Church Elects Black Moderator In Historic Vote
The United Faberan Church in Baltimore elected Dr Thelma Davidson Adair wife of Harlem minister as moderator, the first Black woman in the post. She defeated Rev John Galbreath of Pittsburgh 364 to 207 after four ballots as 186th General Assembly opened. About 685 commissioners from 27 million members participated. Dr Adair led on every ballot and is a Columbia Teachers College graduate. The opening day also highlighted signs of membership decline stabilizing with last year’s loss 65 556 and 162 000 new members added in 1975. The assembly will also consider ordaining homosexuals and setting minimum pastor salaries.
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Mount Morris Presbyterian Church
New York
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Man Arrested For Kidnaping In Boone and Watauga
Havord Rhein Gray 40, a Kernersville computer technician, faces charges of attempted rape, kidnapping, and felonious crime against nature after a Boone case and a separate Watauga incident. Bond set at 25000 for a June 2 hearing following a night arrest prompted by a Boone resident who noted the suspect’s car plate. The Boone case involved a 22 year old woman forced at gunpoint to drive out of town, then released with threats. In a second case, Gray allegedly abducted a 23 year old Appalachian State University student at gunpoint last October.
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Museum of American Folk Art
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Drier Weather Forecast for North Carolina May 19
A cold morning in North Carolina saw temperatures generally in the upper 30s to low 40s, 42 degrees for May 19. Forecasts call for warmer and drier conditions over the next several days with sunny to breezy, cool weather overall.
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Sunny in South Carolina and cooler North Carolina forecast
Forecast for South Carolina calls for sunny skies today and Thursday with mild temperatures, highs in the 70s to 80s on Thursday and overnight lows in the 50s on the coast. North Carolina sees sunny breezy cool conditions today with mid 60s to low 70s, a cool night, then a sunny warmer Thursday with highs in the 70s to 80s and overnight 40s to 50s in the mountains and coast.
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School Bus Overturns Injuring 25 Children in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL AP Twenty five school children were injured when a school bus overturned on a Tuesday trip. No serious injuries reported. pupils treated for cuts and bruises and released. Driver Danny Knight 18 of Carrboro charged with reckless driving and suspended by Chapel Hill Carrboro School officials. Police say distraction by an ill pupil caused the crash. The bus left the road, dropped an embankment, went through a fence and rolled over.
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Kissinger Tours Europe Focuses On Italian Communist Role
Secretary of State Kissinger begins a Europe trip centered on Italy's imminent Communist participation in government and fears of a reduced U S role in defense. He visits Oslo for the NATO ministers meeting then Bremen Luxembourg Sweden and England, weighing dual system ideas and America's NATO stance.
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