Groomer Gives Pageant Winning Tips
Winston-Salem AP Hanna Block, a veteran pageant coach for 30 years, shares tips for Miss North Carolina contenders. Her guidance emphasizes Southern charm, diplomacy, name recall, and balanced sophistication. Block once directed Miss North Carolina pageants and has held civic roles including mayor pro tem in Wilmington. She recalls aiding a contestant by moving a piano during a poor performance and sees a future Miss North Carolina in a young observer.
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Winston-Salem
Hannah Block
Maria Beale Fletcher
Asheville
North Carolina
Libel suit by Ray dismissed as frivolous action
MEMPHIS AP A 3 million libel suit filed by James Earl Ray former King assassin was described as frivolous nonsensical by one of his former lawyers Robert I Livingston said Ray filed the complaint in U S District Court in Memphis seeking 500 000 damages from Time Inc authors George McMillan William Bradford Huie and Gerald Frank et al Ray also named U S District Court Judge Robert M McRae Jr as a defendant but did not seek damages from the judge He accuses the judge of violating his civil rights by denying permission to subpoena Percy Foreman one of Ray defense lawyers for a 1974 evidentiary hearing
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Memphis
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Robert I. Livingston
U.S. District Court
Time, Inc
George MccMillian
William Bradford Huie
Gerald Frank
Asst. Dist
Alty
W. Henry Haile
Brenda Penedotti
US Dist
Robert M. McRae Jr
Percy Foreman
Charlotte contractor Jews rap boycott lobbying
Edwin L Jones Jr of J A Jones Construction urged Congress to let U S firms comply with Arab boycotts of Israel. Jewish leaders criticized him saying the stance could cost billions and many jobs, while others warned against allowing economic interests to override morality.
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Charlotte
N.C
Congress
Israel
Edwin L Jones Jr
J.A. Jones Construction Co
House
Jones
Bienstock
Richard K. Rocklin
Stan Gertzman
B'nai B'rith
North Carolina
Minister's Trial Postponed in Gastonia Case
A Gastonia district court hearing for Rev. William N Podaras charged with felonious assault on his wife was postponed to June 18 after doctors said Bernice Podaras could not appear. The pastor of Tabernacle of God founded 13 years ago was accused of wounding her with a .38 pistol at the church parsonage following an argument. their 16 year old daughter told police he shot his wife.
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Gastonia
William N Podaras
Bernice
Tabernacle of God
Podaras
Steve Dolley
Dolley
Haggai Group Re-Elects Slate At High Point Meeting
High Point Foundation officers were re-elected at the annual meeting. Six scholars will attend High Point College and Salem College to pursue careers with the Boy Scouts of America after completing $4,000 four year awards.
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High Point Enterprise
JLA Haggai Group
Tom Haggai
Terry Limbo
George Gills
Alan Hamlin
Don Edwards
Linda Hoy
Peter Kavanaugh
Mort Kornechuk
Allen Websler
Salem College
Charles Nored
Delta State
Bob Wessels
Indiana Central
Sam Hardee
University of the Pacific
Mike Harrington
Missouri Valley College
William Hofmann
Texas A&m
Frank Langan
Ricardo Moncada
Assumption College
Eric Murray
Pepperdine University
Donald Parson
University of the Paoh
Boy Scouts of America
Foundation
Amos, Bernard
Jack H. Campbell
J. Harriss Covington
Kearns
Ed Mendenhall
James H. Mullis
Earl N Phillips Jr
Joe P Temple
High Point
N.C English UI
Thomasville
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Czechoslovakia
S” Gertzman
Piedmont
North Main
Lennox
Bauer
High Point Heating CO
Garrison Ave
Equal Housing Lender
Ycisa
Belk Beck
Westchester Mall
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