Wallacees Woodstock Festival Draws Florida Crowd
Polk County campaign staffers staged Wallace’s Woodstock fund raiser at Old Plantation Music Park. Donkeys in banners, cam era crews, and Bluegrass acts including Tammy Wynette and Ferlin Husky plus George Wallace Jr. drew 7 000 to 10 000 fans as George Wallace campaigns in the March 14 Democratic primary.
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Associated Press
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Ferlin Husky
George Wallace Jr
Cool Air Sends North Carolina To Record Lows
A mass of cool air moved through the region producing record low temperatures for a second straight day. The forecast for High Point predicts clear skies and low to mid 50s tonight, with Tuesday turning partly cloudy and warm in the low to mid 80s and no precipitation through Tuesday.
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High Point
South Carolina
Convict Is Killed With Ax at Rowan Prison Camp
Stephen F. Cherry a 20 year old inmate from Kannapolis died hours after being struck with an ax at the Rowan County prison unit near Salisbury. Cherry who was serving a 14 year sentence for assault and manslaughter was attacked during inmate counts. Police said no charges were announced and investigators declined comment. Cherry had teased another inmate about caring for bloodhounds.
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Winston-Salem
Rowan County
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Kannapolis
Department of Corrections
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Navy Launches Consumer Protection Program for Sailors
AP Military writer Fred S. Hoffman reports the Navy has started its own consumer protection program. It includes off limits sanctions against merchants who exploit sailors and their families. The move aims to shield service members from unfair business practices and protect their finances.
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12 Killed In Louisiana Collision
A tractor trailer loaded with wheat smashed into a pickup carrying 14 persons near Alexandria Louisiana killing 12 and critically injuring another. The mass of impact hurled the pickup 275 feet into a pine tree as officers described. Eleven victims were aged. The report notes Navy efforts to educate personnel on consumer protection and to curb predatory lending and dealer abuses.
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Shady Nook
U N Tries For Nuclear Ban As Tests Loom
STOCKHOLM AP United States and Britain led a 48 2 vote in a U N committee calling for abandonment of all nuclear tests The plan drew 14 abstentions China backed France against the resolution while France announced tests in the South Pacific this month The Chinese delegate defended its arms program as defensive The report also notes a separate accident near Alexandria involving a pickup driver and a victim from New Orleans and another from Woodworth Louisiana
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South Pacific
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Alexandria
New Orleans
National alcoholism training institute opens in Pinehurst
More than 100 participants from all states begin a 19 day training program in Pinehurst North Carolina to study the 10 billion dollar alcohol problem. Dr Morris Chafetz of Washington and Dr Selden Bacon of Rutgers lead discussions with East Carolina University directing the program which received a 295000 dollar grant.
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National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
Selden Bacon
School of Alcohol Studies
Rutgers University
Bacon
Chafetz
East Carolina University
Swarthmore Grad Walter Idol Earns English Degree
Swarthmore College in Swarthmore Pennsylvania recently awarded Walter Small Idol son of Mr and Mrs Percy C Idol of High Point North Carolina a degree in English literature.
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Swarthmore, Pa
Walter Small Idol
Percy C. Idol
High Point
N. C
Swarthmore College
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