Church Of Christ Meeting At Elon College Opens Ninth Annual Conference
The ninth annual meeting of the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ opens at Elon College in Elon North Carolina tonight. About 500 delegates and visitors from around 390 churches in North Carolina and southern Virginia attend the three day gathering. The conference minister will be elected for a four year term. Nominees include Rev James H Lightbourne Jr of Burlington North Carolina who has led since 1965 and is eligible for reelection. The board proposes replacing nine standing committees with four program commissions: Church Life and Leadership Christian Education Christian Social Ministries and Stewardship and Evangelism.
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Elon College
N.C
Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ
North Carolina
Virginia
James H. Lightbourne Jr
Burlington
Mountain Flowers In Bloom Across North Carolina Mountains
AP reports azaleas and mountain laurels in full color across the North Carolina mountains from Soco Gap to Oconaluftee River. Naturalist Bob Bruce notes rhododendrons blooming along the Blue Ridge Parkway and near Grandfather Mountain, Balsam Gap, and Mt. Pisgah, with peak color expected in two weeks and blossoms already fading at Black Mountain Gap.
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Asheville
North Carolina Mountains
Soco Gap
Waynesville
Oconaluftee River
Cherokee
Blue Ridge Parkway
Bob Bruce
Parkway
Grandfather Mountain
Balsam Gap
Maggie Valley
Mt. Pisgah
Bruce
N.C. 215
Beech Gap
Rosman
Craggy Gardens
Black Mountain Gap
Mt. Mitchell State Park
Barrier Saves Trucker on Old Fort Mountain
A runaway tractor-trailer carrying 71,000 pounds of meat was stopped by a sand barrier on U.S. 70 at Old Fort Mountain. Driver Bobby Eugene Woods of Gadsden, Alabama, escaped injury after brakes failed at about 25 mph. The barrier, built by the Department of Transportation, has undergone design changes after earlier wrecks, including a truck overrunning it at 70 mph.
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Old Fort
N.C
U.S. 70
Old Fort Mountain
Department of Transportation
Bobby Eugene Woods
Gadsden
Ala
Woman shelters in church as SLA shootout scars LA
Tommy Howard in a gold suit collects aid for Mattie Morrison whose pink house burned beside the SLA hideout after a police raid. Morrison, now living in a church, mourns three dogs killed in the fire while residents blame police actions and claim process for compensation tops $150,000.
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Stephen Fox
Associated Press
LOS Angeles (Ap
Tommy Howard
Cinque
SLA
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