City queries parking perks for Citizens National Bank
Reader asks why Gastonia furnishes free parking for Citizens National Bank officers while other banks do not. Letter alleges city and Downtown Development Corporation arrangements shift costs from taxpayers, with parking lot funding via a fixed monthly sum to businesses nearby.
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Gastonia
Citizens National Bank
N.N. A
Ben
Charles Graylit
Downtown Development Corporation
Nalioak
Bulls and toros customs and NATO and tax questions
A miscellany of questions and answers covers bullfighting postkill practices including the rearador and pustiliero actions and meat distribution, NATO's 1949 formation details, Haniel Boone's 1734 1820 lifespan, and tax rules on presidential salary with travel allowances described.
Focus Forum Question on Gastonia Doctor Shortage
The notice invites residents to comment on a perceived Gastonia doctor shortage. It asks if the claim is true, requests explanation, and provides two phone numbers to call by Tuesday evening. The responses will be recorded, tabulated, and included in the Focus Forum feature on Sunday.
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McAdenville
McAdenille
Lowell School
J.C.A
Gastonia
Focus Forum
Death Ends Governor Wallace's Life In Montgomery Mansion
Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace, 41, died in her sleep at the Alabama executive mansion after a two year cancer battle. Lt. Gov. Albert Brewer became governor. Wallace championed mental health, securing a $15 million bond issue and earning the Gorgas award for public health efforts. She left four children at her bedside.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen B. Wallace
George
Albert Brewer
Decatur
Alabama
Ewing
Wallace
Legiseature
William Crawford Gorgas
Medical Association of the State of
James Parsons
Birmingham
Broughton Keeps Silence On Runoff Decision
In Raleigh on Monday U P Mel Broughton weighed whether to seek a Democratic runoff after winning 34 percent of Saturday’s vote for the runner up spot. Bob Scott led with about 48 percent, while Dr Reginald Hawkins had 12 percent. Newspapers split, with The Wilmington Star urging a runoff and The Raleigh Times opposing it as destabilizing. Hawkins declined to comment on runoff prospects, saying the choice rests with Broughton and that a runoff remains possible.
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Raleigh
Mel Broughton
Broughton
Bob Scott
Wilmington Star
The
Star
Raleigh Times
Scott
Reginald Hawkins
Charlotte
Hawkins
Gates
Dr. Hawkins
the Times
Secand
Hawking
Miners Trapped as Water Fails Air Supply in WV Shaft
Fifteen of twenty five trapped miners in a two nine coal shaft near Hominy Falls West Virginia were accounted for after flood water cut into the mine. Rescue teams fought rising water and dwindling air as they attempted to drill air wells and drain the shaft while noting ten men remained at the deepest end unable to reach safety.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
West Virginia
Charleston
Nat Turner novel wins the 1968 Pulitzer Prize
New York AP reports William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat Turner wins the 1963 fiction prize. Knight Newspapers staff honored in journalism prizes including editorial writing, reporting on Detroit riots, and public service for exposing court corruption. George F. Kennan also wins biography and history prizes, with other honors across photography, international reporting, local investigations, and arts awards.
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William Styron
Net Turner
John S. Knight
Knight
Eugene Gray Payne
Charlotte
N.C
California
George F. Kennan
U.S
Soviet Union
Wes
Grayson
Lumbia University
Board of Trustees
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Old New York World
Detroit Free Press
Frank Angelo
Rocco Morabito
Jacksonville
Fla
Linda Fitzpatrick
East ‘Village
Will Durant
Ariel
Russeau
Bernard Ballyn
Major Test Today In Indiana Primary 1968
Washington covered Kennedy and Humphrey facing first 1968 primary tests in Indiana Ohio Alabama Florida and D C. Kennedy seeks edge against McCarthy in Indiana while Branigin hopes for undecided votes. Nixon campaigns in Nebraska urging diplomacy to curb Communist aggression. Hayden retires after 57 years in Congress.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert I. Tumphrey
Indiana
Ohio
Alabama
Florida
District of Columbia
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nebraska
Herr
Omaha
McCarthy
Tidianapolis
Branigin
Brewer Projected Into Post
MONTGOMERY Alabama AP Coy Albert Brewer 39 becomes Alabama chief executive after the death of Governor Lurleen Wallace under the line of succession He had served as lieutenant governor and was elected to the legislature at 26 later becoming the state House speaker He had planned to run for governor in 1970 with Wallace administration support.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Decatur
Atorney
Albert Brewer
Alabama
Brewer
Wallace
Minges calls for second primary runoff for deeds post
Gene Minges the second man in the race for register of deeds proposes a runoff against Mrs Gloria Musard. Page 1B details note Gaston College seeks seven new buildings estimated at five million dollars plus. Lines about Rural force desegregation plans and police officer classes.
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Gene Minges
Register of Deeds
Gloria Musard
Gaston College
Activities In Our Area Tuesday Evening line up
Tuesday 6.16 p.m. Gaston Toastmasters and Elks Club 7 p.m. TOPS Ladies National Bowling League at Carolina Restaurant 7 p.m. East Gastonia Lions Club 7 p.m. District 29 NC Nurses Association Gaston Memorial Hospital School of Nursing 7 p.m. AbAnon All Saints Episcopal Church 7:30 p.m. Gaston Oval School for Hearing Impaired Children Flint Groves Baptist Church Wednesday 7 a.m. Optimist Club Honey’s Restaurant 12:40 p.m. Civilian Club Masonic Temple Board of Directors Chamber of Commerce Directors Carolina Restaurant Jabbles Fair First Methodist Church youth built-
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Gaston Toastmasters
Elks
Health Department
Ladies National Bowling Leasie
Carolina
Gastonia Lions
Carolina Rearsmart
N.C. Nurses Association
Gaston
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
AbAnon
All Saints Episcopal Church
Gaston Oval
Flint Groves Baptist Church
Honey's Restaurant
Clut
Masonic Temple
Chamber of Conmerce
Jaycers
J. Habbles Fair
Firs Methodis
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Haniel Boone
E.L. A. Boone
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Tiree
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Ernest Fitnwalter
Joé
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
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Anthony Hecht
George Crumb
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