RFK Photographs Reflect One American One America Exhibit
Online editor recalls RFK’s 1968 campaign and the assassination at the Ambassador Hotel. Life photographer Bill Eppridge captured historic images while the Echo Foundation and The Charlotte Observer presented Eppridge’s work in an exhibit.
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Robert Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Bill Eppridge
Life Magazine
John F. Kennedy
New York
White House
Kennedy
Echo Foundation
Charlotte Observer
One America
Eppridge
America
Observer
RFK
One American
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Man foils robbery attempt leads to chase and arrest
A Lincoln County man foiled a robbery at his home on Laboratory Road and the suspects fled in a 2012 Ford Focus. A passerby pursued a second vehicle stolen from the residence, which crashed after a tire went flat. James Lee Cowan, 23, Newton, was charged with multiple felonies and held on a 35000 bond. The chase involved the highway patrol and an all points bulletin for the Ford.
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Lincoln County
Laboratory Road
Gaston-Webbs Chapel
Gastonia Highway
Lincoln County Sheriffs
Southside Church Road
Larry Seagle
Lincoln County Sheriffs Office
James Lee Cowan
Sandy Circle Newton
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Cowan
Harven A. Crouse
Silver Ford
Diane Turbyfill
Twitter
Energy Day at Schiele Museum to showcase utility work
Energy Day at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia showcases city electric department work. Utility workers explain repairs and underground locating techniques with demos, trucks, a mini excavator, and an electric car on site. Free admission 11 to 2 pm. museum hours 10 to 2. Paul Jakubczak outlines community education goals.
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Schiele Museum
E. Garrison Blvd
Gastonia
City of Gastonia Electrical Department
Paul Jakubczak
City Electric Utilities
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