Gilbert
Charlotte
St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Blacks Invited To NCSU For Special Orientation
Raleigh AP Larry Guess the only black in NCSU admission plans to send black upperclassmen to high schools and invite black seniors to a special orientation to boost desegregation underway after July 5 guidelines. He will visit churches and explain engineering options to students and parents.
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Raleigh
Larry Guess
N.C
University of North Carolina
Mrs Jarvis Indicted In Murder Solicitation Case
Alberta Munday Jarvis of Lewisville faces indictments for soliciting killings of former business partner James Franklin Shouse and others. Key figures include Jerry Crews John Ireland Lilly and Madge Roberts, with alleged offers ranging from 3 000 to 30 000 dollars. Bonds updated to 15 000 dollars.
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Winston-Salem
Alberta Munday Jarvis
Lewisville
James Franklin Shouse
Shouse
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Jarvis
Crews
John Ireland Lilly
Madge Lee Roberts
Frank Fields
Carter to Speak in South Carolina This Week
President Carter tours the South starting with Charleston on Thursday July 21 addressing the Southern Legislative Conference. Officials say sites Gaillard Municipal Auditorium or The Citadel are possible venues with a 3 PM speech slot and a later dinner plan canceled.
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Carter
South Carolina
Southern Legislative Conference
Charleston
White House
Washington
Charles T. Ferillo
South Carolina House
Gaillard Municipal Auditorium
Citadel
State Military College
Ferillo
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