Editorial urges NC funds for Old Salem heritage site
The Raleigh News and Observer editorial calls for state funds to support historic preservation, naming Old Salem as the top beneficiary. It argues Forsyth County and other poorer areas deserve aid, contends Old Salem belongs to North Carolina, and warns against divisive comparisons while praising Old Salem’s heritage value.
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North Carolina
Old Salem
Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
Forsyth County
Old
Salem
Shakespeare
Hunger politics and Klein clash over TV hunger drive
Herbert J. Klein criticizes senators McGovern and others for using television to highlight hunger as a political issue. He argues hunger should be addressed immediately with food aid, while studies can come later. The article notes both parties have used media to press for federal action and food relief.
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Herbert J. Klein
Sen. McGovern
D-M.d
Klein
Public Health Service
Conservationists
Civil Rights Commission
Congress
America
States Make Official Things In Myriad Ways
A Boston Herald-Traveler piece reviews how states designate official symbols such as mottoes and birds. It cites New Hampshire, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nebraska and others, noting debates over state rocks, fish, flowers and even a state dog or beverage as lawmakers pursue symbolic designations.
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New Hampshire
Missouri
Tennessee
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
Idaho
Minnesota
Virginia
Massachusetts Senate
Language Problem or Native Tongue Classifications
The Chicago Daily News notes irony in designating Cherokee as a foreign language to unlock federal funds for English instruction. If Cherokee is foreign, English is foreign to them, suggesting reclassification as a foreign nation might widen aid and improve their living conditions.
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Office of Education
Associated Press
N.C
Aited Press
Ap Second Clans
Ree
Ish Point
Wee Point
Heh Point Enterprise, Inc
Sentimental option for junk cars in South Florida
The Miami Herald notes a drastic disposal idea for junk cars cluttering tropical South Florida. An Indianapolis doctor loved his 198 car so much he buried it in his backyard after compressing it into a cube with a marker reading the mileage, registration, and last words Rest in Peace.
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South
Florida
Indianapolis
Oil Tax Opponents Rally Against Gasoline Increase
A letter to the editor argues against Governor Scott’s proposed two cent per gallon gas tax hike. It cites NC Oil Jobbers Association analysis showing highway funds and costs, claims the tax would raise state and federal gas taxes to 9 1/2 cents per gallon, and warns of higher pump prices and regional impacts. A second letter praises rural zoning debate, recounting a resident’s clash with county rules over using existing buildings and urging more rural input in zoning decisions.
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Tam
Scott
North Carolina Oil Jobers Association
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Study Commission
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Giuilford County
Sears
Senator Soaper By BILL VAUGHN North American Newspaper Alliance
Loud voice on the bus recalls early life with little money as a national magazine considers what today’s youth desire. Rolls-Royce recalls cars since 1966 to inspect the steering wheel nut. Baseball looks to develop rookie fans for its future. The office grouch laments flowers amid the Hippie crowd.
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Senator
Bill Vaughn
North American Newspaper Alliance
Rolls-Royce
Washington Faces Scars of Riots a Year On
Washington, D. C. frays from the King assassination riots linger a year later with boarded storefronts, scars on streets, and slow rebuilding. Metropolitan growth centers around the Kennedy Center, L'Enfant Plaza, and new Federal buildings as President Nixon funds urban renewal while a high traffic era continues at National and Dulles airports. Southern Railway President W. Graham Claytor Jr and cartoonist Al Capp visit for the Newspaper Editors meeting, with Capp criticizing Harvard's handling of dissent as muttered by the DAR.
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Washington, D. C
Coop
Martin Luther King
Memphis
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Aac
Seventh
Five
Potomac
L’enfant Plaza
Capital
Federal Building
Nixon
Congress
Lady Bird Johnson
National Airport
Dulles
National
Walter Washington
Dr. King
Southern Railway
W. Graham Claytor Jr
American Society’ of
Southern
Metroliner
Penn-Central
New York
Swift Train
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Claytor
Frisco
Seaboard
Norfolk and Western
al Capp
DAR
Harvard
Defense
Robert McNamara
Capp
DAR Gas
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