Ice Boxes For Eskimos Notion Of Soviet Police Gear
Washington debate over American sale of advanced crime detection tools to the Soviet Union surfaces as Senator Henry Jackson probes a U S Senate committee. Equipment listed includes voice print identification machines lie detectors and bugging devices. Commerce Secretary Dent agrees to review shipments case by case as the administration condemns the idea.
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White House
Ron Ziegler
Washington
Henry Jackson
Nixon
Ziegler
Moscow
Jackson
Gulag
Congress
Frederick Dent
Henry Kissinger
Chicago Tribune
Charles Vanick
Ohio
Sam
Jaffe
U.S
Commerce Department
Commerce
Kremlin
State Department
Time To Take To The Fields In Pea Picking Season
Farmers invite volunteers to pick peas corn and tomatoes with simple rules to avoid waste and damage. The piece weighs the cost of produce including bushel costs mileage gas at fifty four cents and household costs while praising the fresh air and community in the fields.
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Bob White
Playboy Bunnies Escorted From Conover by Police
Newton Observer News reports a 1974 Lincoln Continental stopped in Conover carrying three Playboy bunnies. Officers checked the car, finding it registered to a Pennsylvania Playboy club and en route to Atlanta. The driver, a 6-4, 300-pound man, asked directions to Charlotte and was escorted to the county line.
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Conover
John Butler
Charlotte
Highway 16
Meet The Gigawatt Through The Information Service
The French government via the information service notes the Common Market has 42 nuclear plants yielding 12 2 gigawatts of output. A gigawatt equals 1 000 megawatts and a terawatt equals 1 000 gigawatts. The piece explains metric prefixes and shows power scales in a concise, tongue in cheek manner.
Restrictive law halts Bragg City nurse’s neighborly ride help
Mrs Barbara Cecil Graham a 68 year old Bragg City Missouri neighbor provided free transport to elderly residents for medical care and other needs. State police demanded a chauffeur license or stop the service prompting her to suspend the aid except in emergencies. The piece laments licensing rules interfering with kindness and cites the general welfare as a higher law.
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Barbara Cecil Graham
Bragg City
Graham
Missouri
In Praise and Caution of Efficiency in Society
The Houston Chronicle opines on efficiency vs. inefficiency noting that dynamite could remove fish from a pond but a pole and worms do the job better. It agrees with centralized government computing for efficiency yet warns against overreliance, saying we should not rush to blow up the pond.
Oil Rulemaking Skewed by Industry Leaders, GAO Finds
The U S Geological Survey relies on 28 oil executives to draft offshore spill standards, prompting concerns over industry influence on safety rules. GAO cites verification gaps and calls for independent data gathering while noting past conflicts of interest in Doerfer and Timm junkets funded by industry players.
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Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Dracula
Blood Bank
Gulf
Atlantic
Sanita Barbara
Calif
America
General Accounting Office
GAO
John Moss
D-Calif
Belt Line Plan Gains Early Backing For By Pass Route
County Commissioner Percy Sears backs accelerating the Nirth side by pass of High Point linking to I-85 and future Interstate 85 south of Archdale. The idea aims to speed the initial lane via joint city county and State Highway Department action as right of way is largely secured.
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Percy Sears
High Point
Archdale
Letters to the editor on tax hikes and windfalls
Dale L. Smith denounces a 125 percent property tax increase as unjustified and laments local government incompetence. He cites Guilford County notices and City Hall projects, urging residents to seek relief from what he calls taxation without fair representation.
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Dale L. Smith
Sweetbriar Rd
Abbotts Creek residents oppose large sewage project
Mrs Wade J Idol appeals to the editor to block a 2,000 unit apartment complex and a large open sewage pond on Abbotts Creek. She argues low density zoning and watershed protection, warning of sewage odors and unsightly views impacting her Kernersville community and future generations.
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Abbotts Creek
Kerneraville
Abbotta Creek
Forsyth Co
Kernersville
Wade J. Idol
Watkins Ford Rd
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George B. Storer
Doerfer
Miami
Storer Broadcasting Company
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Eisenhower
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Robert D. Trimm
Bermuda
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United Aircraft
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William T. Seawell
Trans World
Charles C. Tillinghast
Braniff
Harding L. Lawrence
Western
Arthur F. Kelly
Clark MacGregor
ORG
Belt Line
High Point College
Albion Millis
Wendell M. Patton
Dean B. Pruette
Tony Simeon
Patton
New City Lake
Norfolk
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Panther Club
High Point College Foundation
U.S. Department of Commerce
Russia
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United States
West International Corp
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Guilford County
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