New Miss North Carolina To Change Dating Pattern
Constance Anne Dorn of Kinston, named 1973 Miss North Carolina, will limit public dating due to Jaycees duties. She may drop dance lessons and possibly skip East Carolina University this fall while adhering to restrictions like double dating, no public smoking, and minimal drinking. Dorn, 18, won talent and swimsuit preliminaries and faces a slate of finalists and congeniality honors in Charlotte.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Billy
Constance Anne Dorn
Kinston
Bill Chambers
University of North Carolina
Jaycees
Chambers
East Carolina University
Miss Dorn
L. W. Dorn
Wake County
Barbara Aretha Ballew
Hickory
Marcia Patrice Burton
Hendersonville
Corabella McBrayer
Fayetteville
Bonnie Lynn Cox
Elkin Valley
Vickie Jane Green
Statesville
Gastonia
Donna Susan Colvin
Mount Holly
Vivian Anita Craig
Plan To Drastically Reform Democratic Party Progresses
The reform plan proposes a national Democratic party with formal enrollment and dues, a full time chair, a larger national committee, and a permanent financial base. It aims to broaden grass roots leadership and create a national membership and finance council to direct member signups and dues by state.
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Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
National Committee
James G. O'Hara
D-Mich
Miami Beach
National Party
Scott Lands Curriculum Re-evaluation
Gov. Bob Scott backs an Institute for Undergraduate Curricular Reform begun Sunday night as a classroom level effort to restructure higher education. The three week program unites 15 North Carolina colleges and universities and will run over two more years to cover all institutions. Scott urged strong backing from administrators professors trustees and students to ensure meaningful changes take effect July 1.
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Cullowhee
N.C
Bob Scott
Scott
North Carolina
William C. Friday
Eveveryone
Rouse Reconfirmed Leader Of North Carolina Republicans
Frank Rouse of Kinston was reelected head of the North Carolina Republican Party by the state Republican Executive Committee in Greensboro amid a divided mood. Jim Holshouser urged unanimous reelection to unite the party after Rouse had taken a leave to campaign for Jim Gardner. Dent of Asheville praised the move as the path to party unity. Rouse had resigned at Holshouser's request and was not present for the vote.
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Greensboro
N.C
Frank Rouse
Kinston
North Carolina
GOP
Jim Holshouser
Rouse
Holfhouser
Holshouser
Jim Gardner
Ted Dent
Asheville
Gardner
Air Wreck Blamed on Inadequate Control at Raleigh Durham
NTSB faulted FAA for failing to separate two aircraft during approach to Raleigh Durham airport. Willis Smith Jr of Raleigh and David Eugene Upchurch of Morrisville died in the Dec. 4 collision with an Eastern Air Lines DC9 jet. 27 aboard the jet were uninjured.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Raleigh- Durham
N. C
Willis Smith Jr
Raleigh
Eastern Air Lines
Federal Aviation Administration
Smith
North Carolina
Cochairman
Nixon-Agnew Campaign Committee
David Eugene Upchurch
Morrisville
Patrolman Stabbed During Cleve land County Incident Near Casar
In Cleveland County North Carolina a highway patrolman L D Wagner was stabbed while making a drunk driving arrest and had to radio for help as about 25 bystanders watched. Wagner was in satisfactory condition at Cleveland Memorial Hospital with a stab wound to the left rib area.
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Shelby
N.C
Cleveland County
L. D. Wag ‘Ner
Cleveland Memorial Hospital
J. S. Bennett
Wagner
E. T. Vanhoy
Casar
Vanhoy
Bennett
Earl Stewart Allen
Rt. 1
Allen
Harold Ray Dayberry
Dayberry
Edgar Nolie ‘Allen
Rains Floods and Landslides Kill 150 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong suffers a three day storm with more than 25 inches of rain triggering floods and rock falls on Victoria Peak and Kowloon. Avalanches destroyed squatter huts and three apartment blocks after a two story building collapsed onto a six story structure.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon Peninsula
Kowloon
Victoria Peak
Week End Toll In North Carolina Traffic Deaths Tops Holiday Periods
The Associated Press reports at least 22 people died in North Carolina traffic crashes over the weekend, raising the yearly toll to 808. Moore County fatalities included three in a single N C 705 wreck and two more on nearby routes, with multiple other wrecks across the state resulting in numerous named victims and trapped drivers.
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North Carolina
Moore County
N.C
Pearl Maness
Randy Wayne Maness
Robbins
Johnny Ray Smith
Rt. 1
Eagle, Springs
Christie Mauldin Tucker
Troy
N.C. 211
Eagle Springs
West End
Highway Patrol
Trudy Rush
Ellerbe
Harold Dean Pollard
Elkin
Pollard
Forsyth County
Winston-Salem
Winston
Virginia Taylor Cox
Rt. 2
Richlands
Lydia Smith Stroud
Albertson
Fayetteville
John Roger Tew
Rt. 3
Willie Foster
North Carolina farmer wins National Hollering Contest
SPIVEY'S CORNER NC AP A 58 year old North Carolina farmer O B Jackson outhollered 12 other contestants to win the fourth National Hollering Contest. The Roseboro man strained his vocal cords for one minute producing louder sounds to claim the trophy for the Jackson family, reviving a family tradition started by Dewey Jackson who won the first contest.
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Spivey’s
O. B. Jackson
North Carolina
Jackson
Dewey Jackson
C. B
Roseboro
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Warrenton
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Laurinburg
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