Wingate NewsLocal news for Wingate, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Jesse Helms- July 11, 2008 Jesse Helms will lie in repose Monday at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral will be held Tuesday at the church at 2 p.m. A ...http://www.topix.net/city/wingate-nc/2008/07/jesse-helms?fromrss=1 Conservative Without Compromise: N.C.'s Former Senator, Revered and...- July 9, 2008 Conservative Without Compromise: N.C.'s Former Senator, Revered and Reviled for His Unwavering Stands, Shaped the Course of the Nation.http://www.topix.net/city/wingate-nc/2008/07/conservative-without-compromise-n-c-s-former-... UPI NewsTrack TopNews July 4, 2008- July 7, 2008 Former arch-conservative U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina died Friday at age 86 after battling cancer and heart disease, hospital officials said.http://www.topix.net/city/wingate-nc/2008/07/upi-newstrack-topnews-july-4-2008?fromrss=1 Jesse Helms, Conservative Leader Nicknamed Senator No,' Is Dead at Age 86- July 5, 2008 Jesse Helms , the former five-term U.S. senator from North Carolina whose relish for thwarting initiatives he opposed as too liberal earned him the nickname Senator No,'' died at age 86.http://www.topix.net/city/wingate-nc/2008/07/jesse-helms-conservative-leader-nicknamed-sen... Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86- July 5, 2008 Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.'It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,' said former North Carolina GOP Rep. Bill...http://www.topix.net/city/wingate-nc/2008/07/former-republican-n-c-sen-jesse-helms-dies-at... |