Charlotte Y Admits Woman Into Its Banks
Charlotte Central YMCA accepts its first woman member Mildred Gwinn a 31 year old bank executive after a 12 month wait. She pays 370 and gains access to racquetball facilities via a roundabout route to avoid the men’s locker area. The board foresees broader female use and plans to compete in the national racquetball tournament in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Central Ymca
Mildred Gwinn
Fred Ashford
YMCA
Gwinn
Jim Babb
The
Tobacco outlook brighter for 1976 in North Carolina
Greenville AP report quotes John H. Cyrus predicting a potential record tobacco year if weather stays favorable with an average price near 110 dollars per hundred pounds. He notes a warehouse-building spree under grower designation and warns of thinning margins for warehouse operators. MESIC AP autopsy links body of a 50-year-old man to a massive marijuana smuggling ring. victim unidentified, possible Florida links. discovery spurred by Miami Police tip.
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Cyrus
North Carolina
MESIC
John Dolan
The
U.S. Customs Office
Wilmington
Offeers
Florida
Miami
RJR to Acquire Burmah US oil holdings for 620 million
R J Reynolds Industries of Winston Salem wins agreement in principle to buy Burmah Oil Co United States oil and gas assets for 620 million including Signal Oil and Gas producing wells in Louisiana Texas and California and Gulf of Mexico operations. The deal aids Burmah cash flow and banks financing the Signal acquisition.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Industries
Burmah Oil Co
Great
Burmah
United States
Signal Oil
Chase Manhattan
Citibank
Bank of America
Continental Ilinois
First National of Chicago
Manufacturers Hanover
Morgan Guarantee
Texas Commerce Bank
Aminoil
Kuwait
Burmah Holdings
Reynolds Shipping
Sea- Land Service
Flaherty backs peak load pricing in North Carolina race
Republican candidate David Flaherty urged peak load pricing in Greensboro to curb rising electricity costs. He proposed utilities absorb part of fuel adjustment charges and include construction costs in rate bases, arguing current law delays cause higher borrowing costs and ultimately hit consumers.
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Greensboro
David Flaherty
North Carolina
Flaherty
Multiple Injuries From Series Of Two Car Crashes
At about 11:42 am on Thursday three people were injured in a two car crash at 5 Main Street and Springdale Road. Billy Hood 22 and Patsy Hood 22 of Trinity Rt. 2 and Lonnie Mabe 22 of Richland Street sustained injuries and Hood faced a traffic light violation charge. A separate collision on Centennial Street and Leonard Avenue injured Vickie Pack and another passenger, with Alfred Hinson 36 of Willow Place also hurt. Hinson was charged with a stop sign violation. A Ward Avenue collision near Westchester Drive injured Cornelia Montgomery and Herman McCarter 48 of Kernersville. McCarter charged with safe movement violation. Henry Swain Jr. of McLeansville was slightly injured in another wreck on Eastchester Drive at Guyer Street. Wyther Dobbins of Trinity was involved and charged. Eddie Craven 98 of Byerly Road was hurt when his truck collided with Douglas Smith 16 of Cable Street on N Wrenn Street near Kivett Drive. Smith was charged with following too closely.
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Main Street
Springdale Road
Billy Steven Hood
Patsy May Hood
Rt. 2
Trinity
Lonnie Vance Mabe
Richland Street
Hood
Vickie Corum Pack
Randleman
Centennial Street
Leonard Avenue
Alfred Lee Hinson
Willow Place
Hinson
Cornelia Clayton Montgomery
Westover Drive
Herman Lewis McCarter
Kernersville
Ward Avenue
Westchester Drive
P.m. McCarter
Henry Swain Jr
McLeansville
Wyther Spell Dobbins
Rt. 1
Eastchester Drive
Guyer Street
Ms. Dobbins
Eddie Colon Craven
Byerly Road
Douglas Everette Smith
Cable Street
N. Wrenn Street
Kivett Drive
Smith
Ferry Service Between Swan Quarter and Ocracoke Delayed
A state Transportation Department spokesman says the start of ferry service between Swan Quarter and Ocracoke has been delayed until March 1977.
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Swan Quarter. N.C
State Transportation Department
Swan Quarter
Ocracoke
Stolen riding mower tops Thomasville police report
May 1 1978 thefts reported to Thomasville police include a $1100 riding mower taken from a carport on E Cooksey Drive, with two autos broken into at the Civic Center and a $160 CB radio stolen from a Franklinville resident’s car. A galley ape player valued at $100 was removed from a Salisbury resident’s vehicle, and a $108 CB radio was stolen from a locked car in a The Thomas Co. Randolph Street lot.
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Thomasville
Ton Howard
E. Cooksey Drive
Howard
Civic Center
Ray Stephens
Franklinville
Nancy Clarke
Salisbury
Calvin L. Hearne
Denton
Thomas Co
Randolph Street
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Greenville
John H. Cyrus
State Department of Agriculture
Eastern Carolina Warehouse Association
Coastal Plains Warehouse Association
RJR
U.S
British Oil Company
Helen Ray
Home Economist
Spencer Parlier Bros
S. Main ST
High Point, N.C
Mr. & Ms. Apparel
N. Main
L. Industries, Inc
Flea King College Village
Callexington Ave
High P
Flea King
Sin
N. C
Creative Center For Children, Inc
Samy Road
Oakview
Santing Maatox
Maatox
Maisons-Sur-Mer
Carolinas
Maisons
Arcadian ‘Shores
Myrtle Beach
Sou
Aay Vee
Soln
Sap
South Carolina
Cls
Dunes Club
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