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A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years. Today: Oct. 26.
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On this day in 2019, rescuers combed through the dark of Umstead State Park past midnight, searching for a small plane that went missing on its approach to Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
In the early hours, emergency crews only knew the rough coordinates where the control tower lost contact with the single-engine Piper PA-32, and they searched the forest on foot carrying flashlights and compasses.
Once the sun rose, they discovered the plane’s wing in a tree and the wreckage nearby around a cemetery off Reedy Creek Road. The Florida pilot and his wife were killed.
NASCAR legend Richard Petty ran his last race in North Carolina at the speedway in Rockingham, saying farewell to Tar Heel fans in his final season before retirement. His son Kyle won that day while Petty finished 25th.
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Queen Frederika of Greece flew to Pinehurst to visit Gen. George Marshall and his wife, Katherine, at their retirement home in Moore County’s golf mecca. The architect of the Marshall Plan after World War II reportedly lay abed in poor health, though his wife collected a kiss on the cheek from the monarch.
In 1926, the postmaster in Mocksville came under federal investigation for keeping 300 copies of The News & Observer out of the mail, refusing to allow their delivery.
Postmaster J.L. Sheek apparently held the papers back because they contained an editorial against a Republican running for Senate.
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