Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973:
• The US Controller of the Currency approved the merger of Bank of Elizabethtown and Wachovia Bank.
• Carl Campbell, Bladen County Clerk of Court, retired after serving in that capacity for 31 years.
• Judge Edward B. Clark of Elizabethtown, resident Superior Court Judge of the 13th Judicial District, filed for the appellate court seat formerly held by Judge Raymond Mallard.
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