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Mount Airy News

Location

Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1973

Page

8

Harvard Students Break Monopoly Elevator World Record

Harvard University students set a new Monopoly world record by playing in a moving elevator for 57 hours 44 minutes, surpassing Kansas University's 1970 mark. About 15 players rotated at a board in Currier House as the elevator ascended 6 708 floors in a four story dormitory. The Kansas group had traveled 7 212 floors in a seven story building. They planned for 60 hours but quit to watch themselves on the six o'clock news.

Cambridge, Mass UPI Harvard University Kansas University Harvard Currier House Kansas Bill Durett

Greensboro Judge Seeks Supreme Court Seat

Greensboro resident Judge James G. Exum Jr filed as a Democratic candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court seat to be created by Justice Carlisle Higgins retirement. Exum, 38, would be among the youngest justices, a Snow Hill native and UNC NYU Law alumnus with a Greensboro practice and former North Carolina House member. He and his wife Judith Jamison have three children.

Greensboro 18Th Judicial District Raleigh North Carolina Supreme Court Superior Court James G. Exum, Jr Supreme Court Carlisle Higgins Guilford County Snow Hill Morehead UNC Chapel Hill New York University Law School N. C. House of Representatives Judith Jamison

Farmer's share of food costs 1972

A USDA bulletin reports farmers received an average 40 cents from every dollar spent on farm produced food in 1972. CNS

U.S. Department of Agriculture CNS

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