Santa Claus toy drive needs drop-off sites in town
Readers ask where to donate toys and clothing for Operation Santa Claus. Local Salvation Army Citadel and New Life Homes accept items. IMC repair capacity full for Christmas Cheer Fund. Also notes night school options for a mother seeking typing and filing courses at North State and Bryce Commercial colleges.
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IMC
North State Business
Bryce Commercial Colleges
North State
Pssst
City considers draining pond on Avondale after petition drive
Residents report a stagnant pond behind Avondale houses breeds mosquitoes annually. Carl Wills says signatures from property owners grant public works access to private land to perform drainage and creek clearing.
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Avondale
Public Works Department
Carl Wills
Policy on Christmas gifts to teachers urged by readers
A reader asks if schools should publish a policy discouraging pupils from giving gifts to teachers. Dr. Dean Pruette sympathizes but opposes bans, urging discretion and inexpensive tokens only if chosen by the child and family. He says children should not feel obligated and recommends resisting seasonal discomfort to focus on meaning and joy.
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Dean Pruette
Tax talk and road paving forecast for Girl Scout Camp Road
A reader questions home seamstresses avoiding taxes. the state highway commissioner for Randolph County, John F. McNair III, discusses SR 1635 known as the Girl Scout Camp Road. He says paving is unlikely for years due to low traffic, funding limits, and road priority rules.
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John F. McNair III
Laurinburg
Randolph County
McNair
Randolph
Wilkes County
Dana Scotter Crowned New Miss High Point
Dana Lynn Scotten daughter of Mr and Mrs James G Scotten of Circle Drive was crowned Miss High Point of 1968 at the Miss High Point Miss Golden Decade Winter Wonderland Pageant held in High Point College Memorial Auditorium. Debra Dene Barnes Miss America and Sally Stedman Miss North Carolina attended as entertainment. First runner up was Nancy Gordon Eaves and second runner up Susan Mae Hines. Carol Ann Poston of Shelby won Miss Congeniality. Scotten a High Point Central High School graduate and High Point College sophomore studies voice and plans to teach or join the Peace Corps. She received a trophy crown 600 scholarship 100 wardrobe and an all expense paid trip to the state pageant plus a 100 Savings Bond as Miss Golden Decade.
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Dana Lynn Scotten
James G. Scotten
Circle Drive
High Point College
Scotten
Miss Scotten
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
Pantela Culler
Nancy Gordon Eaves
Gordon Eaves
High Point
Susan Mae Hines
L. G. Hines
The
High Point Jaycees
Carol Ann Poston
Shelby
High Point Central High School
Diane Holt
Bridge collapse toll climbs after Ohio River disaster
Eight people are confirmed dead with reports of at least 35 missing after the 1750 foot bridge linking Point Pleasant West Virginia and Kanauga Ohio collapsed Friday. Divers and cranes worked in 40 degree water to recover vehicles and bodies as authorities set a temporary morgue and halted river traffic.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanauga
States
Jack Seitzmner
Civil Defense Rescue Operation
Gold Price Stand Affirmed in U S Move on Gold Policy
The United States and six European nations reaffirmed the dollar’s gold value at 35 dollars an ounce amid fears of dollar devaluation. The London gold pool will continue unchanged as seven nations back the policy with reserves near 27 billion dollars.
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United States
London Gold
United Tes
London
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Europe
Basel
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
United Kingdom
U.S
Frederick L. Deming
The
Treasury
Seven Nations
Treasury Department
Deming
Critics Blast Land Reform Pace in South Vietnam
A still secret congressional report says land distribution in South Vietnam has stalled since 1962. It notes the Viet Cong have distributed about five times as much land as Saigon, urging clearer government action and a more equitable 7 to 10 acre retention limit.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Saigon
Reid
Moss
High Pointer Believed Bridge Collapse Victim
Gene Mabe, a Kernersville truck driver for Roadway Transfer, was near the bridge when it failed. William Needham Jr. of Asheboro survived but is hospitalized with a fractured back. The two Roadway Transfer trucks were bound for Milwaukee and no word has reached Mabe’s family.
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Gene Mabe
Kernersville
Mabe
William Needham Jr
Asheboro
Needham
Roadway Transfer
Mulwaukee
North Vietnam Hit By Fighter Bombers
U S fighter bombers attacked North Vietnam for the third straight day near Hanoi. F4 Phantoms traded fire with MIGs as F105 pilots struck Yen Vien rail yard and surrounding facilities. No aircraft were reported downed.
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North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Yen Vien
Red China
Thailand
Transplant Patient Has Pneumonia in Cape Town
Louis Washkansky, the heart transplant patient, developed a mild pneumonia Saturday. Dr. Christian Barnard and hospital staff reported the condition as under control and expected recovery within 24 to 48 hours, noting penicillin should help since one lung is affected.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Christian Barnard
Washkansky
Barnard
Kesman
Spo Nm
Pay Hike Bill Signed By LBJ
President Johnson signed a bill boosting pay for all government employees and the military and raised the price of a first class letter from five to six cents. The signing occurred in the White House Cabinet Room with a ceremony framed as a holiday gift to uniformed personnel and federal workers. The raises are retroactive to October 1 and back pay is expected before Christmas. a few service members already received larger checks.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
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James H. Phillips
Associated Press
William Falck
U.S. Army Engineers
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Joseph R. Coyne
S. Vietnam
John E. Moss
D-Calif
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R-N.y
GOP
Dean Rusk
State Department
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