Parole chief to return to Greensboro Daily News work
Paroles Commission chairman Jack L. Scism, facing abolition of the current board by a new law, says he will return to his former role as a reporter for the Greensboro Daily News. Scism, who helped expose parole improprieties in a 1970s series, notes partisan politics and governor influence in the law replacing the commission.
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Jack L. Scism
Greensboro Daily News
Scism
Greensboro
James Holfhauser
General Assembly
Abuse of power hearings resume in Cumberland County
The Cumberland County grand jury prepared to resume hearings into Sheriff Otts Jones accused of abusing office powers for political aims. Nine witnesses testified for about three hours, including State Bureau of Investigation agents. District Attorney Grannis Jr. said Jones was not called to testify and would not be subpoenaed. The probe concerns an affidavit alleging Jones tried to use a warrant to pressure Democratic Party official Adam Metcher Hales to back his reelection.
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Adam Metcher Hales
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Hates
Settlement OK’d for Injured Student in N C Bus Crash
In Raleigh a $70,000 settlement fund for Yancey County student Liss Haney, 16, burned in a school bus crash, was approved by a General Assembly special appropriations panel, pending full approval. Also allowed was a $151 appropriation to aid victims of the 1975 Siloam Bridge collapse that killed four and injured others. Haney, paralyzed from the waist down, survived the crash blamed on a faulty brake, with state aid previously under $1,000.
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N.C
Yancey County
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Burnsville
Siloam Bridge
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Miss Slack Teenage World winners crowned in Raleigh pageant
Yvonne Hene Ratchford, 17, of Fayetteville, won Miss Slack Teenage World of North Carolina and will compete in the national pageant in Rusmoke, Virginia. Aliss Ratchford claimed Miss Talent and Miss Together awards and a four year college scholarship. Other finalists included Rene Relves, Felicia Wirablsa, Karen Lynn Scott, and Velma Louise Credle. Eleven competitors aged 17 to 25 participated in the Meredith College event.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
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Rusmoke
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Meredith College
Rene Relves
LaGrange
Felicia Wirablsa
John Hubert Powers
Karen Lynn Scott
Gultsboro
Velma Louise Credle
Bayboro
Claremont Loses Federal Funds Amid Racial Dispute
In Claremont North Carolina a racial dispute over city services led the U S Office of Revenue Sharing to withhold 25 000 in annual funds and seek repayment of six thousand dollars already paid The NAACP filed a federal suit on behalf of a black family The town may avoid repayment by building a street and water line to the Shuford property The decision can be appealed at an administrative hearing.
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N.C
Catawba County
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Charlotte Observer
NAACP
OFS
Shuford
Community Meeting Schedule and Local Notices Distorted
Tuesday evening listings show open meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous and related groups at various Gaston County venues including Belmont Lutheran and the Gaston County Courthouse with times around 8 pm. Additional entries reference the Humane Society, Al anon, and church gatherings, followed by garbled text about postal regulations, subscriptions and carrier policies, making specifics unclear.
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Gaston County Beekeepers Association
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Ex trooper testifies in patrolman shooting trial board
Former highway patroman D H Matthews testified at a trial board hearing that firing into the car aimed to disable the abductor who killed Virginia State Trooper Garland Fisher Jr. The cases involve six officers disciplined after the Durhama roadblock shooting and abduction.
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Sonny) Conroy
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Oxford
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Blouday
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House panel moves to end gasoline tax deduction
The Ways and Means Committee voted 20 to 14 to repeal the federal deduction for state and local gasoline taxes as part of the Carter energy tax plan. The panel backed a tax credit of up to 400 dollars for home insulation and energy efficiency, while considering other credits for home energy equipment and heating efficiency.
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Terrorism fears rise in South Africa amid alleged attacks
Reports describe growing concern over black terrorism in South Africa's major cities. Police say three blacks with explosives were captured near Johannesburg, while June attacks left two whites dead and a rail line sabotaged between Soweto and Durban. Armed groups reportedly linked to the African National Congress are suspected.
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Senate passes prosecutor bill for independent prosecutors
The Senate approved a broad bill 74 to 5 to create a standby mechanism for appointing temporary independent prosecutors and court appointment powers to handle high level executive cases including possible South Korean influence. It adds an Office of Government Ethics within the Justice Department and allows for a special prosecutor in conflicts of interest.
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