Chicken and dog lot complaint in Thomasville questioned
A reader asks Action Line to address a chicken and dog lot described as an unbearable odor in Thomasville Anon City Manager Kyle Williams notes chickens and dogs are allowed if housed cleanly and with 50 feet from neighbors The health department in Lexington can inspect and enforce dog tagging vaccination and containment If unresolved consider police injunction or restraining order after health findings.
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Thomasville
Anon
Kyle Williams
Dermot Lohr
Health Department
Lexington
Do-it-yourself Shirt Laundering Feasible for High Point Reader
A reader asks for a High Point place to launder men's white shirts with starch only on collars and cuffs. The response notes no local shop offers this service. suggests a DIY approach using spray starch or dipping.
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High Point
Best finish for distressed pecan bedroom suite
Mrs. N. A. recommends a wax with a lanolin base for the distressed pecan casegoods. Use a cream polish that has no silicone base and avoid paste wax, liquid oils, or linseed oil. This approach preserves the finish and adds gentle protection.
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Peca
Telecommunication delay and billing worries in Greensboro call
A reader from Thomasville asks about long hangups after ending calls to Greensboro and whether seconds or minutes are charged. The chief operator explains two switchboard signals indicate a caller has ended a conversation, ensuring the line is released and the ticket stamped once the receiver is hung up.
Harmonica gigs scarce in High Point. Tar Heel Talent seeks youths
Readers asked about harmony music employment. answer notes limited harmonica work beyond busking and campfires. Tar Heel Talent contest invites 13 to 19 year olds to audition by August 10 at Ferndale Junior High, mailing name address age and specialty to Jamestown. Also cites Randolph Technical Institute Asheboro offering a seven quarter photography program leading to an Associate in Applied Science in Photography and Commercial Graphics.
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Major Bowes
Tar Heel
Ferndale Junior High
P. O
Jamestown
A. Randolph Technical Institute
Asheboro
Cambodian Forces Retake Skoun as Threat Looms on Phnom Penh
Cambodian forces recaptured Skoun 40 miles northeast of Phnom Penh as three battalions rushed to defend the capital against a North Vietnamese and Viet Cong force probing near the outer defenses. The attack followed a week of fighting with about 500 enemy troops reported killed, while Cambodian casualties were at least 10.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Skoun
Kompong Thom
Kompong Cham
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quarantine Lifts for 4000 at Philmont Scout Ranch
CIMARRON NM AP A quarantine on 4000 Boy Scouts and leaders at Philmont Scout Ranch ended after tests and CDC consultation. The 12 year old James Morris of Jackson Michigan died during a hike prompting the seal of three entrances and testing to determine the cause of death. The health department reported no pneumonic plague as the cause.
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Cimarron
N.M
Philmont
Bruce Storrs
State Health and Social Services Department
Federal Center
Atlanta
Storrs
Department
James Morris
Jackson
Mich
Silence On Suez Canal Marks First Day of Cease Fire
On the Suez Canal cease-fire began with muted guns and cautious troops. An Israeli officer warned peace had not fully arrived as patrols toured the waterway. Separate incidents on the Jordan front left three Israeli soldiers wounded and a potash plant hit.
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Suez Canal
Sinai Desert
Canal
Dead Sea
Suez
Jarring Holds Talks With Ambassadors on New Peace Talks Site
United Nations envoy Gunnar V. Jarring met with Egypt's Abdullah El Erian Jordan's Muhammad El Farra and Israel's Yosef Tekoah to discuss time place and participants for the revived peace talks under his auspices. Thant said governments would decide venue and representation while U S plan calls for a 90 day cease fire and a staged approach from ambassadorial to ministerial levels with Cyprus Geneva or New York as possible sites. Egypt Jordan and Israel presented separate replies on how the 1967 Security Council resolution should be implemented including withdrawal timelines and agreed boundaries.
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UNITED NATIONS, _N. Y
U. N
Middle East
Egypt
Jordan
Israel
Gunnar V. Jarring
al Thant
Abdullah El-Erian
Muhammad H. el- Farra
Yosef Tekoah
Jarring
Thant
Tekoah
U. S
Israe
Nicosia
Cyprus
General Assembly
Geneva
Security Council
United States
Liberal Obscenity Laws Proposed
Washington AP report details draft recommendations from the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Proposals include repeal of all laws banning porn to adults, plus new rules restricting exposure of youths and unwanted thrusting via public displays or mail. The panel argues adult pornography does not drive crime or delinquency and should not be legally restrained.
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Washington
USS
Denmark
President’s Commission On
Death Threat After Kidnap Victims Held by Tupamaros
A note at a radio station warned U. S. police adviser Dan Mitrione and Brazilian consul Aloysio Go, both kidnapped by Tupamaros, would be executed Sunday unless about 150 political prisoners were freed. The note's authenticity was uncertain. a second U. S. official was not mentioned.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
U.S
Tupamaros
Dan A. Mitrione
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
House Ready To Give Women Equality
The House plans to vote Monday on a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women equal rights under the law. If approved by two thirds, the measure would advance toward Senate approval and ratification by the states. The debate is expected to be brief with broad support, as supporters frame the vote as a milestone in the long fight for women's rights.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
United States
Men Hijack Czech Plane Lands in Vienna
Three men hijacked a Czechoslovak airliner on a Prague to Bratislava flight, forcing a landing at Vienna Schwechat Airport. The Ilyushin 14 carried 27 people, including the hijackers and crew, with 23 passengers aboard. Police detained the hijackers and did not specify charges.
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Vienna
Austria
Schwechat
Prague
Bratislava
Here
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