Counterfeiting arrests span three states and awaken threats
Secret Service probes in Winston-Salem reveal high quality counterfeit $100 bills in circulation with about $20,000 found at a print shop. Two men from Winston-Salem are jailed, and three others may face a federal grand jury next month. A separate case in Yadkinville yields a suspended sentence for filing a false rape report by a Greensboro teen. In Oklahoma, volunteers cordon off grid to capture escaped rapist Gene Hart. In Charlotte, Attorney General defends use of agents to protect Lt. Gov. Green amid threats.
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Winston-Salem
UPI
Secret Service
Gary L. Edwards
Terry Worth Sparks
Charlotte
David Laird Borden
Borden
Yadkinville
UPS
Greensboro
Ralph Davis
Beverly Jean Curtis
Enon
State Bureau of Investigation
Ken Holcomb
Sheriff's Department
Miss Curtis
Locust Grove
Okla
Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Tulsa
Michelle Guse
Broken Arrow
SBI
Green
Girl speaks on assault trauma and recovery guidance
A reader details sexual assault at age 14 and asks how to move forward. Ann Landers advises immediate counseling, cites rape crisis centers and affordable mental health services, and urges reaching out to community and faith groups for support.
Ann Landers advises on messy rooms and strict mothers
A reader asks how to handle a mother who compulsively cleans a daughter's messy room and moves belongings. Ann Landers suggests using a key for privacy and notes that firm boundaries may reduce conflict.
Watauga Officials Face Possible New Charges In Probe
SBI district supervisor John Vanderford said eight felony indictments against School Superintendent F L Barker Jr and his brother do not end the case. Barker faces six forgery and misuse of funds charges. James Delano Barker is charged with false pretense and conspiracy to defraud the state. Investigation continues.
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James Delano Barker
Vanderford
Downplay Textile Threat Criticized by Brown Lung Group
The Carolina Brown Lung Association condemned the American Textile Manufacturers Institute for downplaying byssinosis risks to textile workers. It criticized Robert Timmerman for claiming the illness is overestimated and its cause unknown, urging candor and real medical and engineering controls.
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Columbia
UPI
Carolina Brown Lung Association
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Robert Timmerman
Timmerman
Senate dies on Electoral College repeal push
The Senate Judiciary Committee vote tied 8 to 8 with one absent as Robert Byrd cast a tie breaking vote in favor of direct popular election. The measure was saved from death but a filibuster by Senator William Scott blocks further committee action awaiting potential calendar action by Senator Birch Bayh.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Eastland
Robert Byrd
Byrd
William Scott
R-Va
Birch Bayh
P-Inc
Scott
Bayh
Senate
Train Hits Car On S Bridge St Injures No One
Five women escaped injury after their 1973 Chevrolet was struck by a Southern Railways engine at a crossing on S Bridge St. The impact pinned the car against a 1975 Chevrolet driven by George Lucas. both drivers reported hearing the train’s bells and whistle, while Mrs Reavis did not hear the signals. No injuries or charges were reported.
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Elkin
Southern Railways
S. Bridge St. Here
Ruby King Reavis
George Lucas
Lucas
Donnie Rey Edwards
Surry GOP Women Form Local County Unit
Surry County to form a local unit of the North Carolina Federation of GOP Women. An organizing meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the courthouse commissioner's room in Dobson. Judy Jessup advertises contact number 368 4345 for those seeking details.
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GOP
Mary Alice Warren
North Carolina Federation of Gop Women
Mary Chatham
Elkin
Bill Huckaby
Surry Gop
Surry County
North Carolina Federation of Gop
Dobson
Judy Jessup
Ms. Jessup
Pilot Mountain
Surry
Suit Dropped in Carroll County Bus Incident Case
Mrs. Ruby Allison filed a 500000 civil suit for negligence against the Carroll County School Board and two Hillsville teachers over a rock strike near Hillsville Elementary that blinded her daughter. Judge Jack M. Matthews dismissed the board from the suit after a June 13 hearing. suit filed May 2 in Carroll County Circuit Court.
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Lillsville
Carroll County School Board
Carroll School
Ruby Allison
Allison
Hillsville Elementary
Jack M. Matthews
Carroll County Circuit Court
Phi Kappa Phi Initiates 80 Western Carolina Students
William Barron Amburn of Westfield is among 76 students and four faculty and staff initiated into WCU's Phi Kappa Phi chapter. Amburn, a 1970 South Stokes High School graduate and Navy veteran, is married to Cheryl June Amburn of Pilot Mountain.
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William Barron Amburn
Westfield
Western Carolina University
WCU
Phi Kappa Phi
Amburn
South Stokes High School
U.S. Navy
William R. Amburn
Cheryl June Amburn
Pilot Mountain
Market Report: Hog and Calf Prices Across Ranges
Market report shows top hogs at 44.10 with heavy hogs around 441.3. Hogs range 35.00 to 37.00, sows 28.25 to 38.25, calves 190 to 250 pounds 33.00 to 40.00, bull and steer calves 23.00 to 33.00, heifer calves 22.50 to 32.00, calves by the head 12.50 to 46.00, beef heifers 18.50 to 30.75, good beef cows 21.00 to 24.75, canners and cutters 9.00 to 20.75, bulls 26.00 to 28.25, cows by the head with calves 76.00 to 9247.50.
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