Soft Drink Tax Debacle Shapes Raleigh Legislation Comedy
A Raleigh report portrays the soft drink tax fight as farce as lawmakers scrapped broad taxes from similar products after housewives protested the inequities. Rep Perry Martin of Northampton notes the Real-Aid Tax protest is proper and calls for removing the tax from competing items while keeping it on bottled drinks. The industry campaigns, once valued at 235000 dollars, appear to backfire as the next act promises more twists.
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Nto
Raleigh
General Assembly
Perry. Martin
Northampton
Martin
Laughing study links jokes to bodily responses at Stanford
A Stanford researcher compared jokes and laughter, noting up to 75 percent diaphragm and abdominal muscle engagement. The findings suggest laughter may affect hernias and digestive conditions by increasing abdominal wall tension, with warnings about potential negative clinical implications.
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Cau
Shee Lea
Stanford
William
Fry
Greater Greensboro Open judged in rival city critique
The Twin City Sentinel reflected on Greensboro's Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament and contrasted local image with a scathing, satirical take. The piece mocked regional rivalry, noting Greensboro's smoky factory and highway roses while deriding the event as more than a golf tournament.
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Winston: Salem
Greensboro
Twin City
GGO
Radio Free Europe and Liberty reveal covert funding and impact
A study ordered by President Nixon probes alternative financing for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, two services hailed for informing Eastern Europe while funded by the CIA. The broadcasts are praised for revealing events inside Soviet bloc nations and for challenging official narratives, though critics note limited objectivity and reliance on single sources.
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London
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Soviet Union
Europe
Nixon
RB. F. E
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Voice of America
Voice
Gdansk
Gdynia
Gomulka
R. F.B
Kingsley
Kennedy Visits Yap Amid U S Ambassadors Housing Scandals
Report describes how locals were displaced to host an American ambassador party on Yap. Kennedy, shown Yap stone money, later rested while trust officials prioritized comfort for Americans. Lagoon polluted, 30 000 dollar homes built for officials. Micronesian housing budget far smaller.
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John Connally
Kennedy
Chicago
Yap
Ambassador
U.S
Yap District
Laos Exit Decisions and Imperial Valley Land Battle
The article reports on President Thien ordering an early troop withdrawal from Laos amid mixed Vietnamese performance, labeling Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam’s command as flawed. It also covers Sen. Clint Anderson’s push to challenge California’s Imperial Valley land holdings by major firms backed by the Farm Bureau, with legal battles over the 160 acre limit and potential appeals by Interior and Justice Departments.
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Co Intérior Department
Thien
Laos
Hoang Xuan Lam
Clint Anderson
D N.ml
California
Imperial Valley
Trvine Land
Purex
United Fruit
Farm ‘Bureau
Howard Turrentine
Interior and Justice Departments
Nixon
Hag
Senate
Anderson
John Mitchell
Interior Department
Mitch’. Mellch
Furniture Market Moves Toward One Major Show
The article discusses a push by retailers and manufacturers to concentrate Chicago area furniture markets into a single annual event in spring, reducing showings and travel. It notes legal fears of restraint of competition, details SFEB positions, and cites Raleigh Road and Burlington House Furniture divisions merging with Globe and United to cut prices and streamline production. It also covers social service funding efforts in High Point, including United Community Services of Greater High Point and a Chamber drive reaching near-record new members.
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Federal ‘Trade
Commission For
New York
Erni É. Lan
Cuit
Leo,d. Heer
SFEB
United
Sina
Fred Swartzberg
United Community Services of
Greater High Point
YWCA
U.C
Fred Lambeth
Chamber of Commerce
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