Missing Portraits Vault: Turner Confusion in NC History
Chapel Hill report reveals a miscaptioned illustration in Beth Crabtree’s North Carolina Governors booklet. Samuel Price Carson is shown as James Turner, leaving Turner and six other early governors without verified likenesses. archivist seeks genuine images and notes Turner’s 1766 birth and 1802 governorship after Ashe’s death.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
James Turner
United States
Beth Crabtree
North Carolina
State Division of Archives and History
Turner
Samuel Price Carson
Archives and History
Carson
Richard Caswell
Thomas Burke
Samuel Ashe
Nathaniel Alexander
Jesse Franklin
Gabriel Holmes
Memory F. Mitchell
Division of Archives and History
Raleigh
Fred A. Olds
Hall of History
Southampton County
Virginia
Warren County
House of Commons
State
Senate
John Baptista Ashe
Fetal alcohol syndrome linked to chronic maternal drinking
Seattle researchers report that chronic alcohol use during pregnancy raises risks for offspring including physical and mental deficiencies and deaths. They analyzed 23 children of alcoholic mothers and a control group, noting 17 percent died shortly after birth.
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Frank Carey
Washington (Ap
Seattle
Kenneth L. Jones
University of Washington School of Medicine
American Pediatric Society
Society For Pediatric Research
Nashville Brass Puts Horns in Country Music Vibe
Danny Davis recalls assembling The Nashville Brass six years ago after pushing RCA executives to blend horns with country. The group, formed seven years earlier as a dream, defied critics with jazz roots and Big Band polish, entertaining audiences while eyeing a new TV venture.
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Nashville
Tenn
Danny Davis
Danny
Nashville Brass
RCA
Davis
Tommy Dorsey
Dorsey
Sinatra
Brass
Music City
Why Do Elderly Sleep So Much and How Can It Be Helped
A doctor explains that aging slows circulation and reduces oxygen to tissues, causing daytime napping. Lack of exercise and boredom also contribute, but social activities and engaging programs can reduce sleepiness and improve alertness in older people.
Sequel Boom Shapes 1975 Film Slate Across Studios
Hollywood studios push sequels in 1975 with The Godfather Part II, Airport 1975 and follow ups to The French Connection, Poseidon Adventure, and Westworld. Universal’s Airport 1975 features a midflight collision driving drama as Charlton Heston leads a rescue.
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Bob Thomas
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Paramount
Marlon Brando
Disney
Herbie Rides
Hal Wallis
John Wayne
Twentieth Century-Fox
MGM
Columbia
Universal City
MCA
Don Ingalls
Sid Scheinberg
Bill Frye
Jack Smight
Charlton Heston
Karen Black
George Kennedy
Linda Blair
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Sir Lancelot
Jim Ward
Pittsburgh
Ward
Chet Atkins
Atkins
Randolph
Mass
Curtis McPeake
Irvin Berlin
Belle Meade Brahman
George C. Thosteson, M.D
Dr. Thosteson
Mal
M. F
Sheraton
N. Main
High Point
Garrell OR
Baptist Chive
Garrell Street & Playground
Archdale
George H. Wallace
Bolingbroke Road
N. C
Springfield Baptist Church
Bobby Loving
Jesus
Ot Tad
First Church of God
S. Main Street
Earth
Church of Christ
Eastchester
Box
WMFR
Jim Stutts
Don Rickles
Gloria Swanson
Frye
Calvary Assembly OF God
Guyer Street
Calvary
Daniel R
East
Lexington Ave
Mign Rom
Hoyt L. Johnson
Fara
Eel Music Center
High Point Rd
Sedgefield Plaza Plaza
Battleground Ave
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