Father Of Camp Mishap Victim Crusades For Greater Safety
Winston-Salem AP report on Jack Luffman whose 10 year old son nearly drowned at a Wake Forest basketball camp. After 19 months in a coma the boy died two years ago. Luffman promotes stricter summer camp safety and helped push North Carolina to draft minimum safety laws. He settled a lawsuit for 180000, ending a 16 million claim. He seeks to prevent future child deaths through better staff training and rules.
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Winston-Salem
Jack Luffman
Wake Forest University
Luffman
Wake Forest
North Carolina
State Attorney General's Office
General Assembly
Tobacco Markets Open Across Carolinas Amid Optimism
The Tobacco Committee set opening dates for North Carolina and Virginia markets amid expectations of a lucrative season. NCDA chief John Cyrus predicted crop quality will push prices above 1.00 per pound for top leaves with early leaves around 91 to 95 cents. Markets begin July 20 in the Eastern Belt and lower Middle Belt, July 27 in upper Middle Belt, and Aug 3 for Old Belt sales. buyer sets adjust to 12 on the SC border and 26 in eastern NC, reflecting shifting market openings and strong forecasts.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
Middle Belt
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Sanford
Enerbe
Carthage
Aberdeen
Virginia
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Warrenton
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Henderson
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Mebane
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Winston-Salem
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Brookneal
Chase City
Clarksville
Danville
Kenbridge
Lawrenceville
Martinsville
Petersburg
South Boston
South Hill
Cyrus
NCDA
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Charlotte weighs all porn district plan in Charlotte
Charlotte City Council members weigh establishing a pornography district to remove outlets from other neighborhoods. Councilwoman Pat Locke asks the city attorney to study laws in Boston and Baltimore and to review the Supreme Court decision on porn districts. Raleigh reports a prolonged garbage strike with 157 strikers fired and demands for raises.
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Charlotte
Pat Locke
Henry Underhill
Boston
Baltimore
U.S. Supreme Court
Locke
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
Raleigh
Second Degree Plea Accepted In Deputies Slaying Trial
In Taylorsville North Carolina prosecutor accepts a second degree murder plea from Morrey Joe Campbell 29 after he admitted killing Davie County Deputy Wayne H Gaither and Forsyth County Reserve Deputy Jack C Reniger last year Campbell had faced first degree murder charges but pled to two counts of second degree murder and faces life imprisonment Judge Julius A Rousseau scheduled sentencing in Alexander County The case stemmed from a May 30 1975 slaying and chase involving Forsyth Deputy Robert Russ An outlaw immunity rule limited further charges and pretrial publicity moved the trial
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Taylorsville
North Carolina
Morrey
Joe Campbell
Campbell
Davie County
Wayne H. Gaither
Forsyth County Reserve
Jack C. Reniger
Gaither
Reniger
Julius A. Rousseau
Superior Court
Alexander County
Mocksville
Dist. Atty
H.W. Zimmerman
Rouseau
Extradition Of Julian Eng Is Begun
Wake County District Attorney Burley B. Mitchell has begun extradition proceedings to bring H. Julian Eng to North Carolina for trial. Eng is linked to Jerome Louchheim, indicted on eight counts of fraudulently overbilling the state $5,770 for advertising services. They face conspiracy to defraud the state. Eng resisted voluntary extradition in Florida. Govs. Askew of Florida and Holshouser of North Carolina must act on the extradition request.
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Raleigh
Wake County
Burley B. Mitchell
H. Julian Eng
North Carolina
Eng
Jerome Louchheim
Louchheim
Mitchell
Dade County
Fla
Reubin Askew
Florida
James Holshouser
Holshouser
Mbicheill
Public TV funding debate nears split over local vs national focus
Washington AP reports public broadcasting wrestles with how federal dollars should be spent. Centralists push for more local program funding and equipment, while officials favor national programming. Congress okays long term financing and directs funds through CPB to stations and PBS. New PBS president Lawrence Grossinian regarded as intelligent but faces debate over local strength versus broad national service.
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Washington
Public Broadcasting
House
Senate
Congress
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Public Broadcasting Service
Lawrence K. Grossinian
NBC
New York
Frederick Brightenfeld
Maryland Center For Public Broadcasting
PBS
Brightenfeld
Wry
Evening TV Schedule Highlights Tonight
The schedule lists ABC and CBS news programs, space and nature features, a country music program, and sports. Notable items include Democratic National Convention coverage at 11:15, 12:15 Best of Bollywood, and 12:30 Movie to close the night.
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Scene Tonight
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ABC News
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