Atlantic bound Chinese nuclear debris cloud crosses U S
Debris from a Chinese nuclear explosion travels across the United States and heads toward the Atlantic. Federal monitors report no significant radiation rises, though traces were detected in places touched by rain. The cloud, mostly microscopic dust, is not visible and is expected to loop around the northern hemisphere in about two weeks.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Environmental Protection Agency
Pacific Ocean
China
EPA
Pacific
Earth
Pacific Northwest
Montana
New Mexico
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mt Airy Man's Body Recovered
J C Shinault a 48 year old barber from Mt Airy North Carolina was found in 40 feet of water at Philpott Reservoir Fairystone Cove divers and state police recovered him Saturday morning He and a companion fell into the water during a fishing trip last Thursday when Shinault reportedly stood up and toppled over the boat knocking both men into the water and capsizing the craft.
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Albert Hicks
Mt. Airy
Shinault
Radiation cloud drifts over North Carolina from Chinese test
EPA officials anticipate no serious problems as a radiation cloud passes over Raleigh area. Air samples from several counties will be analyzed by Monday, while milk samples from 10 counties are checked for radiation. Farmers may be advised to feed cows instead of pasturing if needed. The cloud moved out to sea by afternoon with residual contamination expected for a few days, and precipitation prospects remain low. Snow expected in northwest mountains with light accumulation by late Monday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Environmental Protection Agency
Dayne H. Brown
State Department of Human Resources
Brown
H. Richard Payne
EPA
Vironmental
Atlanta
Payne
National Weather Service
Northwest Mountains
Mostly Sunny State Forecast for North and South Carolina
North Carolina expect clear cold today tonight with fair skies Tuesday and highs in the mid 40s. South Carolina outlook through Friday calls for a chance of rain Wednesday into Thursday with partly cloudy Friday and highs in the upper 50s and 60s.
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High Point
North Carolina
South Carolina
Count Rene Buys Sword of Lafayette at Auction
Count Rene of Chambrun a Lafayette descendant won a sword given to Lafayette in 1779 by the Continental Congress. He paid 145000 dollars surpassing Smithsonian Museum which dropped out at 140000 dollars. The sword was offered by another anonymous Lafayette descendant.
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New York
Rene of Chambrun
Marquis de Lafayette
Smithsonian Institution
Lafayette
American Continental Congress
Paris
Smithsonian
North Carolina Forecast: Mountain Snow Flurries and Sunny Coasts
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies in the mountains with lingering snow flurries and mostly sunny, breezy conditions elsewhere. Highs range from the 30s in the mountains to the 50s on the coast, with clear and cold conditions tonight and sunny Tuesday. Lows tonight in the 20s, 30s on the coast, with highs Tuesday in the 30s and 40s.
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North Carolina
New Atkinson Needham Memorial Bridge Dedicated in Siloam
A crowd of about 500 attended the dedication of the Atkinson Needham Memorial Bridge a $1 million two lane 486 foot concrete span over the Yadkin River. The ceremony honored four killed in the 1975 bridge collapse including Edwin Atkinson's parents Hugh and Ola and Judy Needham and her daughter Andrea. Officials from the North Carolina Department of Transportation the Federal Highway Administration U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local leaders attended.
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Siloam
N.C
Yadkin River
Edwin Atkinson
Hugh and
Ola Atkinson
Atkinson-Needham Memorial
Atkinsons
Judy Needham
Pinnacle
Andrea
State Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Eight killed in North Carolina traffic weekend toll rises
Eight people died in North Carolina traffic crashes over the weekend, raising the yearly total to 1295. Victims included George L. Gay and Ernest L. Barrett in Pitt County, Timothy Tomlinson in Asheville, Julius Rosser near Hollister, two teens near Zebulon, a Kernersville man, and Debbie Adkins from Lenoir, with details from the highway patrol.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Pitt County
George L. Gay
Ernest L. Barrett
Greenville
Asheville
Timothy Craig Tomlinson
Rt. 1
Fletcher
Tomlinson
Julius Rosser
Hollister
N.C
Halifax County
Wendell
Grady Charles Moffitt
Edward Luke Crowder
Zebulon
Rt. 7
Kernersville
Greensboro
U.S. 220
Debbie Lail Adkins
Happy Valley
U.S. 321
Lenoir
Ford Returns To Work By Frances Lewine AP
President Ford returns to the White House after a golf weekend at the Rockefeller estate to shape the fiscal 1978 budget and meet with President elect Jimmy Carter. They plan an unstructured transfer discussion in mid afternoon. Rosalynn Carter will tour the White House with Betty Ford guiding Mrs. Carter.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Rockefeller Estate
New York
White House
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Williamsburg
Rosalynn
Blair House
West Wing
Oval Office
Betty Ford
Fords
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
N.Y
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