Flag etiquette and national symbols questions in community Q&A
The column answers readers on flag etiquette noting flags may be flown anytime, wind or weather. It cites Fort McHenry and Ft Sumter symbolism and quotes vexillology experts. It also provides tips on bacon mold and lists the world’s five tallest buildings, including Sears Tower and World Trade Center.
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Lyles Chevrolet
M.M. A
Capitol
Capitol Dome
Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
Flag House Square
Mary Pickersgill
World War Memorial
Worcester
Mass
Ft. Sumter
Union Navy
George Preble
Sumter
National Observer
Whitney Smith
Smith
America
Anon. A
N.C. Pork Producers Association
Empire State
Sears Tower
Chicago
World Trade Center
N.Y
Empire State Building
Standard Oil Building
Revenue sharing funds and local tax impact questioned
Thomasville City Council and Davidson County Commissioners discuss how revenue sharing checks might affect property taxes. City manager Kyle Williams says decisions are undecided while the county plans a new government building funded by taxes. Officials warn reductions are unlikely as revenue sharing is not a guaranteed ongoing source.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
P.B. A
Kyle Williams
Apollo 17 Adjusts Course to lunar orbit
Apollo 17 astronauts Cerna n Evans and Schmitt fired the command ship engine for two seconds to correct their path toward lunar orbit. Mission Control reported a successful burn after a delayed launch. the craft sped seven miles per hour, then slowed under Earth's gravity while 100,000 miles from Earth. Schmitt noted Earth's blue marbling during the day in space.
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America
Mission Control
Asronauts
Earth
Moon
Lunar
Space
Schmitt
Kissinger and Tho Hold Fifth Vietnam Peace Talks Session
Paris report says Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met for the fifth time in secret talks aimed at a Vietnam peace settlement. French President Pompidou may be an informal intermediary while Paris hosts the discussions at a suburban villa. Conflicting signals emerged on progress with officials noting a possible final phase and others citing a new deadlock over South Vietnamese intransigence.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Nixon
Kissinger
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Tho
U.S
Washington
Ronald L. Ziegler
Maurice Schumann
Ethiopian hijacking thwarted as professor halts grenade
A Temple University professor, Roderick Hilsinger, hurled a live grenade dropped by a hijacker aboard a Boeing 707 after takeoff from Addis Ababa. Security guards killed seven hijackers, including a woman, and wounded several passengers and crew. two stewardesses were injured. The plane, en route to Asmara, landed safely.
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Ghion Hagos
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Hissinger
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Hilsinger
Eritrea
Asmara
Richard Wylie
Nixon Maps Cease-Fire Followup
President Nixon guides Kissinger on cease-fire followup from Camp David as he plans postwar moves. He also shapes a second-term reorganization and budget, and expects cabinet changes with Brinegar as Volpe successor and Kleindienst to remain as attorney general. A CIA director appointment is anticipated.
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Camp David
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Maryland
California Oil Company
Claude S. Brinegar
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Italy
Transportation Department
Richard G. Kleindienst
Central Intelligence Agency
Doctors Concerned About Truman heart condition
Kansas City AP report on former President Harry S. Truman on the critical list at Research Hospital and Medical Center. Doctors say his heart shows irritability and stress while overall weakness and lung congestion persist. Truman’s wife and daughter visited as physicians monitor temperature pulse and blood pressure.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Truman
Graham
Independence
John Drewes
Margaret Truman Daniel
Daniel
Bess
Jobless rate drops sharply in November
The Labor Department reports unemployment fell from 5.5 to 5.2 percent, the lowest in 27 months, with nonfarm payrolls down by over 200,000 and totals at 4.2 million unemployed. Average weekly earnings rose overall, with gains driven by hours worked.
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Washington
Labor Department
Life Magazine to End Publication in Final Dec Issue
Time Inc announced Life magazine will discontinue after the December 29 issue due to ongoing losses. For 36 years Life shaped photo journalism though rising costs and postal rate hikes, including a 170.2 percent postal increase, eroded profits.
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New York
Life Magazine
Time, Inc
Henry Luce
Life
Time Inc
Time-Life
Sixth Avenue
50Th Street
Ing
Look
Hedley Donovan
Andrew Heiskell
Encoun
Strauss Accused of Favoring Nixon in Democratic Fight
Washington AP Jean Westwood accuses Dallas lawyer Robert Strauss of symbolizing Democrats for Nixon and vows to block a right wing shift as national committee meets to finalize 25 at large slots. Strauss denies the charge and notes his broad party support.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Jean Westwood
Dallas
Robert Strauss
Nixon
Strauss
Bob Strauss
Westwood
McGovern
Lawrence F. O’brien
California
Charles Manatt
Maine
George Mitchell
National Committee
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