Giant 28-foot cowboy statue moves between stations in High Point
Readers learn the 28-foot plastic giant at Phillips 66 on West Green has been relocated to Greenwood 66 near Kmart, then plans to roam to another station. The moving figure remains a local landmark as residents consider its next stop.
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Phillips 66
W. Green
Main Street
Greenwood 66
K-mart
Howdy
Staton
Q. I
High Point
Guilford County Wolfpack Club
Memphis
Lucas Travel Agency
Greensboro
Norman Samet
Lucas
Rocky Hudwell
Greensboro-Winston - Salem
Lost Navy locker claim guidance for service members
A reader seeks to file a claim for stolen clothing from a locker shipped via Uncle Sam’s locker program and lost by the Navy. An official advises collecting shipment proof and value records, then consult Elizabeth Smith at the High Point Red Cross for possible entitlements.
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Germany
Uncle Sam
Navy Dept
Norfolk
Elizabeth Smith
High Point Red Cross
Women Should Reconsider Complaint on 55-Hour Week
A B A criticizes a woman writer for urging State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane to enforce a 55 hour workweek. The law allows but does not require the longer hours, and legislators likely believed women chose it. The writer argues working mothers must shoulder responsibilities as equality demands.
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B. A
Frank Crane
Insurgency Situation Worsens as Thailand Denies Bombing
AP reporting military sources claim U S planes are bombing Communist infiltration routes from Laos into Thailand, while the U S Embassy denies any bombing missions or shootdowns. Officials acknowledge increased Communist antiaircraft activity in northeastern Thailand and hint at U S air commandos involvement.
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Bob Horton
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
U.S
Thailand
Laos
Cor
Mortars Attack Con Thien In Heaviest Barrage In Months
North Vietnamese gunners unleashed a 276 round artillery and mortar barrage on the U S Marine forward post at Con Thien and probed a nearby position. A ground attack killed seven Marines and wounded 77, plus five Leathernecks were killed in an accidental bombing.
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Saigon
U.S
Con Thien
4Th Marine Regiment
United States
U S Forces Train Thai Counterinsurgency Units
A wirephoto notes U S and Thai efforts in counterinsurgency training with Green Berets helping train Thai forces. It reports U S military buildup in Thailand exceeding 35 000 with 1000 air commandos and confirms cross border air actions toward enemy supply lines from Thai bases.
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Pentagon
U.S
United States
Thailand
South Vietnam
War Protesters Outline New Tactics After Disruption
Antiwar demonstrators say they will try new tactics after being outnumbered and outmaneuvered at two attempts to disrupt a downtown induction center. Leaders blame plainclothes police for sowing confusion and consider splitting into small groups to picket up to 100 targets.
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New York
Armed Forces Induction Center
Grand Central Terminal
United Nations
East River
California State College
Los Angeles
Dow Chemical Co
John Greenlee
North Carolina superintendents call for $6000 starting salaries
In a radical move beyond tradition, North Carolina public school superintendents endorsed higher teacher pay. A Wednesday resolution urged raises to provide $6,000 starting salaries for Class A certificate holders and greater increases for remaining teachers.
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Durham
North Carolina
North Carolina teachers seek higher pay and study on education
Walter Dudley of the N C Education Association urged higher pay and state funding changes as resolutions passed urging substitutes' pay, study commission support, and possible revision of state school laws. Demonstrations across the country drew thousands, with police clashes and arrests in New York and protests at universities.
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Walter Dudley
N. C. Education Association
Division of
Durham
Governor's Study Commission
Engaged Pair’s House Found in Arlington Neighborhood
Washington AP report says President's daughter and Marine fiancé found a home in a quiet Arlington, Virginia neighborhood. The L shaped ranch house on 3556 Valley St was spotted amid private pleas and a planned March 29 Marine deployment to Vietnam.
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Washington
Arlington
Tonie Bird Johnson
Charles S. Robb
Robb
Kington
Valley St
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
District of Columbia
Strike Enterprse ITU Walks Into Third Day
The International Typographical Union strike against The Enterprise enters its third day with no settlement in sight. The newspaper continues to publish using staff from other departments to cover both The Enterprise and the Thomasville Times, though some sections such as stock market reports may be delayed. Picket lines form around The Enterprise building around the clock in orderly fashion.
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International Typographical Union
Enterprise
Thomasville Times
ITU
Heart Transplant Raises Hope For Cape Town Patient
A 55 year old South African gro cer in a Cape Town hospital received the heart of Denise Ann Darvall, a 25 year old killed by a car, in a five hour transplant and clings to hope his body accepts the foreign organ. A Brooklyn infant heart transplant failed after 6% hours, but doctors say they will try again, citing progress in 20th century medicine.
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Louis Washkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Washkansky
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
Adrian Kantrowitz
Cape Town
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U. S
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Army
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Penatagon
Aries
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Dean Rusk
Johnson County
Iowa
Robert W. Jansen
University of Iowa
Dow
Harold Hughes
New York City
Benjamin Spock
Alan Ginsberg
John Barbour
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