ACTION LINE community questions city upkeep and safety
Readers ask who maintains city meter boxes and why painting rusted units is not the city’s burden. The column notes public utilities chief Bill Williams will respond and cites general city responsibility. Also covered are stray dogs, school admission decisions for working students, evacuation signs, and lighting for a new Jamestown building.
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City Hall
Bill Williams
Public Utilities
Fairfield
Laurie Pritchett
Sign Missing for Left Turn at Montheu into Lexington
Reader queries lack of sign or marker for a left turn from Montheu into Lexington a difficult maneuver with near misses reported. Traffic engineer R V Moss says the problem persists until a new traffic sign at Five Points is approved and funded by the State Street System tied to area development and increased traffic.
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Ralph Vance
High Point Central High
Montheu
Lexington
R. V. Moss
Five Points
City Eyes Lighting Upgrades for Night Safety
A man reports nightly harassment near a bus station. Police say routine patrols and off duty guards patrol the area at night. Chief Pritchett notes civil liberties limit intensified questioning. City plans to study lighting under the Thoroughfare Plan. immediate upgrades are deemed costly or temporary.
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Pritchett
Lindsay
Broad
R. V. Moss
North Carolina House Committee Backs Limited Brown Bag Bill
A North Carolina House committee approved a substitute bill allowing brown bagging of liquor only in certain establishments within legally wet areas. The measure permits possession of up to one gallon of taxpaid liquor in private clubs lockers and allows consumption in hotel or motel rooms in dry counties, but prohibits serving drinks and avoids broad brown bagging in dry counties.
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Raleigh
A_ house
North Carolina
Phillip Jackson Baugh
D-Merklenburg
I. H. O’hanlon
Cumberland
Johnson
North Carolina Supreme Court
House
Senate
Dry
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Peru Helichopper Hurricane Seeks Rules for Brown-Bagging Licenses
A substitute bill would empower the State ABC Board to issue licenses for brown-bagging venues. Fees range from 100 to 300 dollars based on establishment type and seating, covering country clubs restaurants and convention catering. Private clubs could not serve liquor from locker-stored supplies.
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ABC Board
Johnson
Cautious Plan for Post Office to Run as Nonprofit Entity
Postmaster General Lawrence O Brien proposes abolishing the Post Office Department and placing the system under a nonprofit government corporation. A presidentially appointed board would hire a chief executive to run the operation, with Congress remaining as an oversight body. The plan echoes TVA style governance and follows ongoing modernization efforts amid a growing budget and workforce.
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John W. Beckler
Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Congress
Postal
E. C. Hallbeck
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Romney Will Outline Vietnam View, Not Specific Proposals
Michigan governor George Romney plans a Friday night Hartford speech to outline his basic attitude toward the Vietnam War. He will avoid detailed proposals while likely endorsing some aspects of the administration’s conduct and criticizing the negotiation strategy. Meeting with GOP leaders and Leonard Hall, Romney discussed ideas for the speech and possible candidacy prospects in New Hampshire.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Hartford
Conn
Johnson
Vietnam
Republican Coordinating Committee
GOP
Leonard Hall
Romney For President Committee
Hall
New Hampshire
North Vietnam Hit by Heaviest U.S. Raids in Months
U S war planes launched 147 missions against North Vietnam in heavy raids. The 500th American aircraft lost in the North in over two years was reported. Attacks focused on storage areas bridges trucks and barges in the southern region and Red River delta with naval support from five Seventh Fleet ships. Ground fighting in the south slowed as one strike in Quang Ngai Province wounded 34 people including a U S adviser four soldiers and thirty civilians.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Red River Delta
7Th Fleet
South Vietnam
U.S. Army
Quang Ngai
500th Airplane Is Downed and War Costs Rising
AP analysis details U S losses after two years of air war against North Vietnam. 500 planes down, 390 fliers killed or missing, with training and equipment costs over 300 million dollars. Bombing scales and near term plans discuss North Vietnam targets around Hanoi and Hai Phong.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Air Force
U.S
Pentagon
Johnson
Hanoi
Robert S. McNamara
Speck Murder Trial Opens With State’s Story
In Peoria, the state presents its version of the Chicago nurse killings, detailing how Richard Speck allegedly entered a dorm, bound eight nurses, and killed seven with the eighth subjected to rape. Prosecutor William Martin urges a guilty verdict and death penalty.
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F. Richard Ciccone Peoria
Ill
Richard Speck
Chicago
William Martin
Cook County
Martin
Corazon Amarao
Philippines
Richard Franklin Speck
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Sam Johnson
D-Wake
Peru
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Giole
Nonprofit Postal System
Magazine Publishers Association
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Gerald Getty
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