Dusty Jackson Lake Road prompts public inquiry
Readers seek action on unfinished Jackson Lake Road dust harming residents and trucks including asphalt work. Public Works advises contacting Paul Welch, Division Engineer, State Highway Commission, Greensboro. Also details voter registration hours at Thomasville City Hall and etiquette on wedding minister gifts.
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Jackson Lake
Public Works Department
Paul Welch
State Highway Commission
Greensboro
N. C
Ski lessons offered by Guilford Technical Institute co sponsor
Guilford Technical Institute and the French Swiss Ski College will run skiing lessons with an orientation tonight at 7 p.m. in Health Science Building room 002. Six Sundays begin Jan 9 at Blowing Rock with a bus ride and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. lessons. Total cost 77 dollars, 41 dollars due at orientation, includes bus, gear, and slopes. Call GTI Adult Education for details.
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G.S. A. Guilford Technical Institute
Health Science
Blowing Rock
GTI
Nurseries Around High Point For Live Christmas Trees
Readers are advised of several area nurseries with live Christmas trees and prices. Albertson's Garden Center lists blue spruce 45 feet at about $20, Norway spruce 6 feet $15, white pine and cedar cheaper. Yoder's on North Wrenn offers a few balsam from Canada. The Garden House on North Main has white pine and Norway spruce around $15. Gossett Nursery on Airport Road has Canadian hemlock 6 to 7 feet for $16 and Canadian spruce about $14.
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Albertson’s
N. Main
Yoder’s
North
Wrenn
Canada
Gossett Nursery
Airport Road
Bluegum
Action Line
Nixon Agrees With Pompidou On Dollar Devaluation
Nixon and Pompidou announced readiness to realign world exchange rates via dollar devaluation and revaluation of other currencies. The joint communique noted broader permissible margins around new rates and potential trade gains. No figures were given as markets trembled in Paris and Basel while talks continued.
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Angra DO Heroismo
Azores
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
France
Washington
United States
Japan
Germany
Nixon-Pompidous
Paris
Switzerland
Pompidou
Group of Ten
U.S
Pair Happy To Be Back From Red China Prisons
Mary Ann Harbert and Richard Fecteau returned to the U S mainland after release by Communist China. Harbert celebrated her 26th birthday and both expressed amazement at technological advances while recalling their 19 years of confinement and the 27 hour flight home. An Air Force officer joined the journey and noted her curiosity about the moon landing.
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Red China
Philadelphia
China
Mary Ann Harbert
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Air Force
Freedom
Miss Harbert
Col
Leonard W. Johnson Jr
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Russia
John Thomas Downey
Phillip E. Smith
Navy
Robert Flynn. Downey
Fecteau
Korea
Japan
Army
Downey
Smith
Victorville
Calif
Hainan
Flynn
Oak Harbor
Wash
Prisoner Release Indicates Conciliation By Red China
China frees two American prisoners Richard Fecteau and Mary Ann Harbert, signaling Beijing's intent to keep momentum in U.S.-China relations. The State Department notes no change in stance on other prisoners Downey Smith Flynn, and McLaughlin though some officials hope Downey may be released early. Fecteau describes long confinement, Harbert held since 1968 with limited details given. both arrive at Valley Forge Hospital after landing near Hong Kong.
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Washington
China
Peking
Richard Fecteau
Mary Ann Harbert
U.S
State Department
Fecteau
Miss Harbert
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
Hong Kong
McLaughlin
People’s Republic of China
Harvard Law
Downey
Jerome Cohen
United States
Indian Forces Begin Final Assault on Dacca
Indian artillery and air strikes target Dacca as the war nears a decisive phase. Chittagong port bombarded, Red Cross reports officials resigning under threat, while Lt. Gen. Niazi vows to fight. Indian losses tally 1,978 killed, 5,025 wounded, 1,622 missing. 83 Pakistani planes destroyed.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Chittagong
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Jagjivan Ram
India
Bangla Desh
Pakistan
A. K. Niazi
Western Front
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Thomasville
Thomasville City Hall
Anon. A
Tannenbaum
High Point Jaycees
High Point
Army Hospital
Red
Facteau
Valley Forge Military Hospital
Here
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Palo Alto
Col. Johnson
Johnson
Alan Bomberg
Peter
THE
Associated Press
New Delhi
Calcutta
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