City faces shortage of gymnasiums for High Point youths
Readers report acute shortage of indoor sports spaces as bond funded recreational centers face funding delays. City planners outline plans for three centers in South Side, Leonard Street, and Armstrong Park with federal Model City funds to match bond allocations.
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YMCA
YWCA
Salvation Army
High Point
Eric Scott
Metro Park
South Side
Leonard Street
Armstrong Park
Model City
Four killed in New Canaan family slaying. teen son sought
Police hunted for 17 year old John Rice Jr. after a murder layout at the Rice home left John Rice his wife Janet two children Nancy and Stephen and Janet's mother Edith Fitzpatrick dead from ax knife and hammer blows. A .22 pistol and a red hair son missing.
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New Canaan, Conn
John Rice
John Rice Jr
New Canaan High School
Janet
Stephen
Nancy
Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Action Line: mixed legal queries and flour pest tip
Readers ask about Mexican divorces in North Carolina and land tax transfer legality but legal advice is not provided. The column offers home economist guidance suggesting refrigeration, careful packaging, and oven sterilization to control weevils in flour.
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North Carolina
Anor Q
L.A. A
Pruning Pecan Trees and a Christmas Poem Request
County Agent John Carroll says little pruning is needed for pecan trees but trimming may train shape early and remove crowded limbs. The reader seeks the poem Ready for Christmas by Alice Morreson from Guilford County Home Demonstration materials, dated December 1955. a copy was shared by the county extension office.
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John Carroll
Guilford County
Alice Morreson
County Extension Office
Nixon Warns Of Sudden Incidents If North Vietnam Threatens
President Nixon warned at a 19 week news conference that he would order sudden incidents against North Vietnamese military targets if infiltrations threaten U S forces in the South. He urged congressional approval of a 250 million aid package for Cambodia and said no ground forces would enter Cambodia again.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
South
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Cambodia
Paris
Occu
Texas Soldier Charged In Viet Youths Death
In Qui Nhon Vietnam Army Private Matias Yzaguirre Jr 22 from Brownsville Texas is charged with negligent homicide in the shooting of 13 year old Nguyen Van Minh a incident that sparked two days of anti American rioting. Minh was shot while sitting on a school fence as witnesses say the shooting may have been deliberate.
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Qui Nhon
Vietnam
U.S
Brownsville
Tex
Pfc
Matias Yzaguirre Jr
da Nang
Nguyen van Minh
Qui
Government Ends 24 Hour Rail Strike with Talks Ahead
Washington AP The 24hour nationwide rail strike ends after federal intervention and orders to return to work. Negotiations resume as Congress imposes a 13.5 percent immediate wage hike for about 500000 rail workers and a 37 percent package over three years amid work rule disputes. John P. Hiltz warns the law stands.
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Washington
Congress
C.L. Dennis
White House
John P. Hiltz
Dennis
Aflcio Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Bubble Bath Reform Urged After Child Health Complaints
FDA says Purex Bubble Club Fun Bath and Gold Seal Mr. Bubble will reformulate after doctors and consumers reported irritation and urinary tract issues. Agency notes high alkylaryl sulfonate levels and will survey other bath products while no recall is planned.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Purex
Alfred Weissler
Cosmetic
Gold Seal
Robert Gale
Thomas Desmond
Purex’ Grocery Products Division
Desmond
Gale
Weissler
Bush Named Nixon's Pick for U N Ambassador
Rep. George Bush of Texas, a two term congressman and Senate hopeful, is Nixon's choice to be United Nations ambassador. The 46 year old, Yale educated son of a Navy pilot would replace Charles Yost who is reportedly leaving the post.
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George Bush
R-Tex
Senate
Nixon
Washington
Texas
United Nations
Charles W. Yost
Nation
White House
Bush
Lloyd Bentsen
Houston House
U.N
Yost
Associated Press
U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Moynihan
Harvard University
George Herbert Walker Bush
Bonin Islands
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