Truck Driver Training access and local junk car enforcement
Readers asked about truck driver education options and age rules. The NC State Univ Division of Continuing Education offers a four week Truck Driver Training course with an application and tuition details by mail or by phone 919 755 2266. An inspector notes autos on Thomas Road must be moved by August 20 1970 or owners will be cited to District Court.
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D.T. A
Division of Continuing Education
P.O
N. C. State University
Raleigh
N.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas Road
Anon
Inspector Hill
Discontinuation of Freedom Series bonds at Thomasville Industries
The Freedom Share savings notes issued with E Bonds will be withdrawn from sale on June 30 1970 because Series E bonds now pay the same five percent rate. Notes sold before 1968 earned 4 74 percent. those from 68 onward earned 5 percent. The 5 percent rate, compounded semi annually, applied at maturity after five years ten months.
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Thomasville Industries
C.T. A. Freedom Share
Nixon
Treasury
Mitchell Place Vacant Lots Woefully Overgrown
Residents complain two vacant Mitchell Place lots remain unrepaired for over two years. A local real estate sign on the wrong property delayed action. Public Works will ensure the area is cleared once ownership issues are resolved.
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Mitchell Place
T.R
Mitchell
Public Works
Trained Secretary Seeks Work Despite Wheelchair
An exceptionally motivated young woman in a wheelchair, trained as a medical secretary through Vocational Rehabilitation, seeks any secretarial job. Action Line notes the office has strived to place her but has not yet found a position and invites callers to help.
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Wayne Wagner
Action Line
Oil Prices May Up Utilities Rates Across the Board
Washington based Nixon administration official says world shortages and surging fuel oil costs threaten widespread utility rate hikes. Residual fuel oil prices have doubled since January with imports supplying two thirds of use. He expects electricity rates to rise as fuel costs climb, though timing and extent remain uncertain.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Lincoln
New Tropical Storm Forms Dorothy Threatens Leeward Islands
Tropical Storm Dorothy formed in the Atlantic with 65 mph winds and was expected to become a hurricane by Thursday. The Leeward Islands were under storm warnings and a hurricane watch as residents were urged to take precautions. Dorothy was centered about 500 miles east southeast of Guadeloupe and moving west northwest at 15 mph.
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Miami
Atlantic
Leeward Islands
National Hurricane Center
Neil Frank
Leewards
Dominica
Guadeloupe
Federal suits target literacy tests in New Hampshire and North Carolina
Federal actions seek court orders under the Voting Rights Act to register illiterate but qualified voters for the November 3 election. Suits filed in Concord New Hampshire and Raleigh North Carolina target literacy tests as prerequisites, asking three judge panels to rule on new provisions and applicability to the states.
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Washington
New Hampshire
North Carolina
John N. Mitchell
Concord
N.H
Raleigh
N.C
Supreme Court
Arizona
Idaho
Justice Department
High Court
Robert Morgan
Senate
Senate clears Safeguard deployment after amendment defeat
The Senate rejected a Brooke amendment to halt or modify the Safeguard anti missile system and cleared the way for deployment to Whiteman Missouri and Warren Wyoming bases. The vote followed Defense Secretary Laird’s stance that the Pentagon could not support the compromise. The plan would use savings to bolster defenses at Malmstrom Montana and Grand Forks North Dakota.
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Washington
Senate
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Whiteman Air Force Base
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Safeguard
America
Russia
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Brooke
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Mont
Grand Forks Air Force Base
N.D
Zsa Zsa Gabor Robbed Of Jewelry In Elevator Theft
New York AP Two gunmen robbed Zsa Zsa Gabor of more than 600000 dollars in jewels early today inside the Waldorf Towers residence elevator. Gabor said the loss included a nearly half a million dollar ring and earrings and that she and housekeeper Margaret were threatened with guns. The robbers entered an elevator at the garage level, forced the pair, then sent the car to the basement before fleeing. Gabor later viewed police photos at headquarters unable to identify the suspects.
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New York
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Waldorf-Towers
nerve gas disposal at sea ends after Briggs scuttling
The old Liberty ship LeBaron Russell Briggs carrying 418 GB nerve gas vaults sank 16 000 feet 283 miles east of Florida after scuttling aboard USS Hartley. Navy reports said the descent was smooth with loud impact but no gas leak confirmed. officials say future gas disposal will use detoxification.
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Hartley
Navy
Atlantic
Russell Briggs
Florida
A. G. Hamilton
Army
Coast Guard
Air Force
Briggs
Claude Kirk
Ford Sees Japan As Big Competitor
LAS VEGAS AP Henry Ford II warned that Japanese imports would be tougher competition than Volkswagen as U S automakers push subcompacts. He said Toyota and Daihatsu models will lead the charge and predicted Ford Pinto and GM Vega will reshape the market with strong early sales.
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Ford
Japan
Las Vegas
Nev
Volkswagen
Henry Ford II
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Tricia Nixon
John von Briesen
Midtown Manhattan
New York City
Zsa
Margaret
Miss Gabor
Zsa Zsa
Gabor
Niasith i
Fecash Nob Financial
Ford Motor Co
U.S
Toyota
Datsun
American Motors
General Motors
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