Reader questions and city service answers in Enterprise columns
A reader asks about uneven street light placement on Main Street and receives an explanation that funds were allocated to brighter areas first and will be used to fill gaps when bond money is available. Other Q A items cover laundry alterations tax rules, making yellow cheese from milk, police jurisdiction, tax exemptions for spouses, and school eye testing.
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Gerber
Clarence Grubb
Electrical Division
Utility Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Superintendent of Documents
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
County Extension Office
Greensboro
Agricultural Extension Service
Department of Food Science
N. C. State University
Raleigh
N. C
Living Costs Slow Rise As Earnings Jump
Washington reports that the March Consumer Price Index rose only two tenths of a percent with no change in overall living costs for the month. Average weekly earnings climbed $1.09 to $131.73, marking the largest March year over year gain since 1965 as groceries, clothing, and meals drove shifts amid price changes in pork beef and produce.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Spring Market Opens Furniture Showrooms In NC
High Point and along North Carolina furniture corridor open for a large eight day market with 20 000 anticipated visitors and strong buyer registrations. Industry leaders credit Mediterranean and pine styling as popular trends while retail sales rise up to nine percent.
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High Point
North Carolina
Joseph Cox
Furniture Plaza
Leo Heer
Southern Furniture Exposition
Thomasville
Lexington
Statesville
Hickory
Drexel
Heer
Piedmont
Apollo 16 Astronauts Begin Mountainous Moon Walk
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. stepped onto the lunar Descartes region to probe volcano activity and lunar geology. They planned a seven hour surface walk to set a nuclear science station and test the moon buggy amid an engine- adjusted flight plan, with splashdown moved to Thursday.
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Orion
Moon
Young
Duke
Mission Control
Spook
Casper
Earth
Pacific
Bombers Strike North Vietnam Deep in raids near Thanh Hoa
U S bombers and fighters hit supply depots and air defenses 80 miles south of Hanoi as North Vietnamese forces attack An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon. An Loc battalion held Hill 609 against a night artillery and ground assault, with heavy casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
An Loc
Thanh Hoa
Air Force
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Navy
United States
Rescue of Two Airmen Ends in Seven Lives Lost
An allied commando team freed two U S airmen from behind North Vietnamese lines near the DMZ. Seven Americans died in the operation, and B 52 bombers were used as decoys. Lt Col Sceal E Hambleton and Lt Mark N Clark survived, while others remain missing.
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Saigon
U.S
Sceal E. Hambleton
Demilitarized Zone
Hambleton
Dmz
Mark N. Clark
Los Angeles
Clark
Dong Ha
U.S. Navy
Tom Norris
Sampan
da Nang
Astronaut Duke Enjoys Orange Juice Nebula Helmet
Apollo 16 astronauts aboard the lunar lander Orion undocked from the command ship as John Young exclaimed sailing free. Charles Duke reports orange juice drifting in zero gravity and jokes about drinking through a straw like device while mission control jokes about the fiasco.
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Duke
James B. Irwin, Jr
Mission Control
Jim
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Irwin
Charlie
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Anon
J. G
Tom Corns
N. C. Revenue Office
Paul M. Short
Corns
General Assembly
Cox
Steff
Art Richardson
Descartes
Highland Plains
Lunar
Thomas K. Mattingly
Apole 16 Command
George Esper
Associated Press
Norris
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