Pageantry and Musketry Bicentennial in Guilford
Guilford Battleground hosts a Bicentennial celebration with bands, drills, and musket firings as President Ford visits Greensboro. Demonstrations by the First Maryland Regiment, a youth choir, and student groups highlight the day. Ford praises UNC and Wake Forest ties while supporters wave along New Garden Road.
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Tommye Morrison
Weller
Guilford Battleground
Anita Schenck
Guilford County
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Gerald Ford
Greensboro
Ford
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest
Carolina
Naval Flight School
Unc-Ch
Maryland
Friendly Avenue Baptist Church
Callaway suspended as Ford campaign chief
GUILFORD NC AP Howard Bo Callaway was suspended as President Ford's campaign manager after asking to be relieved until cleared of allegations related to promoting a Colorado ski resort. He faced claims he used Army influence to obtain land rights for Crested Butte development in which he held an interest. Stuart Spencer named acting campaign chairman. Ford expressed full confidence and expected exoneration. Reagan dismissed the move as not helping him in the race.
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Guilford
N.C
Howard
Bo" Callaway
Ford
Colorado
Callaway
Secretary of the Army
Bo Callaway
Guilford College
Reagan
Springfield
Ill
Ronald Reagan
Fiddlers Convention Dates and Local Road Spending Clarified
The North Carolina calendar lists the Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove for April 15 to 17 with old time music bluegrass and contests in eight categories. Officials discuss state highway spending including access roads to Four Seasons Mall and Carolina Circle Mall and note funds were used mainly for I-40 High Point Road improvements and U.S. 29 north of Greensboro. A reader asks about name identity mix ups. advice suggests credit bureau notes and using a middle name. Readers seek a plastic surgeon recommendation. doctors prefer not to publish names.
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Union Grove
Anon
North Carolina
J. Pierce van Hoy
N.C
Highway Department
Four Seasons Mall
Carolina Circle Mall
John Watkins
Highway Division
Greensboro
I-40
High Point Road
Credit Bureau
High Point
Plastic Surgeon Association
Coast Guard Seizes Ship Carrying Pot
The Coast Guard seized a Panamanian vessel 200 miles southeast of Charleston after it unloaded about 2 tons of marijuana to smaller boats. The ship, with 17 crew, was towed to Charleston. no injuries were reported. The Panamanian government was contacted and permitted boarding.
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Coast Guard
Arleston
Charleston
U.S
Washington
Defenses Beefed Up Lebanon Chief Tightens Hold
Lebanon's president Suleiman Franji eh rejects a resignation ultimatum amid Christian Moslem tensions. 18 killed as crisis deepens. a Christian militia leader seizes an army barracks near Beirut palace. Israeli leaders warn of destabilization and call for restraint as Muslim brigades push for a military takeover to unseat Franji eh.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Jeh
Franjieh
Tel Aviv
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Hanna Said
T Op
Brg
Azz Ahdab
Revenue Sharing Critique by Rep Brooks in Congress
Washington AP reports Rep Jack Brooks cites lack of strings in $6.5 billion annual revenue sharing. He compares funds to mixed drinks, arguing states and localities spend freely with little federal control. Brooks, Texas Democrat and committee chair, calls it a major problem.
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Washington
Jack Brooks
Brooks
Texas
House
Nutrition research in U S lags says congress report
Washington AP report finds Federal nutrition research underfunded and poorly coordinated across HEWDefense Agriculture and VA. Representative Fred Richmond says with thousands of new foods, consumers lack nutrition impact information. Senate panel chair McGovern says funds are not adequate for timely action.
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Washington
Fred Richmond
Congress
Richmond
D-N.y
Congressional Research Service
House Agriulture
Congressional Research Report
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ranort
HEW
Five Family Members Slain in Bucks County Home
Philadelphia AP reports Michael Abt, 20, cried as police found five Abt family members and a visiting friend shot to death in the Trevose home. Victims identified as John 50, Margaret 50, Margie 19, John 13, and Margie's boyfriend G Engel 20. No signs of struggle or robbery. small caliber weapon not recovered. Neighbors recall blood and broken glass. Michael questioned but not a suspect.
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Philadelphia
Michael Abt
Bucks County
Abt
Trevose
Lawrence Michaels
John Abt
Margaret
Margie
John
G. Engel
Abts
St. Bernard
Isabel Young
Mike
Michael
Clifford
Michaels
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New Garden Road
James Holfhouser
Kimberly Hattaway
Battleground
Grimsley High School
Jake Froelich
Richard Ellis
Hotshouser
Guilford Courthouse
Nathanael Greene
Wii
Sud
Action Line
Newsroom
Fran
Kevin Watters
United States
National Institutes of Health Nutrition Coordination Committee
Departments of Defense and Agriculture
Veterans Administration
Defense
Commerce Department
George S. McGovern
Dl.d
Senate Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Wil Rocate
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