Cave-In Victims Warned Of Unsafe Trench At Emerald Mine
A witness says he warned two men before a cave-in at Hiddenite emerald mine in North Carolina. James Draedyn and Delmas Harrison died. Robert Lebowitz, a partner, was partially buried. Investigators say mine safety laws may not cover tourist mines and the probe is complete.
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Harrison
Alexander County
North Carolina
Bill Booker
N.C. Department of Labor
Office of Communications
Hiddenite
Probe Over Eliminated Jobs Stirs North Carolina GOP Lawmakers
In Raleigh, Democrats moved to abolish regional and division personnel officer posts in the state Highways Division to curb political patronage. DOT reorganization kept 13 officers on payroll using 32 vacant positions, prompting legislative anger and a probe into the higher level actions and legality of the transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
State Highways Division
General Assembly
Department of Transportation
Liston B. Ramsey
Madison
al Boyles
Transportation
G Perry Greene
James E. Holfhouser
Legislative Fiscal Research Division
Governor's Office
DOT Stalf
Variances Requested Before Guilford County Board of Adjustment
A plan to locate a barn 20 to 30 feet beyond the front building line on Fleming Road in Friendship Township will go to the Guilford County Board of Adjustment at 7 30 p m July 20 in the courthouse. Bob Walters seeks the variance from setback rules for the barn. Marvin Bass asks to add a garage to an existing residence in Hunting Valley Subdivision Sumner Township south of Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Adjustment
Bob Walters
Fleming Road
Friendship Township
High Point
Marvin Bass
Hunting Valley
Sumner Township
Banker Hodges To Speak Here
Luther H Hodges Jr chair of North Carolina National Bank will speak Wednesday at 10 a m at the Chamber of Commerce building on N Main Street. Hodges will discuss the economy and North Carolina outlook for the latter half of 1976. The Free Enterprise Promotion Committee led by Bernie Mann sponsors the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther H Hodges, Jr
North Carolina National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
N. Main Street
Hodges
North Carolina
Free Enterprise Promotion Committee
Bernie Mann
Christie to Publish Sleeping Murder Final Novel
Final Agatha Christie work Sleeping Murder will be published by Dodd, Mead on September 20. Written in the late 1930s for posthumous release, the book will raise Dame Agatha's total published titles to 87.
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New York
Dodd, Mead
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha
Currin backs basics in special education amid reform drive
Currin argues for strengthening basics in special education and not de-emphasizing programs for mentally retarded or exceptional children. He backs a 10 percent annual teacher salary raise over two years and cites support from Greensboro and High Point PACE chapters.
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Currin
Point
Greensboro
Political Action Committee On Education
PACE
N.C. Assn
Houses Beef Up List Of Permits In Guilford County June
Guilford County Inspections Dept reports June permits totaling 3.12 million with 178 permits issued. James Prillaman notes 56 were for new single family houses in rural areas valued at 1.838 million, plus 39 for non residential projects including warehouses and an educational structure.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Inspections Dept
James Prillaman
Prillaman
Service Marines and Army deploy, promote, and graduation notes
Pfc Fred D Mobley 22 son of Shadie Mobley 615 Grayson St on a six month Med deployment with the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit based at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point. Cpl Charles C Rogers of Lexington promoted at Cherry Point. former Denton High student and July 1974 enlistment. Pvt Samuel R Reavis 19 of Kernersville infantryman in 2nd Battalion 508th at Ft Bragg. entered in Dec 1975, trained at Ft Jackson, last at Ft Benning. Seaman Edward T Ford I 20 of Randleman participated in International Naval Review aboard USS Forrestal. 1974 Randleman High grad, Navy since Aug 1974, ship homeported in Norfolk.
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Fred D Mobley
Shadie M. Mobley
Grayson St
Mediterranean
32Nd Marine Amphibious Unit
Camp Lejeune
Cherry Point
N.C
High Point Central High School
Mobley
Marine Corps
Charles C. Rogers
Lawrence H. Rogers
Rt. 11
Linda
Jack Holt
Miller Road
Lexington
Marine Corps Air Station
Denton High School
Army
Samuel R. Reavis
Samuel M. Reavis
Whitehorn Dr
Kernersville
508Th Infantry
Bend Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
Ft. Jackson
Ft. Benning
Navy
Edward T. Ford
Park St
Randleman
New York Harbor
USS
Forrestal
Randleman High School
Norfolk
Vehicle Lookout Canceled After Arrests In Hit and Run
High Point police canceled a lookout after locating the vehicle and making two arrests. Iver Eric Iverson, 22, of Bethel Drive, was charged with felonious hit and run and reckless driving, and David Wilson Nicholson, 31, of Berkley Street, was charged with felonious hit and run. The Pontiac GTO, about $969 model, was involved in a July 10 crash on I-85 near Main Street, striking Samuel C. Carpenter of Roanoke, Virginia, who was hospitalized with injuries.
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High Point
Iver Eric Iverson
Bethel Drive
David Wilson Nicholson
Berkley Street
Main Street
Samuel C. Carpenter
Roanoke
Carpenter
Life's Like That Hard Times Spur Hustle
A compact reflection on adversity pushing people to work harder and seek opportunity. The saying frames hardship as a catalyst for action and resilience.
Teenager Hurt Crossing Road in Henley Street Area
Bertha Good, 15, of Henley Street was slightly injured at 1 05 am when struck while crossing Kivett Drive at Hoskins Street. The driver stopped after the impact and then left. Shirley Portis Hutchinson, Route 4, was injured Friday at 5 05 pm in a collision on N Main Street at English Road involving an 18 year old Roger Dale Kennedy of Chambers Street.
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Central Carolina
Ind
Kivett Drive
Bertha Good
Henley Street
Hoskins Street
Shirley Portis Hutchinson
Route 4
Roger Dale Kennedy
Chambers Street
N Main Street
English Road
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Green Street Baptist Church
Eastern Star
The
Franklin A. Marsh
Dorsey E Fuller
Willie F. Wilson
Sechrest Chapel
E. W. Price Jr
Floral ‘Garden Park Cemetery
Edward Jerome
Camelot Dr
Wake Medical Center
Asheville
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Mary Kirk Jerome
Greenhill Cemetery
Owen Lexington
Harris E. Owen
Route 7
Southmont
Davidson County
Mose L
Ellen Shipton Owen
N.C. Dept. of Transportation
Pauline Bailey Owen
Sherman
Pearl) Murrow
Murphy
John
Josie) Eubanks
Kinston
Bruce
Juanita) Bean
Rt. 1
Denton
David, Mozell
Terry Owen
Robbie Eubanks
Robert George
Bennett Copley
Ernest Owen
Lick Creek Baptist Church
Lanier- Briggs Funeral Home
Pearl Williams
Pearl Martin Williams
Wise St
Marlboro County
S.C
Size
June Martin
Nellie Mae Stuckey
Stancie Mae Harrington
James Williams
Philadelphia
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Houston Williams
Joe Louis Williams
Bennettsville
D.C
Rosa
Juna Mae
Magnolia Martin
Burtin
N.J
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Staten Island
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Rufus Martin
Pennsylvania
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H. Rt. Johnson
Moore Funeral Home
Mamie Sheets
Mamie Beck Sheets
Sixth Ave
Golden Age
Lexington First Baptist Church
Lester
Edgar Sheets
Floyd Sheets
Winston-Salem
J. T. Bates
Winston- Salem
Davidson Funeral Home
Hannah Maner Ashebord
Hannah Maness Maner
Woodcrest Dr
Randolph County
Franklinville
Howard Allred
Pugh Funeral Home
Margaret Disher
Margaret Goss Disher
Satterwhite Drive
Knightdale
Wake Memorial Medical Center
William Lindsay
Addie May Myers Goss
First Baptist Church
A. L. Disher
Margaret Duncan
Margaret Gatton Duncan
Cumby Chestnut Drive
Herbert McPheron
Flora Garden Park
Cumby Mortuary
Chestnut Dr
Marie Hodgin
Asbill St
Duncan
Baltimore St
Baltimore
Sechrest
Lexington Ave
Ens
Mationa
Margaret G. Duncan
Chestnut Drive
Sedtentieee
TyeKope
Trindale RD
Archdale
Cunbyf
Order of the Galden
North Main
Farriss Avenue
Harold C.davis
Preferred Funeral Directors International
Camp Pioneer
Tson
Booker
Lebowitz
Craedyn
Draedyn
Grace Flower Shop
Ms. Good
Westchester
Ee Free
Ens Marsh Kitchens, Inc
Raybern E. Clodfelter
Winston-Salem, N.C
Midway Township
Clodfelter
McGee Road
Codfelter
McGee Rd
Linda Carr
Bob Bowers
Jack Myers
Center St
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