Harris Survey Shows Public Confidence in Institutions Falls Sharply
The Harris Survey finds U S public confidence in major institutions plummeting since 1966. Military leaders, financiers, and businessmen show large declines while medicine remains the only profession with broad trust. Advertising and mass media rank lowest.
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The
Times
U.S
Harris
Crocker Oee
U.S. Supreme Court
Aia
the Military
TK Press
King Cotton Hotel Blows Up In Greensboro Collapse
A 48 pound dynamite blast destroyed the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro causing a 13 story brick building to collapse. Debris rose forty feet as the base vanished and dust cloud engulfed the area while spectators cheered. The destruction was planned by a redevelopment firm backed by a $3 million insurance policy.
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Greensboro
King Cotton
Gant
Lion
Curfew Imposed in Southern Pines Over Racial Violence
Southern Pines and Moore County enacted an 8 p m to 5 a m curfew after rocks and bottles were thrown at a police cruiser amid unrest sparked by fighting at Pinecrest High School. Officials report arrests for curfew violations and weapons, while Pinecrest canceled Friday night games.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Aberdeen
Pinehurst
Moore County
Pinecrest High School
E. Earl Hubbard
State Bureau of Investigation
Emmines
Moore
Pinecrest High
World of Wealth and Worry: The Economic Divide Echo
A reflective line on income disparity and living costs, noting how many people fret over affording essentials while others enjoy greater financial ease. It hints at social and economic gaps without specific events or figures.
IRA Retaliates After Killing Of Women In Northern Ireland
In Belfast and across Northern Ireland the IRA launched bomb and gun attacks in retaliation for the killings of two women by British troops. The weekend toll rose with six civilians dead and others wounded, while five soldiers and one policeman were injured by snipers. A Belfast nightclub bombing left no injuries after the attackers were shot by detectives. Two sisters died in a Belfast car shooting. three men were killed during a bank heist in Newry. The death toll in two years of turmoil reached 133. IRA leaders vowed more violence as Sinn Fein pursues withdrawal of British forces. A Sinn Fein vice president, David OConnell, linked to a 1990s arms case, is named.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Newry
Londonderry
Dublin
IRA
Sean MacStiofain
Ruairi O’bradaigh
Sinn Fein
David O'Connell
Amsterdam
Insurance Study Backed By N C Bar Association
Ralph Strayhorn, president of the North Carolina Bar Association, pledged support for Gov. Bob Scott's plan to form a special study commission on automobile liability insurance. He praised Scott's foresight and urged a committee representing all interests to design a system that compensates accident victims in the public interest.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Bar Association
Ralph Strayhorn
Durham
Bob Scott
Strayhorn
Scott
North Carolina
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