Planning and Zoning rules for High Point residents
Question and answer column notes that regular Planning and Zoning members must reside in High Point while five alternate members live in Guilford County outside the city limits but within a one mile border. The piece also covers corrections on police pay raise timing, whisky taxes, and a local steakhouse pricing critique.
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High Point
Planning and Zoning Commission
Mra. B. A
Commission
Guilford County
Numbers Racket and City Ordinance on House Numbers
A delivery man cites a citywide issue with house numbers, noting many Emerywood homes lack visible identifiers despite a provision requiring owners to display neat metal numbers. The piece also touches on enforcement progress after other local laws and recalls the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 sparked by a cow in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, with $194 million in damages and uncertain cause.
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Party of
High Point
Emerywood
Chicago
C. A
Dayan Supports Stronger U S Role in Arab World
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan orients toward increased American influence in Arab nations to blunt Soviet power in the Middle East. He noted U S policy should not be at Israel’s expense while praising Nixon era outreach begun by William Scranton.
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New York
Moshe Dayan
William W. Scranton
U.S
Middle East
Pierre Corridor
Nixon
Dayan
America
al Heshbon
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Israel
Ward System Proposal Defeated in Greensboro Vote
Greensboro voters defeated a plan to switch to a 12 ward city government, voting 13 176 to 5 552. The result also affirmed the current seven at large council members and a city manager under state statute.
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Greensboro
N.C
Grants To States Urged By Study
Washington AP reports the National Commission on Urban Problems urges a massive federal block grant system for states and cities, totaling about six billion dollars annually, to supplement existing aid. It calls for expanded low income housing and federal builder role if local tools fail, rejects tax incentives, and emphasizes forced open housing and siting rules to reduce segregation.
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Washington
Johnson
National Commission On Urban Problems
Congress
Commission
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Nixon
Douglas
Brazil Lifts Civic Rights as Military Rule Expands
Brazil’s military backed government in Rio de Janeiro intensified a crackdown after Congress rejected lifting immunity for Deputy Marcio Moreira Alves. The decree allows stripping political rights, declaring a state of siege, seizing assets, and suspending habeas corpus for national security crimes, signaling a fresh involuntary curtailment amid arrests and media censorship.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Congress of
Latin America
Juscelino Kubitschek
Senate
Joao Goulart
Chico Buanle
Costa Silva
Humberto Castello Branco
Congress
Marcio Moreira Alves
Rio
Moreira Alves
Rich Territory Jordan Would Trade for Peace Plan
Jordan's King Hussein said in a Sunday Observer interview that he would renounce sovereignty over the fertile West Bank to enable a peace settlement with Israel. He said the area could become an autonomous Palestinian state if that is the will of the people, while Jerusalem’s status remained unresolved. The West Bank, taken in 1967, is central to Jordan's economy, and the king warned against destabilizing repercussions across the Arab world.
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London
Jordan
Hussein
Mideast
West Bank
Sunday Observer
Amman
Jordan River
Israel
Observer
Gavi Young
Palestine
Young
East Jerusalem
U.S
Jerusalem
Apollo 8 Ready To Launch On Christmas Eve Flight
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders completed medical briefings and simulator work as mission readiness received a green light. Launch team sets a pre-countdown starting Sunday night with eight holds, aiming for a Saturn V liftoff on Christmas Eve into a 119 mile Earth orbit.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Rocco A. Petrone
Vietnamese Clash At Peace Confab Stirs Seating Debate
Paris dispatch reports fresh clashes over peace conference seating as Viet Namese negotiators push round or four sided tables while U S envoys voice guarded optimism for an opening within two weeks. Tran Buu Kiem arrives to lead the Front delegation as talks hinge on two versus four sided status and representation.
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Paris
U.S
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Tran Buu Kiem
South Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Hagan
Cyrus R. Vance
Lau
Johnson
Dubcek Weathering Storm in Czech Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek appeared to have weathered a crucial test of his reform leadership as the Czechoslovak Communist party met for a two day session. He gave a speech to the 291 member Central Committee on the formation of a new federal government set to take office next year. Officials said Dubcek helped place some of his followers in key posts, with resolutions on government changes and economic policy to be published Monday.
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Dubcek
Dubeek
Central Committee
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Nguyen Cao Ky
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Mrs. Claus
Holy Land
Editorial
By Fred Coleman
Associated Press
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