State highway jobs and chauffeur license requirements
Public Information Officer Gibson Prather notes limited summer openings at the State Highway Commission and suggests requesting an application from the Raleigh Personnel Department. A chauffeur’s license is likely required for heavy transport, with statutes defining a chauffeur as anyone paid to drive for compensation or operating heavy vehicle for hire.
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State Highway Commission
Public Information Officer
Gibson Prather
Personnel Department
Raleigh
N. C
Democrats condemn bombing and Hanoi invasion in War Deadlock action
House Democrats condemned renewed U S bombing of North Vietnam and Hanoi invasion of South Vietnam. They ordered action within 30 days to set a date to terminate all military involvement in Indochina and reported out a bill. The caucus approved a resolution 144 58 endorsing the deadline and a separate 186 16 vote condemning Hanoi invasion.
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Washington
House
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South
Democratic Caucus
Hanoi-Haiphong
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South Vietnam
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Dochina
White House
Fighting Flares At An Loc and Sea War Update
Heavy fighting renewed around An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon after a 1600 round artillery barrage as North Vietnamese tanks attacked. U.S. 7th Fleet ships faced MIGs torpedo boats and shore batteries with losses including the Higbee and Oklahoma City damaged and four Americans wounded. North Vietnamese casualties were reported high, with air strikes and 52s pounding targets near An Loc and Dong Ha Hue Fire Base areas.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
7Th Fleet
Higbee
Oklahoma City
Hill 169
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Fire Base
Hue
Apollo 16 Astronauts Prepare Descent to Descartes Mountains
John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. separated Orion from Casper to descend for three planned excursions on Descartes Mountains. They aim to study ancient volcanic activity with a moon car and expect a 73 hour stay. Mission Control notes low potassium levels prompting orange juice and extra food.
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Space Center
Houston
Orion
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Mission Control
Don Peterson
Descartes Mountains
Young
Duke
Descartes
Earth
Descartes Plateau
Mattingly
Lunar
Casper
Meany Pushes New Price Control Bureau
Labor leader George Meany urged President Nixon to create a new national price control bureau to curb rising costs. He argued food prices must be controlled nationwide and warned rationing could be possible to reduce inflation harming workers.Meany clashed with Sen. Proxmire over the Pay Board and warned against dismantling price controls, insisting a fair, across the board approach is needed to relieve wage pressure.
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Washington
George Meany
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Meany
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Proxmire
Flanigan Testifies on ITT Case Consulting Report
White House aide Peter Flanigan told Senate Judiciary Committee he gave a consultant a report he believes reflects ITT case facts. He appeared under narrow ground rules covering his role in hiring the consultant and meetings with ITT officials as the Kleindienst nomination faced Senate scrutiny.
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Washington
Peter M. Flanigan
Nixon
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Flanigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard Ramsden
New York
Richard G. Kleindienst
ITT
San Diego
Philip Hart
D-Mich
White House
Hart
Felix Rohatyn
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Kleindienst
Gallagher accuses FBI of plotting against him
Rep. Cornelius Gallagher accuses the FBI of feeding Life magazine false information to ruin his political career. He cites Hoover, DeLoach, and Roy Cohn in a broader attack tied to a 1967 Life article about Barney O'Brien’s death and a threatened resignation.
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Washington
Cornelius E. Gallagher
FBI
Life Magazine
J. Edgar Hoover
Robert F. Kennedy
New Jersey
House
Gallagher
Hoover
Cartha “Deke
DeLoach
Pepsico Inc
Justice Department
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Roy Cohn
Cohn
Senate Investigations Committee
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Life
Barney O’brien
Harold “Kaye
Konigsberg
O’brien
Life Writers
Congress
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Gripe
City Hall
Howard Cox
H. G. Wells
Anon. A
Isabelle O'Neal
North Carolina
North Carolina Day Care Licensing Board
P.O. Box
Sahib
India
Ramesh Parikh
Parikh
Gujarati
Marathi
Cats &Dozers
National School of Heavy Equipment Operation
P. O. Box
Charlotte
First Baptist Church
Thomasville
Anon
Democrats
William P. Rogers
Moscow
U.S. Command
Qui Nhon
Hamner
Sterett
Lloyd Thomas
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Peter Flanigan
Br Amusements Ie
Cornelius Gallagher
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