Black leaders rally for Wilmington 10 case in North Carolina
NC leaders from government business and education urge action to free nine black men held after 1972 Wilmington arson and conspiracy verdicts. They cite doubts about justice, call for fair hearing and condemn outside influence as church groups and officials weigh avenues for relief.
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North Carolina
Wilmington 10
H. M. Michaux Jr
Durham
Howard Lee
Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources
Lee
Burgaw
Ben Chavis
Wilmington
Superior Court
George Fountain
Fountain
Charles Daye
N.C. Assn
United Church of Christ
Greensboro
Joseph H. Evans
New York City
UCC
Church In
Mission
Missions of Liberation
Evans
St. Stephen United Church of Christ
Passenger recalls pre crash turbulence in Georgia disaster
Private pilot passenger Donald Foster testified at an NTSB hearing about extreme turbulence and hail before Southern Airways Flight 242 crashed on a rural north Georgia road killing 72. He described engine failures, lightning strikes, a fire and students of debris after the wreck.
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Atlanta
National Transportation Safety Board
North
Georgia
Donald Foster
Decatur
Ala
Southern Airways
Foster
Hale
Anne T. Lemoine
Kenner
Sandy P. Ward
Warm, unsettled easing forecast across Carolinas
Today mainly partly cloudy with a 40 percent rain chance and afternoon thundershowers in parts of North and South Carolina. Highs in the low to mid 90s with cooler 70s by Tuesday and a dry, sunny stretch into Friday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Policeman Dennis Allen Buried as Killer Sought
Four Oaks officer Dennis Wilbert Allen 24, killed near I 95. funeral attended by about 100 North Carolina officers. Authorities consider Linwood Johnson a potential witness or victim while investigating the case. Graveside services with military honors noted his Vietnam service and National Guard membership. he is survived by widow Debra Benson Allen and 22 month old son Daniel Lewis Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Spaulding
Durham
N.C. Mutual Insurance Co
Floyd McKissick
Soul City Foundation
Joy Johnson
Howard Clement
Durham County Democratic Party
Albert Whiting
North Carolina Central University
Four Oaks
N.C
North Carolina
Dennis Wilbert Allen
Here
Allen
Dist
Atty
John Twisdale
Linwood Lee Johnson
Johnson
Piney Grove
Johnston County
National Guard
Debra Benson Allen
Daniel Lewis Allen
Billboard error on U S 701 near Clinton misleads motorists
A sign painter struggled with a roadside billboard south of Clinton on U S 701. The sign advertises a restaurant to passing motorists, but the message appears unclear or incomplete.
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U.S. 701
Clinton
Two Story Clubhouse Faces City Building Rules
Raleigh AP report describes 11 year old Jimmy Ellinson and friends who built a two story clubhouse from scrap materials. Officials labeled it unsafe and ordered compliance within 60 days, prompting the boys to disassemble the structure.
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Raleigh
City Hall
Jimmy Ellinson
Jimmy
Mary G. Ellinson
Wayne Cameron
Cameron
George Ellinson
Ellinson
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