Metric Signs Multiply in North Carolina
Charlotte reports signs along the Blue Ridge Parkway now show distances in kilometers in addition to miles. The NPS has begun metric labeling, with Research Triangle Park signs noting Raleigh is 34 kilometers away. A 40 member advisory panel on metrication seeks federal funds to educate Tar Heels as road signs nationwide may shift.
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National Park Service
Blue Ridge Parkway
N.C. Division of Highways
Research Triangle Park
Raleigh
The
Park Service
Mrs. King Suspects Conspiracy in King Assassination
Coretta King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., urged reopening of the investigation into his 1968 death, saying in Nairobi during a three nation African tour that it appears to have involved a government conspiracy though she lacks full facts.
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Coretta King
Martin Luther King
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Edward Levi
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Tenn
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CIA
Mrs. King
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J. Edgar Hoover
Kennedyson
Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Dick Gregory
White House
Ford
Robert B. Watson
C.H. Andrews
R.L. Warren
Watson
Ashland
Five Killed On State's Highways
Five people died on North Carolina highways over the Thanksgiving holiday as counts rose to 1,313 for the year, with four days to tally. The toll was 116 below last year at the same point.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
N.C
Grifton
Patsy Moretz Pearson
Boone
Robert Swain
Windsor
Bertie County
Rufus Edward Bowling
Rougemont
Durham County
Durham
Rains Help Contain Brushfires OverLos Angeles Hills
Rains ended two Los Angeles brush fires after five days of fighting. Officials said 100 square miles burned and $175 million damage occurred while 5 600 people evacuated. Seeding to stabilize hillsides planned as winter rains approach.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
Dave Waite
U.S. Forest Service
Los
Angeles
San Gabriel Valley
Forest Service
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