Lillian Carter Witnesses At Plains Klan Rally Incident
In Americus Georgia on July 2 a car rammed the speakers platform at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Plains injuring 32. Lillian Carter testified she could not see well and was far from the scene while Imperial Wizard Bill Wilkinson described his near collision.
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Americus, Ga
Lillian
Ku Klux Klan
Lillian Carter
Buddy Cochran
Plains
Carter
Bill Wilkinson
Denham Springs
Imperial Wizard of the
Invisible Empire
Knights of the
Cochran
Robert R. Bryan
Birmingham
Ala
Wilkinson
Carolinas
Death Chamber In North Carolina Prepares For Jan 2 Execution
The North Carolina gas chamber at Central Prison in Raleigh will be ready for an execution on January 2. James Calvin Jones, a Lumbee Indian, was condemned under the state’s new capital punishment law for the murder of Jimny Locklear in Robeson County. The jury recommended the death penalty after two hours of deliberation. An automatic appeal follows under the new law.
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Lumberton
North Carolina
Raleigh
Central
James Calvin Jones
General Assembly
Theodore Boykin
Duplin County
Jones
Jimny Locklear
Robeson County
Britt
Jimmy Locklear
Robeson
Theresa Jones
Witt
Herbert Locklear
James
Sunny weekend forecast for North and South Carolina
The outlook calls for sunny skies in North Carolina today and Sunday with highs in the 70s and 60s in western mountains. South Carolina remains sunny and mild with highs near 70s and overnight lows 40s to near 50s. Overnight there is a slight chance of showers Monday and Tuesday in both states with a turning partly cloudy by midweek. The sun sets around 6 30 p.m. today and rises about 7 a.m. Sunday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Ptomaine Poisoning Suspected at Barbecue Joint
Concord health officials urge Troutman’s Barbeque to halt barbecue service amid suspected outbreak. Cabarrus County Health Director Albert Klimas reports at least 15 hospitalizations and more than 100 potential cases linked to the restaurant over the week. Raiford Troutman says only barbecue at one location was ordered stopped.
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Concord
Albert Klimas
Cabarrus County
Klimas
Troutman’s Barbeque
Raiford Troutman
Berkowitz Declared Competent to Stand Trial
David Berkowitz was ruled competent to stand trial for murder in the Son of Sam case. A court found his mind free of schizophrenia after a psychiatrist’s assessment, though insanity remains a possible defense. The ruling covers the Brooklyn murder of Stacy Moskowitz. prior proceedings in the Bronx and Queens continue.
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New York
David R. Berkowitz
Sam
Berkowitz
State Supreme Court
John Starkey
Brooklyn
Stacy Moskowitz
Ira Jultak
David
Leon Stern
Juliak
David Abrahamson
Donna Lauria
Bronx
Emigrants in Helper Utah Rebuild After Castle Gate Move
Castle Gate families uprooted by McCulloch Oil two years ago now face mixed results in Helper Utah. Some residents complain rising taxes and sudden costs for basements and car ports, while others praise the new subdivision with repainted houses and landscaped yards.
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Helper
Utah
Castle Gate
McCulloch Oil Corp
Pete Tabone
Willard Craig
Tabone
Craig
McCulloch
Vanda Hreinson
North Carolina Succession Debate Faces Air Time Fight
John Ed Davenport urged NC TV and radio stations to provide air time for succession opponents citing the Fairness Doctrine. Opponents say funding is hard due to fear names will be disclosed to officials of the incumbent administration as they oppose the November 8 referendum on term limits.
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Raleigh
Federal Communications Commission
John Ed Davenport
North Carolina
Davenport
Reunion of POWs in Charlotte draws about 100 veterans
About 100 former prisoners of war from across North Carolina gather in Charlotte for a reunion described as therapy. Curtis Stevens, a WWII POW who spent three years in captivity, heads the Tarheel Chapter of American Prisoners of War. Some attendees recall capture in Korea or Vietnam. Edward Pernal recalls May 6 1942 at 12 30 p.m. Corregidor.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Curtis Stevens
Fayetteville
Tarheel
Vietnam
Edward Pernal
Long Island
Pernal
Corregidor
Bay of Manila
Man says he and Joan Little took trip on days she skipped work release
Stephen Pickins testified he drove Miss Little to his aunt’s home in Southern Pines on September 13 and 14 while she was suspended from work release. Police charged Vernell Muhammad with assault with intent to kill in the shooting, and Muham mand is free on $1,000 bond. Little, acquitted in 1975 of the ice pick jailer murder, was serving sentence at Raleigh prison for a breaking B and entering case on appeal.
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Raleigh
Joan Little
Miss Little
Stephen Pickins
Southern Pines
North Carolina Correctional Center
Pickins
Vernell Nelson Muhammand
Muhammand
Boston
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William F. Blanks
Blanks
Miss Lillian
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Joe Reeman Britt
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Augusta
Charleston
P.c
Columbia
Asboro
Vile
High Point Enterprise
James H. Pou Bailey
Baily
Bailey
Stevens
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church In America
High Point Mall
Charles Olim
Trindale Fellowship
South Main St
Services
Our New Church
Worshi
Ernest Crawford
Woodlawn Baptist Church
N. Main Street
Don Turner
Halley's
Holy Land
Peg
Sky City Discount
Lexington Av
Christ
High Point
N.C
Wed Bible Study & Prayer Meeting
Hoyt J. Johnson
Jett Browning
Sister Pearl Hall
E.H. Highfill
Full Gospel Revival
Lake At
Pershing St
Spiritual Growth Conference
Eastern Hills Christian Church
Lucian Robinson
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