Sage drying season and local Q A question column
A reader asks when to pick sage to dry, answered as six to eight weeks or until full maturity. The column covers buying US flags in High Point for home display or Boy Scout resale, algae removal on brick patios, speeding and noise on Centenial Avenue, High Street street use by a lumber yard, possible kinship rumors about city engineers, and interstate child support extradition processes with Florida.
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United States
High Point
Boy Scouts
M. A
J. Roy Sullivan
Beeson Hardware
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Warehouse
BSA
Kirkman Park
W. High Street
Oak
Grimes
E.H. A
Southern Railway
R. V. Moss
Auto Industry Offers Workers Best Contract Proposal Ever
A three year package from GM Ford and Chrysler proposes 33 to 51 cents an hour in wage gains, plus 2.8 percent yearly increases and a 13 cent flat hike, while seeking changes to the cost of living clause. Union president Walter Reuther warns against tampering.
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A.F. Mahan
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
General Motors
Malcolm Denise
Ford
Chrysler
Seaton
Bureau of Labor Statistics
16 U S Planes Downed In Seven Day Losses
AP report from Saigon notes the United States suffered its heaviest seven day air loss total with 16 planes down from Aug 21 to Aug 27. Two Marines listed as missing, 24 total missing for the period, three rescued, as Marines and Air Force units clash with North Vietnamese forces in the north and Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong
Can Tho
Viet Cong Plots Sabotage Campaign Against Elections
AP reports U S and South Vietnamese sources say the Viet Cong have planned a nationwide effort to disrupt the presidential vote Sunday through intensified attacks terrorism and propaganda. Over the weekend they launched mortar rocket and artillery strikes across from Quang Tri to the Mekong Delta with a spike in kidnappings murders and sabotage. A captured document urges Da Nang to smash the election and warns failure could spur a political crisis while accusing the United States of burning houses and raising costs and taxes.
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Saigon
U.S
Viet Cong
Quang Tri
Mekong
Nang
United States
Motherhood and a School Board Clash in 1966
Mrs. John Hill, a 42 year old elementary music teacher in Chartiers Valley, was granted a sabbatical with half pay in 1966 and later fired on Monday night for being pregnant. She says she was fired for motherhood, describing the clash between personal life and district policy. The case links a sabbatical, weight gain, and a pregnancy to a job loss.
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Pittsburgh
John Hill
Duquesne University
Stanley R. Duda
Chartiers Valley
Pregnant teacher fired over sabbatical dispute
The Pittsburgh area board fired Mrs Hill after a pregnancy became known. Duda claimed she should have notified the board, requested maternity leave, and canceled the sabbatical, while she said she fulfilled sabbatical terms. The board fined about $3,000 and upheld the firing on a 2-1 vote.
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Jonathan
Duda
Hill
Shirley Temple Black Seeks California Congress Seat
Shirley Temple Black, former child star, announces candidacy for the 11th California Congressional District seat left by J Arthur Younger. The Republican hopes to follow in the footsteps of George Murphy and Ronald Reagan, entering a crowded race with six other Republicans and three Democrats in San Mateo County.
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San Mateo
Calif
Shirley Temple Black
Congress
U. S
George Murphy
Ronald Reagan
Black
Murphy
Reagan
California
J. Arthur Younger
San Mateo County
San Francisco
Hillsborough
Red Chinese Clash With London Police
In London a clash outside the Chinese legation left several police and Chinese injured. Chinese staff used sticks and bottles while police used night sticks. A second confrontation followed a black car’s arrival. a policeman and a Chinese man were bleeding. Diplomatic friction intensified as officials debated provocation and responses.
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London Police
London
Red China
Legation
Foreign Office
Shen Ping
Arthur de la Mare
Shen
Peking
de la Mare
Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
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Fred Yoder
Yoder
S.R. Giveth
Mary Moss
Mark Hopkins
Moss
Mary
Georgia
Florida
Phung Hoep
Dada
Mrs. Hill
Mrs. Black
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