Readers Help With Legal Questions and Local Services
A column collects reader questions on open beer laws in moving vehicles, medical oath requirements and licensing, dental hygiene as a career, and rug binding. Officials cite local ordinances, county health offices, and GTI program details while George T. Wood & Sons offers binding services at 1100 Trinity Avenue.
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George T. Wood & Sons
I-85
Holiday Inn
Trinity Avenue
Frank Wood
Mr. Carter
Weeds Grow Around Leonard's Drug Store Corner
An anonymous letter laments chaotic conditions at the Lexington and North Main corner where Leonard's Drug Store once stood. The writer urges Carl Wills to inspect the site amid waist-high weeds and blocked sidewalks, blaming slow city bureaucracy. A steak wager is offered on the weeds being mowed by next Wednesday.
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Bulldogs Work Best Q Cat deterrents for cars discussed
A reader asks what keeps cats off cars and the response suggests two ideas. A passer-by proposes placing a dog on the car while a more practical approach recommends a cat repellant sprayed where cats land.
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Anon. A
Mulberry Tree on Clothesline Sparks Bird War
A reader recalls planting a mulberry tree near a clothesline causing bird droppings on blue and white sheets and neighbor strife. The note explains an earlier staffer planted the tree unknowingly and confirms anti mulberry sentiment while joking about the birds’ indelible artistry.
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Mideast Balance Urged by Israeli Diplomat
Israeli ambassador to Washington Yitzhak Rabin questioned U S ability to force Egypt to remove missiles from the Suez cease fire zone and urged the United States to provide Israel with arms to preserve a regional balance. Cairo Radio said Iraq jailed over 70 Egyptians amid a propaganda war and in Amman four Arab guerrillas were wounded after a clash between rival groups.
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Associated Press
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Yitzhak Rabin
Washington
Israel
Jerusalem
Rabin
Cairo
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Amman
Popular Struggle Front
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Woman Injured By Bomb Blast In St Paul Department Store
A bomb exploded in a downtown St Paul department store restroom injuring a 48 year old woman, Mary Peek. Police found a second bomb and defused it. The incident came a week after a blast in Minneapolis caused $500000 damage to the old federal building with a night watchman injured.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Mary Peek
Dayton’s
Federal
Minneapolis
Philippine captain stays with sinking freighter Don Jose Figueras
In a Pacific salvage stand off 900 miles northwest of San Francisco Captain Demosthenes Gabac and five crew refuse to abandon the burning 466‑foot freighter Don Jose Figueras as life rafts are picked up by the Japanese freighter Cuba Maru. The Coast Guard reports continued hull breaches and fire in holds 2 3 and 4 while a Catalina aircraft drops lifeboats and pumps. The cutter Yocona from Astoria Oreg sits on scene with diversions from Oriental Diary and Pacific Banker aiding.
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San Francisco
Don Jose Figueras
Pacific
Coast Guard
Demosthenes Gabac
Gabac
Republic of the Philippines
Pusan
Korea
Panama
Figueras
Yocona
Astoria
Ore
Mansfield Sees Deepening Role In Cambodia
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warned that U S involvement in Cambodia is gradually expanding similar to Vietnam. He cited arms aid, air operations, a larger Phnom Penh mission, and a diplomatic staff rising from 11 to 50 with military advisers. The arms package could reach about 40 million dollars in light weapons and gear. Senator Fulbright noted possible electronic equipment requiring American technicians.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
Mansfield
Phnom
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Agnew Briefed by Pacific Commander Before Asia Tour
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew meets Adm. John S. McCain Jr. at Hickam Air Force Base for a 90 minute briefing before Air Force Two departs for Asia. Agnew vows the United States will maintain its Southeast Asia presence while Asian commitments are debated in Washington.
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Honolulu
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Pacific
Asia
Agnew
Adm
John S. McCain Jr
McCain
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Guam
California
White House
United States
Far East
Senate
Here
el Toro Marine Air Station
Air Force 2
South Korea
China
Thailand
South Vietnam
Niarchos Denies Fatally Injuring Wife in Greece
Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos denied he fatally injured his wife Eugenia claiming she died from an excessive dose of sleeping pills. A Greek medical legal panel had earlier reported bruising findings but ruled the death due to sleeping pills.
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Nice
France
Stravros
Niarchos
Greece
Rene de Chambuin
Paris
Unrestricted Air Attacks Reported in Cambodia
AP reports U S pilots are allowed to strike anywhere in Cambodia if allied officials deem enemy troops pose a threat to South Vietnam. Most strikes focus east of the Mekong in northeast Cambodia amid Laos corridor activity, with limited support in the Phnom Penh region. South Vietnamese HQ says a 10 day Cambodia operation blocked infiltration toward War Zone C, claiming 47 enemy killed and 41 weapons captured against 15 killed and 78 wounded for Vietnam forces.
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Saigon
Uss
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong River
Laos
Phnom Penh
Associated Press
Mekong
Vietnam
IRS Denies Tax Breaks to Racist Private Schools Nationwide
The IRS says its policy denying tax exemptions to private schools with racially discriminatory admissions is nationwide in scope and applies across all states. Florida Governor Kirk criticizes the move as social engineering, while IRS officials defend it as authorized after extensive study and court guidance.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Randolph W. Thrower
Florida
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Thrower
Kirk
Justice Department
Treasury Department
White House
Mississippi
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Oriental Diary
Pacific Banker
Pacific Chief
Constantine Fafoutis
Penal Council
Athens
Fafoutis
Council
Supreme Court
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