What Can You Buy For Nickel
A look at nickels in daily life shows items once costing five cents still exist in pockets of vending machines and venues. Items include a coffee cup, a local phone call, a Swiss bird whistle, balloons, and plastic toys, plus a few nickel rides and bridge tolls. The Staten Island ferry ride no longer costs a nickel after a citywide fare hike.
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Associated Press
Staten Island
Nevada
Alabama
Last Chance
Interstate 80
Reno
Wapakoneta
Cridersville
Ohio
Neil Armstrong
Ala Moana
Honolulu
New York City
Abraham Beame
Manhattan
Staten, Island
Burlington-Bristol
Tacony- Palmyra
Delaware River
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Black dentist perfects tinted dentures for smokey gum tones
Dr Syvellie Cloud of Winston-Salem and Boston devised tinted dentures using commercial stain to match a wide range of black gum colors from purple to white. Presented to the Dental Society of Boston in 1974, the method aimed to produce undetectable results and boost Black dentists' competitiveness.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Syvellie Cloud
Boston
Cloud
Tufts University
Medford
Mass
James Gallagher
Hunt Renewed For Lost Plane
Authorities renew their search for bodies and aircraft wreckage after identifying Geneva Edens 31 of Raeford North Carolina as one victim of a plane crash along the Georgia coast. About 100 searchers used boats a helicopter and a metal detector with plans to borrow Navy sonar gear to continue the hunt.
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Darien
Georgia
Geneva Edens
Raeford
N.C
McIntosh County
Sheriff's Department
Archie Davis Jr
Daytona Beach
Fla
Edens
Hillman
Odell Melton
U.S. Army
Navy
Hoffman Confirmed as Secretary of the Army
Washington AP confirms Martin R. Hoffman, 43, as the new secretary of the Army. He previously served as general counsel to the Defense Department and succeeds Howard Callaway, who resigned to lead President Ford's re election campaign.
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Washington
Martin R. Hoffman
the Army
Hoffman
Defense Department
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Army Post
Callaway
Ford
Sonoco to Acquire Penland Container Unit
Sonoco Products Co of Hartsville and Clarke Corp of Fort Washington Pa announce Clarke will sell all stock of its Penland Container Inc unit to Sonoco. Penland, based in Hoover Pa, made fiber containers for caulking and adhesives with 1974 sales around 6.3 million. The sale aims to have no adverse effect on Clarke, which continues focus on ceramic tile products and replacement windows and doors.
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Hartsville
D.C
Sonoco Products Co
Clarke Corp
Fort Washington
Sea Pines Reports Net Loss for Fiscal Year
Sea Pines Company posts a net loss of 23.16 million dollars or 8.90 a share for the year ending February B as it files annual SEC statements. Factors include a 13 million dollar Palmias del Mar write-off, weaker real estate revenue, and higher interest costs. The Palmas subsidiary transfer to Palmas Realty Corp aims to erase about 89 million dollars in debt and interest. Revenues total 59.86 million versus 69.36 million prior year. prior year ended with a 4.3 million dollar profit.
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Hilton Head Island
S.C
Sea Pines
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Palmias del‘Mar
Puerto Rico
Lee C. “McClurkin
Sea‘ Pines
Palmas
Palmas Realty Corp
Man Proposes National Dance in Congress
Representative Ted Risenhoover of Oklahoma introduces a resolution to declare the square dance the national dance of the United States citing Library of Congress findings that there is no official national American dance.
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Washington
Ted Risenhoover
Dokla
United States
Library of Congress
Tourism earnings near billion as North Carolina expects record year
North Carolina travel officials anticipate a first ever 1 billion dollar travel year in 1975 despite recession and fuel costs. officials cite strong spring and overall heavy visitation with motels busy, though Carolina Beach reports 15 percent weekend declines blamed on Jaws. Outer Banks shows brisk summer figures with Cape Hatteras drawing 669000 visitors in six months, and Boone reports about 30 percent higher traffic.
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Robert 8. Reid
Associated
North Carolina
Paul Phillips
State Office of Travel and Promotion
Betty Shelton
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Carolina Beach
Ted Seawell
Pleasure Island
Cape Hatteras
Has Jaws Impacted Beach Tourism Across East Coast
Carolina Beach officials and coastal representatives plan a Tuesday meeting to assess whether the film Jaws has deterred visitors. Pleasure Island Tourism Bureau chief Ted Seawell cites a 15 percent drop in weekend motel business versus last year and notes renewed interest as the movie is re released each summer. The session will discuss broader tourism effects and possible remedies.
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Carolina Beach
N.C
Ted Seawell
Pleasure Island
Seawell
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Outhgate ‘Theatre F
Marsh Kitchens Inc
Eye Ee
N. Main High Point
Amr
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Thomasville
Army
Midway
Ayn
DoUe McClure
Sonoco Co
Penland
Ranion
North State
Eer
Dee
Ant Conway
Fn Xin
Skieonta
Ychintewual
Uthe Mountain
Aycock ‘Brown
Dare County Bureau
James Wilson
Boone
Thunderbird
Doe
Inferno
Towne Theatre
Vly Snowy
High Point
Bess
Pizzer
Ana Aia
Goupon
Fairfield Plaza
Southgate
N. Main
Tom Sal
Florida
THE
High Point Enterprise
Zayre Wing
Linda
Wylie Moora
Steak House
ABC
Randolph St. Thomasville
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