Corner intersection makeover prompts swift action
Reader complaints about the corner of N Hamilton and East Parkway sparked a rapid response from the city traffic engineering department. City Traffic Engineer Moss says plans to widen Hamilton Street extend Wrenn Street and remove off-set intersections are underway with TOPICS funding aiding the project. temporary drums were used to guide traffic during the transition.
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N. Hamilton
East Parkway
Moss
Westwood Avenue
Louise Street
Wrenn
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Precautions and Symptoms
The guide notes Rocky Mountain Spotted fever in Guilford, with chills and fever lasting about two weeks, bone and muscle pains, a red spotted rash appearing after three to five days starting on wrists and ankles then spreading. Ticks are carriers. inspect dogs and humans after outdoor activity and remove ticks carefully.
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Q. I
Guilford
Rocky Mountain
Draft Lottery Assigns 1952 Birth Days and Numbers
The AP reports the 1952 birth days were drawn to assign priority numbers for a potential draft next year if Congress authorizes it. Numbers 100 and below likely to be called. 200s and 300s unlikely. The streamlined lottery used two drums and produced numbers linked to birth dates, with the lowest number paired to December 4 and the highest to November 1.
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Washington
Congress
Curtis W. Tarr
Selective Service
Labor force climbs while jobless rate edges up in July
The Labor Department reports 80.6 million employed, a 1.2 million rise, and unemployment up to 5.8 percent as hundreds of thousands of students join the labor market. Average hourly earnings stay at 3.42 while weekly pay slips 127.22 due to shorter work weeks amid a 500,000 worker strike.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Woodrow L. Ginsburg
The
Center For Community Change
Ginsburg
Senate
House Economic Committee
Walters sworn in IRS chief aims for urgency and sensitivity
Johnnie M. Walters takes over as Internal Revenue Service commissioner pledging to shed the image of heartless tax collection. He targets faster answers for tax questions and review of field instructions to avoid harming taxpayers while stressing a measured approach to case handling.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
IRS
Johnnie M. Walters
Senate Finance Com
Mittee
Walters
Justice Department
Wier
Greenville
S.C
Chief Counsel
Remembering That Day Drop of the Atomic Bomb Scene
A wartime photograph shows the central Cenotaph memorial and the Memorial Dome in the background as a somber AP Wirephoto captures the moment. The image recalls the day the atomic bomb was dropped and the global impact.
Apollo 15 crew to observe Earth lunar eclipse from space
Apollo 15 astronauts Davis Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden aboard the command module plan a rare Earth occultation of the sun as seen from the moon. They will photograph the eclipse and hold a hour news conference from deep space, detailing rocks lava findings and Hadley Rille observations.
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Mission Control
Moon
Worden
Scott
Irwin
Deep Space
Hawaii
Manned Spacecraft Center
Solar System
Sample Bay No. 196
Hadley Rille
Apennine Mountains
School Laws Create Deep Desegregation Confusion
Washington reports ongoing debate over desegregation after the 1954 ruling. Courts shaped de jure and de facto segregation, with busing as a central issue. Nixon repudiated a HEW plan, illustrating how enforcement dictates the law of the land. The South bears grievance as Northern desegregation improves.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Federal District
South
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By Jerry T. Baulch
Associated Press
Economic Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Walters Sworn In
Hiroshima
Earth
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