Ladies Woodmen Asked How to Help Cherokee Children
A reader asks about funding to support American Indian children in North Carolina. An adviser suggests sponsoring a child via Save The Children Federation and notes local projects like the Cherokee Boys Club housing for fifteen boys and a new Cherokee Community Library, with contact details for Ray Kinsland and Mrs. Mary Chittoskey.
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Ladies Woodmen of the World Court
North Carolina
W.D.H
H. B. Myers
Save the Children Federation
Val Verde Drive
S. E
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Cherokee Boys Club, Inc
Boy’s Club
Ray Kinsland
Cherokee
N.C
Mary Chittoskey
Hur
Why East Side High Point Lost Telephone Service
Residents on the east side of High Point were without telephone service from 7 p.m. August 1 to 9 a.m. August 3 due to wet cables. Daniel Brooks area was fully affected while some phones failed Saturday night to Monday morning. Emergency crews worked Sunday to restore service.
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High Point
Daniel Brooks
East Side
R. L
Residents petition over blocked view by bus and trucks
Local residents along English Street complain that a Consolidated Bus parks sideways blocking view of both approaches to the highway near Thomasville High Point. They cite daily children shuttle to Camp Pioneer and beer trucks at Karl's place, urging action 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and noting intercounty line confusion.
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English Street
Thomasville
High Point
Gridar Street
Karl
Camp Pioneer
Davidson County
Guilford
C. R
Consolidated Bus Lines
Democrats Rally to Override Nixon Veto on Education Bills
House Democrats mobilize to defeat President Nixon by overturning his vetoes of the 4.4 billion education appropriation and an 18 billion general federal agency funding measure. They seek two thirds to override with some Republican support as Ford and others question the spending. Nixon calls vetoes necessary to control inflation and living costs while Democrats push for veterans hospital and school funding and help for impacted districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Hale Boggs
D-La
Boggs
Ford
Lawrence F. O’brien
Congress
O’brien
Nerve gas loaded aboard Liberty ship for sea disposal
At Sunny Point North Carolina stevedores begin loading 418 steel-jacketed vaults containing GB nerve gas and VX aboard the LeBrannon Russell Briggs. The 442 foot vessel will be sunk to 16000 feet off Cape Kennedy after transfer and sealing, with weather checks and a two to three day loading window.
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Sunny Point
N.C
Anniston
Ala
Richmond
Navy
LeBrannon
Russell Briggs
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Briggs
Scott Named Chairman of Democratic Governors Conference
North Carolina Governor Bob Scott was elected chairman of the Democratic Governors Conference at a meeting in Lake of the Ozarks Missouri. He also joined the conference's executive committee alongside Montana Governor Forrest Anderson and Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel. The group backed Warren Hearnes for the next national conference chairman as the Democrats' turn to elect the leader.
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Lake OF the Ozarks
North Carolina
Bob Scott
Govs
Forrest Anderson
Montana
Warren E. Hearnes
Hearnes
John Love
Colorado
Democrats Plan Agnew Issue Across Industrial States
Democrats aim to turn Vice President Spiro Agnew into the campaign issue this fall, especially in key industrial states. Governors and White House strategists meet at a secluded resort to map tactics as Nixon and Agnew pledge cooperation and federalism while Democratic gains are anticipated in the Northeast and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
Lake OF the Ozarks, Mo
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Nixon
Agnew
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Dempsey
O’brien
Murray Chotiner
Harry Dent
Congress
President Nixon Signs Bipartisan Postal Reform
President Nixon signs the postal reform bill in Washington praising bipartisan support. The overhaul removes the postmaster general from the Cabinet and makes the Post Office a corporate like independent agency focused on efficient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Post Office
Hostages in Uruguay Under Threat as Search Intensifies
The Tupamaros warned that American agronomist Claude Fly and Brazilian Consul Aloysio Gomide would be killed if police and soldiers search their locations. Mitrione’s body was flown to the United States as Uruguay weighs a memorial and street renaming proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Claude L. Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Dan A. Mitrione
Richmond
Ind
Mitrione
Dias Gomide
Fly
Agriculture Ministry
Jorge Pacheco Areco
U.S
Brazil
Pacheco Areco
United States
Carrasco
Charles W. Adair Jr
Jorge Peirano Facio
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Uty Nixon
Ans
Veterans’ Administration
Waxhaw
Charlotte
Liberty Ship
Coast Guard
Army
Utah Proving Ground
National Academy of Sciences
Scott
and Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Gop
Winton M. Blount
Blount
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