Seniors Offer Swaps To Move Schools In Charlotte
Charlotte seniors reportedly offer 50 to 500 dollars to swap high schools this fall to avoid leaving friends or attending a racially uncomfortable school. Some say as much as 1000 dollars may change hands. The district plans desegregation under a federal order and allows swaps between seniors of the same race with a deadline for listing swaps.
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Three Teens Hospitalized After Loco Weed Seeds Rise
Pilot Mountain North Carolina three teenagers were taken home to recover after eating seeds from poisonous jimson loco weed found growing in town. Police Chief Willis J Fulton said identification by the State Bureau of Investigation confirmed the plant and no charges will be filed as the seeds are not illegal to eat. The youths reportedly experienced a hallucinogenic high similar to illegal drugs.
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Wage-Price Center Openings Listed at IRS Offices
A Washington AP list shows wage and price information centers to operate Monday in multiple cities as IRS taxpayer assistance offices. Several openings were announced last Thursday and marked with an x. cities span Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North and South Carolina and North Carolina regional sites.
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Army survey links heroin use to Vietnam returnees
An Army survey of 1,100 GIs returning from Vietnam found 16.2 percent admitted heroin use in the final 30 days, far higher than the 5.5 percent figure from Pentagon urinalysis tests. Researchers note the discrepancy and urge closer examination of drug activity among servicemen.
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