Focus Q and A column on civic queries and trivia
Reader questions cover Senate anti trust committee chair Phillip A. Mart of Michigan, Pablo Picasso age 87, seven fire departments aiding Eagle Store fire, SCUBA meaning Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, killing a dog under civil or criminal action, Firestone founder Harvey Firestone biography, NASCAR driver age 21, tax deduction for charitable gifts, and pole discovery dates. The column cites Gastonia Gazette readers and local officials.
Fishermen Drown As Boat Sinks Off North Carolina
BeaufOrt NC AP survivors recount Fenwick Island sinking after 123 foot vessel capsized in 23 foot seas. Seven of 14 crewmen perished in the storm while waves up to 50 mph swamped lifeboats. Survivors rescued by W T James and Coast Guard cutter Chiluta aided by search planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winstead
Atlantic
W.T. James
James
Coast Guard
Chiluta
Morehead City
Seateh
North Carolina Considers First New Constitution in a Century
The 1969 General Assembly reviews a 19 amendment package from the State Constitution Study Commission led by Chief Justice Emer y B. Denny. Key changes include gubernatorial veto power, two-term governor and lieutenant governor, reconfigured Council of State, stricter judicial licensing and retirement rules, and a 10 percent income tax cap. Each amendment stands as a separate ballot proposition with potential to update the 1868 framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
General Assembly
Council of State
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioners of Agriculture, Insurance and Labor
State Board of Education
Bovernor
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Study Commission
Farm Bureau Leader Urges End to Government Farm Aid
Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation calls for dismantling present farm programs and shifting to transitional aid to move commercial farmers toward a market economy while assisting part time and rural farmers to become more productive. He urges gradual changes, not an immediate dump, and argues for land retirement, indemnity, and marketing loans to align with freer trade and less government subsidy.
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Don Kendall
Kansas City
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Shurman
Farm Bureau
Smiman
Shumai
U.S
Shuntay
Congress
Laird To Be Secretary Of Defense
President elect Nixon moves toward a Cabinet pick with Rev Melvin Laird named as defense secretary. Rumors swirl as Shriver describes a long meeting with Nixon about Europe and France while Klein hints at early Cabinet announcements and closer Western ties.
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Associated Press
Frank Cormiree
NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
R. Sargent Shriver
Ae France
Milwaukee Sentinel
Nixon
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
House Republican Conference
Wisconsin
Sentinel
Laird
Shriver
France
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Fifth Avenue
Charles de Gaulle
Herbert Klein
Klein
NBC
Meet the Press
California
Palm Springs
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
George Murphy
Bob Wilson
Shape Of Tables Holding Up Talks
Paris AP United States and South Vietnamese peace negotiators hold strategy sessions as talks to expand the Vietnam peace conference move forward. Vice President Ky arrives pledging peace without surrender while the United States proposes two long tables for a four sided conference with the NLF denied full status. The opening date remains uncertain amid delays and a Saigon boycott before Ky meets Harriman and Vance at Orly.
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Paris
Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
W. Averell Harriman
United States
North Vietnam
Naional Liberation Front
NLF
Johnson
Saigon
Orly
Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
South Vietnam
Ship Sinks on Mississippi River Coast Guard Crew Missing
Dozens of reports detail a fatal collision on the Mississippi River near White Castle Louisiana. Seventeen Coast Guard buoy tender crewmen remain missing after the White Alder split in half when struck by the Helena. Divers search by touch as bodies are sought, while three sailors were rescued. Other fatalities cited include a Houston Space Center crash during training, a Greenland fuel emergency, and Navy carrier incidents.
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White Castile
Mississippi River
Associated Press
Coast Guard
Houston, Tex., Space Center
Greenland
Newfoundland
White Castle
Baton Rouge
U.S. Navy
Beef Trust
West
Cmdr
Robert. J. Simonic
Lamore Naval Air Station
Calif
Navy
J. A. Fischer
Aviation Boatswain
C. Leroy Ervin
G. A. Smith
Kitty Hawk
Helena
Subcommittee plans six large high schools in Gaston County
If the subcommittee’s recommendations are accepted, Gaston County may end up with six large high schools. The Burlington Industries plans a new dyeing plant at Cramerton and visiting Czechs stay silent on the Soviet occupation.
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Gaston County
kKe
Burlington Industries
Cramerton
Community clubs and meetings schedule for Gastonia area
Activities in Our Area lists recurring meetings for Optimist Club at Honey's Restaurant and Pat's, TOPS groups at Calvary Baptist and Health Department, Gaston Toastmasters at Elks Club, Kiwanis at Masonic Temple, Tryonota Fire Department election meeting, and Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon sessions at local churches and centers across Monday and Tuesday with times from early afternoon to evening.
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Optimist Club
Honey's
South Gastonia
Calvary Baptist Church
Tryonota
Alcoholics Anonymous
All Saints Episcopal Church
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Temple
Gaston
Elks Club
South
Gastonia
Pat's
Eller Quits Wooten To Replace Him At Utilities Board
Raleigh AP Gov Dan Moore announces Thomas Eller Jr resigns from North Carolina Utilities Commission after 14 years and Marvin R Wooten will succeed him. Wooten previously led State Board of Paroles and now serves as utilities commissioner in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
Thomas R. Eller Jr
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Marvin R. Wooten
State Board of Paroles
Eller
Utilities Commission
Gay
Luther J. Hodges
Charlotte
Wooten
Hickory
Sampson County
Paroles’ Board
Presbyterian Junior College
Yale Forest Unversity
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Gastonia Gazette
C.M
Senate
Phillip A. Mart
Pablo Picasso
Sr. A
Picasso
National Library
Eagle
Albert McGinnis
Catawba Heights
Community
N. Belmont
Lowell
New Hope
Union Road
A. B. Carter Co
D.R. A
Ernest Rankin
Wie Gastonia
Mable
The
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
A. Harvey Samuel Firestone
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Firestone
Liberia
Firestone ‘Tire and Rubber Co
Salvation Army
North Pole
South Pole
Robert E. Peary
Roald Amurttsen
Norway
Secretary of Defense
Bo Williams
Iberville Parish
Ask Andy
Woman's News
Al-Anon
Ail Saints Episcopal Church
Raleigh (Ap
Lee Alex
Roger
Jareeny
Def Lective
Larry Barbour
Leo Barham
Rogers
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