Fingerprint Science and Traffic Concerns Cited
Q and A discuss whether unique fingerprints exist with B McC explaining no two prints are identical and detailing ridge patterns arch loop and whole patterns. The Traffic Division is to review a morning safety concern on Leonard Street near Centennial School where children play in the roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Street
Centennial
Leonard
Bengal
London
Metropolitan Police
E. R. Henry
U.S
Asking About Marriage Prospects and Advice
Question asks how to learn if a girl plans marriage when she won’t say so. Advice suggests avoiding commitments or signing documents and to focus on personal tasks such as homework. Includes a terse closing remark not to sign anything beyond schoolwork.
How to handle mail chain letters in North Carolina
A reader asks how to protect themselves from chain letters. The answer notes that any chain letter promising money or value violates postal laws and should be forwarded to the Acting Postmaster for investigation. If no originator clue is present, discard the letter and follow the BBB guidance to avoid future letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
R.E.A
N.C
BBB
Letter from fugitive prisoner seeks reform and aid
A man who escaped a North Carolina prison camp asks about human rights and reforms. He cites medical care hearings credit for extra time and parole issues. The reply directs him to surrender and contact the Governor's Commission on Prison Reform or the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C
Governor's Commission On
The
State House
Raleigh
North Carolina Civil Liberties Union
P. C. Box
Greensboro
Supreme Court Rules 18-Year-Old Vote Upheld in National Elections
The Supreme Court sustains Congress power to enfranchise 18-year-olds in federal elections while barring state influence on local and state voting age. It upholds abolition of long residence requirements for federal votes and suspends literacy tests, but denies Congress power to compel states to allow 18-year-olds in state and local elections. Justice Black leads the 5-4 majority on the 18-year-old provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Hugo L. Black
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Black
Warren F. Burger
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
Harlan
Oregon
Texas
Arizona
Idaho
States
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
North Carolina
Soviet expand aid to Egypt in new Moscow talks
The Soviet Union offered broader military and economic aid to Egypt during talks with Vice President Ali Sabry and Egyptian officials in Moscow. Brezhnev Kosygin Podgorny met Sabry as a fresh round of discussions began with implications for joint diplomatic action and a possible return of Israel to U.N. peace talks.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Egypt
Kremlin
Ali Sabry
Moscow
Sabry
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Tass
U.A.R
Cairo
Israel
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Security Council
Middle East
28 Die In Hotel Fire Held Juvenile Suspect
In Tucson 28 people died and 27 were injured in a downtown hotel fire. A 16 year old, Louis C. Taylor, of the State Industrial School for Boys, faced court petitions for felony homicide and arson. He was taken into custody near the scene after police questioned him. He gave varying accounts of the blaze, claiming to have seen another boy start it. Survivors reported smelling a volatile substance in the corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Louis C. Taylor
State Industrial School For Boys
Claus Burgman
Taylor
Burgman
Pima County Superior Court
Ben Birdsall
Polish Leader Resigns as Gierek Takes Over Reforms
The Polish Communist leadership, led by Edward Gierek, signals revision of last week’s price hikes and five year plan, pledging loyalty to Moscow. He replaces Gomulka as premier and party chief, while Spychalski’s presidency remains uncertain and Cyraniewicz stays.
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Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Edward Gierek
Radio Warsaw
Gierek
Silesia
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Marian Spychalski
Jozef Cyraniewicz
Spychalski
Gdansk
Gdynia
Opel
Szczecin
Slupsk
Gomulka
Wartime Papers Reveal Early D-Day Strategy Clash
Ten months before D-Day Allied leaders discussed possibly repelling the Russians if they overran Nazi Germany. Gen. George C. Marshall and Sir Alan Brooke noted Russian hostility to the West while Eduard Benes doubted an immediate Soviet advance. The Combined Chiefs of Staff minutes were released in London and Washington.
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London
Nazi Germany
George C. Marshall
U.S
Germany
Europe
Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Alan Brooke
Marshall
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Pacific
Henry “Hap
Arnold
U.S. Army Air Corps
Rivers in Serious Condition After Cardiac Event
Veteran Congressman L Men del Rivers of South Carolina suffered a sudden cessation of heart action at University Hospital in Birmingham. He had undergone valve replacement surgery in December and was described as semiconscious with a suboptional circulatory system but normal brain function and breathing.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Birmingham’s University Hospital
Rivers
House Armed Service Committee
Girl Mistaken For Deer Wins Fight For Life
Salt Lake City AP reports 6 year old Karyn Prestwich who was shot after being mistaken for a deer near North Fork Idaho is recovering in hospital. Doctors say her fight for life continues though she may be released in about a month. A fund to cover medical expenses has reached seven thousand dollars. The shooter Roy Wells faces assault and firearms charges after donating five hundred dollars to the victim’s fund.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Karyn Prestwich
Karyn
Donald Prestwich
Fork
Idaho
Salmon
University of Utah Medical Center
Carrie
Jenny
Mrs. Prestwich
Roy C. Wells
Torrance
Calif
Salmon Bank
North Fork
Viet Cong General Said Killed in Cambodian Raid
An allied bombing raid in eastern Cambodia reportedly killed Viet Cong General Muoi Tri, commander of the 5th Division and veteran of the Saigon area duties during the Tet offensive. A captured Viet Cong source linked the claim to the May border operations.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Muoi Tri
Vietnam
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Rati
Tne Enterprise
B.mcc
Wait ‘Til Jr. High
Department of Corrections
Soviets
Pioneer International Hotel
Biithaal
Great Socialist Communi
Viet Cong
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