Advice for authors artists and printers in local queries
A reader asks about publishing poetry or songs and where to contact publishers. The answer suggests starting with The Writer's Market and notes local studios for recording, plus resources for dyeing polyester and finding hand printing work. Local options include Laurel Music Studios in Bryson City and tips to advertise or contact area printers.
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A.W
Public Library
Laurel Music Studios
Rt. 3
Bryson City
High Point
No Sale s at High Point Library Book Disposal Policy
Librarian Neal Austin explains why works are not sold to the public three reasons: to avoid private home libraries marked as library property, to prevent misusing public property for cash, and because discard items are rarely suitable. He notes discard rates are far below average and calls aging stock “real junk” when discarded.
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High Point Public Library
G. S
Neal Austin
High Point
Austin
Census Quirks and Rights in Answering Questions
The exchange notes no prosecution for refusing to answer census questions and warns against joking or defying the form. It emphasizes the Bureau wants accurate data and that machines lack humor. It also hints a caller might attempt to question why questions are asked but offers no legal penalties for answering straightforwardly.
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Census Bureau
Largest zoos compared by size in 650 acre Whipsnade and New Delhi
The Whipsnade Zoo in England covers 650 acres, making it the largest. A second, started in the 1950s in New Delhi, India, ranks among the biggest in the world.
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Whipsnade Zoo
London
New Delhi
India
Measles Could Delay Apollo 13 Moon Trip
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Measles exposure risks delay to the Apollo 13 mission as blood tests rush in to assess immunity for Lovell Mattingly and Haise If immunity is low a launch postponement of a month is likely with May 9 as the next window Doctors fear the disease could disable astronauts in flight and delay would cost hundreds of thousands.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
The
Space Agency
James A. Lovell Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Fred W. Haise Jr
Charles Duke
Charles A. Berry
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lovell
Mattingly
Haise
Fra Maure Highlands
Guaranteed Income Surprised Nixon Camp and Congress
The Nixon administration backed a federally assured minimum income for the poor, part of the family assistance plan. The plan faced a skeptical House Ways and Means Committee but passed 22 to 3 with support from Wilbur Mills and backing from business leaders and conservatives. The program evolved from ideas in the mid 1960s and was framed as negative income tax or child allowances.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
House
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Pri
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Wilbur D. Mills
White House
Hatfield Joins Opposition in Carswell Confirmation Fight
Uncommitted Sen Mark Hatfield joined foes against Judge G Harrold Carswell, narrowing chances of confirmation. The Oregon Republican told aides he will vote against the nomination as Senate fate hinges on a close vote with 96 senators expected.
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Washington
G. Harrold Carswell
Mark C. Hatfield
Oregon
Tallahassee
Fla
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
White House
Judge Carswell
Scott
GOP
Nixon
Hatfield
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Quentin N. Burdick
D-N.d
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Charles H. Percy
R-Iii
Associated Press
J. Caleb Boggs
R-Del
Howard W. Cannon
Dnev
Charles McC. Mathias
Rmd
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Arkansas
Doubled School Integration Goal Sets S South Desegregation Target
Secretary Robert H. Finch of the Department of Health Education and Welfare announced a plan to double the current desegregation progress in the South by next fall, aiming for 80 percent of Black students in essentially desegregated schools. He cited 1.2 million Black children in the region in desegregation efforts and said restructuring would rely on existing policies, court actions, and monitoring by the civil rights office.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
South
Finch
J. Stanley Pottinger
Nixon
Pottinger
Department
Office For Civil Rights
Captain MacDonald Suspect in Slaying at Fort Bragg
Army says Captain Jeffrey R. MacDonald a Green Berets doctor is a suspect in the February deaths of his wife Colleen and their two daughters Kimberly and Kristen at Fort Bragg. He has not been charged and is confined to quarters while questioned.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Army
Green Berets
Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Patchogue
New York
MacDonald
Capt. MacDonald
Special Forces
82Nd Airborne Division
Colleen
Kimberly
Kristen
Fayetteville
Lighter Penalty Favored for First Time Marijuana Possession
A House crime committee says marijuana traffic tops $850 million yearly and urges first offense possession be a misdemeanor with a maximum seven day jail term. It supports education courses and Nebraska style sentencing, while noting broad judge discretion and current penalties undermine respect for law.
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Washington
House
House Select Committee On
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Nebraska
Nixon
Kennedy Grand Jury Ends With No Action on Auto Crash
A Dukes County grand jury session in Edgartown Mass ended with no report on Senator Edward M Kennedy's July auto accident. Judge Wilfred J Paquet discharged the panel after foreman Leslie H Leland said there were no presentments. The case is closed per Dist Atty Edmund Dinis regarding the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in Kennedy's car at Quidn island Martha's Vineyard.
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Edgartown
Mass
Dukes County
Grand Jury
Edward M. Kennedy
Wilfred J. Paquet
Leslie H. Leland
Dist. Atty
Edmund Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington
Kennedy
Quiddick Island
Martha's Vineyard
Blood Disease Closes Hertford County Schools
The Hertford County Board of Education closed all county schools due to a meningococcemia outbreak. Health officials said five children were hospitalized in Ahoskie and one more was admitted, with cases reported across various parts of the county. Schools will remain closed at least until Monday.
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Winton
N.C
Hertford County
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