Businessmen Dominate Adults-Only Theaters in South City
A 1950s Associated Press style report notes Hodges and Lemmond running skin flicks in Charlotte area drive-ins. Most patrons are middle aged men and blue collar workers. some women attend with partners, while college crowds are discouraged. Hodges enforces strict under-18 bans and private viewing norms, with occasional female attendance noted.
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Bingham Named Head of YDCs in North Carolina
RALEIGH AP Bob Bing, a Boone resident, was elected president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina at their convention. Officers named were Charlie Winberry of Wilson, vice president. Judson Davis of Winston-Salem, secretary. and Peggy Wall of Raleigh, treasurer. The group rejected a resolution endorsing U S House support for Nixon war policy and instead approved a resolution urging the Congressional delegation to press Nixon to move swiftly to end the Vietnam War.
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Two Arrested After Durham Trooper Shot
Durham NC AP two men identified as Floyd Jonas Reaves 40 of Durham and another suspect were arrested Saturday after a highway patrolman Sgt Wesley Boykin 48 was shot in the abdomen during a routine traffic stop. Boykin was treated at Watts Hospital in satisfactory condition. The suspects faced assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill charges, each held on 25000 bond. The shooting occurred five miles west of Durham as officers pursued a suspect who dumped the officer’s cruiser and fled on foot.
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East Belt Tobacco Prices Rise in Eastern Belt Market
Raleigh NC AP reports North Carolina Eastern Belt tobacco prices rose this year across grades from poor to nondescript. Average returns reached $1.9 per hundred for red and green ripened leaf, with land and leather grades fetching $72.33 and top prices around $158 to $200 per hundred for untied and tied leaf. Eastern Belt sales totaled $232 million, up $33 million from last year, with volume up 26 million pounds but still among the lowest 25 years.
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