Crash Kills Orthodontist and Five Nurses in Ark
A single engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed near Boone County Airport south of Harrison killing Fayetteville orthodontist Dr. Phil Deal and five nurses. Pilot Shirley Roark 22 and nurses Janet Bowerman 18 Janet Mize 22 Donna Letsch 17 and Mary Heingate 27 died as the plane nosed into the ground during a rain shower that turned to sleet.
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Harrison, Ark
Fayetteville
Boone County
Phil Deal
Shirley Roark
Springdale
Janet K. Bowerman
Janet M. Mize
Near Springdale
Donna Letsch
Mary Heingate
Misrepresentation Alleged Farm Official Clears Corn Sales
Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham reviewed allegations that Green Brothers Seed Co misrepresented seed corn. Pending study, the firm may continue sales while witnesses testified that a Goldsboro man, D. C. Doc Graham, dealt with farmers. The company offered refunds but did not always match paid discounts.
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Raleigh, N.C
Jim Graham
Green Brothers Seed Co
North Carolina
Graham
Green Brothers
W. L. Jones
Raleigh
Man
Ager
Fuquayarina
Fuquay-Varina
South Carolina
Jones
Nashville
Doc
State Department of Agriculture
Moonshine Still Blast Triggers Hunt for Operator
Li quor agents and U S Treasury investigators pursued the operator of an 80 gallon a day moonshine still that exploded Friday in a tobacco barn near Black Creek south of Wilson North Carolina. Fire from the blast and potential burns sent investigators checking hospitals and clinics in Wilson for injured persons.
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Wilson
N.C
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
U.S. Treasury
Black Creek
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Visine
Presl
Nesee
Diges Antacid
Dorothy Gray
Wah
Alka
Seltzer
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