Portsmouth Island Quietly Holds On In Desolate Life
Margaret Wallace, 34, makes a one room schoolhouse her apartment on Portsmouth Island now largely abandoned by residents. She split time with Ocracoke, earns up to 150 dollars daily caring for vacant houses and fishing when the season runs. The island still has a church and school, but storms choke channels and the port is useless.
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Congress set for fast action on emergency gas bill
Washington leaders expect rapid progress this week on President Carter s emergency natural gas bill with efforts to curb amendments. Senators weigh linking interstate and intrastate pipelines while Kennedy and Durkin push limits on prices and data gathering.
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Why I Am Proud To Be An American Contest Judges Named
Yesteryears notes list judges for the Comanche County Why I’m Proud To Be An American contest. Sponsored by the Lawton Business and Professional Women’s Club, judges are Mrs. Helen Burns Jones Graves Gladys Harris and Mrs. Clara Kelley.
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