Late Millionaire Getty To Be Buried In Calif
GUILDFORD England AP billionaire J Paul Getty 83 dead to be buried in California where he called home though he hadn t seen it for two decades Staff said body would be flown to the United States this week Getty Oil president and major stockholder died Sunday of a heart attack at Sutton Place 72 room manor house near London His fortune estimated between 2 and 4 billion dollars He left most of his wealth to charity Will to be filed in California this week Harold Berg to head Getty Oil until a successor is elected Getty was son of an Oklahoma oilman who built a vast empire through Tulsa and Oklahoma Gave lavish public statements about rivals while owning about two thirds of Getty Oil s 20 million shares
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England
J. Paul Getty
California
Getty
United States
Getty Oil Co
Sutton Place
London
Norris Bramlett
Gordon Peter Getty
Gelly
Bramiett
Bramsett
Harold E. Berg
Board of
Getty- Getty
Oklahoma
Jean Paul
Tulsa
Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell
Texaco
Gulf
Standard of California
Getty Oil
Margaret Duchess of Argyll
Rosabella Burch
Methodists To Gather Wednesday At Lake Junaluska
More than 150 petitions from 1,200 congregations will be reviewed by 18 committees at the Western North Carolina United Methodist Conference as it opens a five day session at Lake Junaluska. Topics include the Equal Rights Amendment arms race human sexuality and the United Nations.
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Lake Junaluska
Western North Carolina
United Methodist Conference
United Nations
Commission On the Status and Role of Women
Counel On
Coast Guard resumes search for man after boat capsizes
In North Carolina's Pamlico Sound a 7 foot bass boat capsized during a fishing trip Saturday. John Bryant of Tarboro along with two other Tarboro men, Jimmy White and Mike Brown, were aboard. White and Brown were found clinging to the boat and hospitalized for exposure. The Coast Guard said a search would continue today for the missing man.
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Vohtsmouth
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Pamlco Sound
John Bryant
Tarboro, C
Tarboro
Jimmy White
Mike Brown
Naval Hospital
Cherry Park
N. C
Contaminated wells hit Fayetteville low income area
Cumberland County Health Department reports human waste bacteria in 18 of 34 unprotected wells serving a low income Fayetteville district near Belt Boulevard and NC 8. Outdoor toilets on both city and county sides create sewage exposure, with rental and absentee owner housing. Annexation by the city is suggested to require sanitary water.
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Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Belt Boulevard
NC 8
Citt
Health Department
Willams
GOP Faces Long Odds in North Carolina Legislature
Raleigh AP report shows North Carolina Republicans conceding two more years of Democratic control in the state House with 53 of 130 seats held by GOP candidates and 27 of 30 Senate races filed. The party, historically weak in either chamber, last surged in 1974 before a Democratic landslide wiped out most gains. State chairman Robert Shaw cites lingering effects of 1974 and recruitment challenges, leaving several Democrats unopposed or in districts GOP rivals rarely contest.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State House of Representatives
GOP
House
Senate
Secretary of State's
James E Holshouser
Warming Trend Forecast Across North Carolina Through Friday
The National Weather Service expects a warming trend in North Carolina with fair skies and highs in the 70s and 80s through Friday. Triad area forecasts call for mostly sunny days and clear nights through Tuesday, with daytime highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and nighttime lows around mid 40s to upper 50s. Rain chances remain practically nil across the region.
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National Weather Service
North Carolina
Triad
South Carolina
Associated Press
U S Wealth Rapidly Grows Over Two Centuries
AP analyzes wealth growth from 3 billion in 1778 to 5700 billion by 1975. Per capita wealth rises dramatically as the personal sector enlarges share of GNP from 29.5 percent in 1925 to 40.3 percent by 1973, with government and foreign asset shares shifting meanwhile.
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John Cunniff
New York
John Kendrick
Kendrick
George Washington University
Morgan Guaranty Survey
Traffic Deaths Rise in North Carolina in April
Raleigh AP reports that NC highway fatalities jumped 71 percent in April to 120 dead, up from 112 a year earlier, while the four month total fell slightly to 422 from 426. Memorial Day period fatalities were the lowest since 1962.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Division of Motor Vehicles
Zane Weaths
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