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2 0 A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Saturday November 2 1985 The Charlotte News Prints Its Last Edition Plaza's Just In Time For Christmas Sale-Cash Rebates-From GE Plaza ppliance 44 TV For A Limited Time No Payments Until 1986! $150000 Instant Credit (On Approved Credit) what they were talking about'" "The News bids farewell to its city" read the front-page headline on the last edition Pressmen printed 20000 extra copies as souvenirs and workers throughout the building wore the 527 pink T-shirts ordered to mark the day "The Charlotte News The Final Pink Final" the shirts read The paper was filled with parting columns feature articles and letters from readers about The News's end Continued From Page IA I'm closer to The News than I am to some of my relatives "There's an awful lot of me in there" The News was a place said 37-year sportswriter Ron Green as he sipped champagne that had "so much energy so much life so much sauce to it because the peot pie who worked there were like that" It was the underdog newspaper the one that focused on hometown Charlotte as its more ambitious competitor The Observer chased stories across the Carolinas And in its scrappy style The News regularly beat The Observer to local stories The paper produced journalists ranging from Charles Kura It of CBS's "On the Road" to WJ Cash who wrote the benchmark "Mind of the South" to Editor CA "Pete" McKnight who later became editor of The Observer Knight Newspapers which owned The Observer purchased The News in 1959 "It was tough" said columnist Allen "Corky" Norwood 40 who began at The News 10 years ago "There was kind of a reverse snobbery we never had the resources of The Observer which made beating The Observer that much sweeter We had people who were writing three stories a day not a week We went out hard and fast and concentrated on getting it right getting it first and getting it in the paper" Despite its failing circulation loyal readers clung to the paper "The News is simpler to understand" said Rosa Hall 52 a 12- year News paper carrier before she left home for her last north Charlotte paper route "The Observer can write the story but they use all those big words Then the same thing comes out in The News and people say 'Oh that's one tnat tocusea on nometown larlotte as Its more ambitious Impetitor The Observer chased Dries across the Carolinas And its scrappy style The News gularly beat The Observer to cal stories The paper produced journalists nging from Charles Kuralt of 3S's "On the Road" to WJ ish who wrote the benchmark 4ind of the South" to Editor A "Pete" McKnight who later came editor of The Observer me Knight Newspapers which Th Oti le News in 1959 "It was tough" said columnist len "Corky" Norwood 40 who gan at The News 10 years ago "here was kind of a reverse obbery we never had the sources of The Observer which ade beating The Observer that uch sweeter We had people who ere writing three stories a day it a week We went out hard and St and concentrated on getting it pit etting it first and getting it th paper Despite its failing circulation ral readers clung to the paper "The News is simpler to under- fld" said Rosa Hall 52 a 12- ar News paper carrier before left home for her last north arlotte paper route "The Ob- ver can write the story but use all those big words Then same thing comes out in The ws and people say 'Oh that's "People have known where we were traded:" said Tom Bradbury Labor '''1-P4bA4 Frograrrunable scan remote con- L' executive editor for the News edi- 7''' -717 tonal pages "But if you were to walk around the room and ask the 13" Diagonal REMOTE CONTROL PORTABLE 19" PORTABLE COLOR people who wrote the final stories '4391- IL COLOR 0- TV and columns if the? 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