Reader questions answered on river pollution and more
A Q A feature in The Gastonia Gazette responds to reader concerns about dye and chemical runoff from Mecklenburg County, noting municipal and industrial waste facilities are being required and are under construction or planned. The column also covers questions on Dragnet origin, stock car history, ship in a bottle method, tax support for Finnter Huss schools, Niagara Falls dimensions, Gastonia deposits interest, Dallas naming, a stop sign at Bel Morrow Drive, Vatican City size, and Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA scoring record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Hubbard
W. J. Burtom
Duke Power
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Commission
Gastonia
Lone Crash Survivor Is Ready To Fly Again
The lone survivor of the Otis Air Force radar plane crash off Nantucket Island says he is ready to fly again. 1st Lt. Joseph L. Guinet, 29, of Island Pond, Vermont, described swimming through flames after the crash and awaiting a helicopter rescue. He spoke at a hospital news conference as investigators review the three crashes that have killed 50 crew members in total, with the fleet grounded for inspection.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Nantucket Island
Lify
Joseph L. H. Guenet
Island Pond
Qtla
Gunnet
Cal
James P.lyle
Nantucket
Cal. Lyle
Guenet
Burns
Florida faces drought as rain sparsely falls across state
Florida endures unprecedented dry spell with April producing no measurable rainfall in many areas. Tampa reports on track for record dry four months. Key West rationing water and Miami mulling carwash bans. Fire danger rises as Everglades waterholes dry and parks pump drinking water for wildlife. Local churches pray for rain amid grim forecasts.
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Miami
Fla
Portola
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Ate
Tampa
Weather Bureau
Lake Alfred
Key West
Everglades
National Park
Anhinga Trail
Cullier County
Redlands
Roy. James 2. Dawson
Pasetor
Echo Terrace
Election time in Gaston County towns and cities
An OCR readable notice notes that elections are held today in Wallas and Kierney with polls open. Tomorrow voters will cast ballots in Gastonia Belmont Lowell Mt. Holly and Cherryville.
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Gaston County
Il Res
Wallas
Kierney
Gastonia
Belmont
Lowell
Mt. Holly
Cherryville
Community Club and Church Meetings Schedule
A list of local group gatherings for Monday and Tuesday including Magles Club regular meeting at 7 30 pm at the Free Will Baptist Church series and All Saint Episcopal Church events. Also notes Gastonia Lions Club Directors meeting Kiwanis Masonia Temple Baptist Association and Masonic Thief Degree at Masonic Temple and related church activities.
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Magles
Clb
Evening Optimal Club
Validay Thi
Association of Free Will Baptists
Cramer Tan Free Will Baptist
Boan—Alcoholics Anohymons
All Saint Spiscopal Church
Gastonia Lodge
Gemimonthly
Second Ave
Greater Gastonia
All Saints Episcopal Church
Masonica Temple
US pilots down three MiGs over North Vietnam
In the Saigon report, U S pilots credited with downing three Communist MiGs near the demilitarized zone as U S Marines endure heavy casualties in fighting near Hill 681. The tally raises MIG kills to 48 for the war, with air and ground raids intensifying across North and South Vietnam.
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George Esper
Saigon
North Vietnam
Guy
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
South
Bien Hoa
Saiwon
U.S
U.S. Command
North
Gulf of Tonkin
Panhandle
Ha Gia
Hanoi
Air Force
Navy
North Vietnm
South Vietnam
May Day Parade Highlights Soviet Motivations In Red Square
Soviet defense minister Andrei Grechko opened May Day ceremonies in Red Square with attacks on the United States West Germany and Red China. Brezhnev and Kosygin reviewed anti aircraft missiles and ICBMs as observers expected a Nov 7 display while protests flared in Saigon Tokyo and Hanoi during a global labor day observance.
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Ty Henry
Bradsher
United States
Newport
Ore
New York
Moscow
North Vietnam
Socialist Party
Kuo Sasaki
Tokyo
Vietnam
North Vietam Federation of Trade Unions
Hanoi
Fitiel Castra
Tavana
Juan Almeida Bosque
Fidel
Figencio Balista
Twisters Rip Midwest Kill 12 in Minnesota
A band of tornadoes roared across southern Minnesota Sunday night, killing 12 people and injuring more than 100 as millions in property damage mounted. Waseca was hardest hit with five bodies recovered. Owatonna and nearby hamlets also suffered multiple deaths while widespread storms damaged states from the Dakotas to the Gulf Coast.
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Associated Press
A&e
Minnesota
Dakotas
South Dakota
Tisters
Oklahoma
Texas
Towa
Missouri
Arkansas
Gulf
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain States
Kansas
Nebraska
Florida
New England
Waseca
Minneapolis
Alhurt Lea
Iowa
Owatonna
Alon
Freeborn
Clarksrove
Lake Superior
Datuth
Minn
Youth Says He Killed His Parents In Family Tragedy
Gilmer Texas AP reports Jerry Hadaway a 16 year old said he killed his mother Darally 43 father Ears meth 71 and grandfather 71 with a shotgun after a family row at their East Texas farm near Pritchett. Dist Atty Holt charged him with murder and he is held without bond awaiting juvenile or adult trial decision.
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Gilmer
Tex
Jerry Hadaway
Sanday
East Texas
Siles
Pritchett
Sali
White Frame
Tadaway
Darally
Earsmeth J. Medaway
Dist
Atty
Tlawell Holt
Young Hadaway
Eld
Hadaway
Aucrist
Lindacy
Hirtho
Sdlult
Doyle Dahnson
Jerry
Virginia Guim
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J.D
Jack Webb
Webb
NBC
TV Guide
Look Magazine
American Weekly
Joe Littlejohn
Spartanburg Fairgrounds
Finnter
General Assembly
Humter Huss
Niagara Falls
D.B
Canaan
Horseshoe
Niagara River
Cau
Ifz Ada
Dallas
A,l
George M. Dallas
Philadelphia
Bel Morrow Drive
Linwood Road
A. Belmar Drive
CMM
Vatican City
Maine
Italy
San Marino
Wit Chamberlain
Kntexerbackern
Jack Weee
Congressional
Guenol
Shoul
Otis
Joseph Guenet
Sunshine State
Dawson
Qway
Andy
TB Heaths
Astro Guide
ANB
Bridge Fm
Fevens
Woman's News
GIA
Marshal Grechko
Mirla Teresita Madsa
Maesus Arts
Argentina
Long Beach
Calif
Red
Twisters
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Conal
Dakotes
Buzaard
William L. Guy
North Dakota
Barnard Castle
England
Peter Murton
Jara
Murton
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