Spelunker Rescued After 36-Hour Underground Ordeal
James Wright Jr. of Cumberland freed after 36 hours upright in Twigg's Cave near Cumberland. Rescue involved Maryland state police and regional cave experts amid heavy rains and fatigue. Wright, a Frostburg State University student, was helped by the National Speleological Society and transported to hospital in good condition with minor abrasions.
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Harris Survey Finds Carter Still Getting Benefit of the Doubt
Louis Harris reports Americans view President Carter with mixed judgments. Eight in ten see him as having high integrity, while a 69 to 21 percent majority say his lack of experience shows in some mistakes. Varying doubts about his style and PR emphasis emerge from a nationwide sample of 1,536 adults.
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Season's First Snowfall Hits North Carolina Mountaintops
The season's first real snow iced western North Carolina mountaintops closing Grandfather Mountain resort and large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Volumes varied from two to six inches with Craggy Gardens Mount Mitchell and Boone among the locales.
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Swedish girl comes to Greensboro for eye surgery
In Greensboro, 11 year old Carol Andersson travels from Sweden for cosmetic eye adjustment at Moses Cone Hospital after her family says Sweden’s socialized medical system offers no doctor choice. She will stay five weeks with Uncle Arne Andersson and Dorothy, recover, study, and visit an American school. Carol aims to see the Smoky Mountains and has studied English since third grade.
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New Orleans Dock Workers Return to Conventional Ships
Longshoremen end two week strike against conventional ships in New Orleans. About 150 workers hired Sunday morning and 200 more later to load and unload ships. Port aims to resume 75 percent of shipping as grain and steel traffic reopens.
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