Record #:

10717

Author(s):

Siler, Leon M.

Abstract:

The Chattahooga River, which runs through western portion of our state, is apt to become much more familiar to North Carolinians through its projected inclusion by Congress in a system of National Wild and Scenic Rivers. The system will be modeled on the current network of national parks and national historic monuments with which many North Carolinians are familiar. Governors of the four states through which the river runs have given their public support for the river's inclusion, as have representatives from many outdoorsmen's organizations.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 15, Jan 1970, p8-9, il

Subject(s):

Rivers--Classification

Record #:

10718

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

While prohibition forces were fighting to dry out North Carolina, two of its governors candidly lent their names to endorsement of a brandy made in Pitt County. Governors Zebulon B. Vance and Thomas J. Jarvis both gave testimonials that appeared in paid advertisements in the Raleigh NEWS AND OBSERVER praising the quality of brandy produced by Pitt County distiller R. A. Bynum.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 15, Jan 1970, p10

Subject(s):

Governors

Record #:

10719

Author(s):

Hall, Lewis Phillip

Abstract:

In the late 19th-century, a number of barnstorming aeronautical groups were touring North Carolina, thrilling great crowds by rising to unbelievable heights in hot air balloons and parachuting down from as high as 8,000 feet. On August 12, 1892, Madame Leona O'Dell, Mademoiselle Dot Zelno, and their dog Gyp, of the Grace Shannon Balloon Company, soared over Wrightsville Beach suspended beneath a single unmanned balloon to heights of 8,000, 4500, and 3,000 feet, respectively, before cutting themselves free and descending under pre-opened but unribbed parachutes.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 15, Jan 1970, p11-12, il

Subject(s):

Hot air balloons; Ballooning--Wrightsville Beach; Balloonists--Wrightsville Beach

Record #:

10724

Author(s):

Wright, W.B.

Abstract:

Each of North Carolina's one hundred counties provides brief accounts of the previous year's noteworthy milestones and accomplishments.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 15, Jan 1970, p14-15, 17-23, 25-26, 28, 30, 32-35, 38, 40, 42-44,, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Local