Small North Carolina colleges flood markets to woo students
Belmont Abbey College uses radio ads costing thousands while Lenoir Rhyne and others visit high schools and call graduates. North Carolina's 57 community colleges face a slower applicant pool and must push aggressive recruiting with radio spots, personal visits, and targeted campaigns. Forsyth Tech reports rising applications, while many schools expand marketing to compete in a shrinking field.
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Belmont Abbey College
Lenoir Rhyne
Hickory
North Carolina
Ed Sell
Heinz
Ray Jefferies
Lawrence Welk
Jeffries
Belmont Abbey
Fritz Smith
North Carolina Wesleyan
Rocky Mount
Charles King
Heat Wave Extends To 15th Day Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports North Carolina endures a 15th straight day with 90 degree plus heat with no break in sight. Isolated thundershowers provided brief relief in the mountains Piedmont and coast as Hendersonville recorded a heavy shower and daytime highs reached the mid 90s in most areas. Major cities reported temperatures with Charlotte at 97 Greensboro 96 Raleigh 95 Hickory 95 Rocky Mount 94 Fayetteville 93 and Asheville 90.
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North Carolina
Raleigh-Durham
Piedmont
Hendersonville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Hickory
Rocky Mount
Fayetteville
Asheville
Bank officials charged with bugging FBI probe in NC
Edwin Duncan Jr. chairman of Northwestern Bank remained jailed on an $800000 cash bond after he Gwyn E. Bowers senior vice president and Jerry Starr security officer were charged with bugging a bank headquarters room used by federal agents investigating financial irregularities. An FBI raid uncovered a sophisticated listening device described as very expensive. The trio were arrested Saturday in Wilkesboro North Carolina.
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Wilkesboro
N.C
FBI
North Carolina
Edwin Duncan Jr
Northwestern Bank
Duncan
Gwyn E. Bowers
Jerry Starr
Blue Ridge Mountains
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Russell A. Eliason
Winston- Salem
Bowers
Starr
Eliason
Costa Rica
Robert Vesco
Ashe County
Jefferson
Public prayers for civil defense drills and birth records query
Letters discuss reprinting emergency center locations, citizen drills, and why civil defense has not staged populationwide drills. A birth certificate guidance explains contacting the Register of Deeds in the birth county and lists sample city offices.
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Civil Defense
High Point
Army Corps of Engineers
Ann Partin
Office of Civil Preparedness
Southern Furniture Marketing Center
Bennettsville
Marlboro County
Winston-Salem
Court House
Winston
Guilford
Greensboro
Car Strikes Embankment After Crash at College Corner Junior High
A car driven by Pamela Watkins of Trotwood Ohio veered off course Friday at College Corner Junior High in Indiana. Police said she was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with cuts and bruises after the vehicle plowed through the school yard and hit an embankment.
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College Corner
Ind
Pamela Watkins
Trotwood
Ohio
Duke Urges Power Use Reduction to Avert Brownout
Duke Power officials warned of a potential brownout as 2,828 megawatts of capacity were offline. Two Oconee units at Seneca South Carolina were out for refueling and steam generator repairs, cutting 1,720 megawatts, with no external power purchases possible due to high demand.
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Oconee
Seneca
S.C
Coffin
Parking Lot Threatens Captain Bligh's Grave
London reports the Church of England may demolish St. Marys Churchyard, site of Captain Blighs grave, to clear space for other use possibly a parking lot for tour buses. Campaigners and Rosemary Nicholson urge preservation. the church commissioners cite many redundant buildings and consider settling the site to a nominal rent for a suitable purpose.
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Captain Bligh
London
William Bligh
Church of England
Church of St. Mary's
HMS Bounty
St. Mary's
Thames River
Lambeth Palace
Archbishop of Canterbury
Bligh
Rosemary Nicholson
Archbishop’s Palace
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