Sun Alert Astronauts See Active Sun From Skylab
Space Center Houston AP report notes Edward Gibson and Skylab 3 crewmates observing an unusually active sun. NASA warns geomagnetic storms could disrupt radio, power, and communications across northern U.S. and Canada. Flares, aurora borealis observed from space aim to clarify solar earth connections.
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Tar Heels Enemies List Adds NC Residents
The White House political enemies list includes Julian Price III of Greensboro, founder’s grandson, who gave over 65000 to McGovern in 1972, and Charlotte insurer George H Talbot. Also named are J Witt of Pinehurst and Mrs H R Smitherman of Chapel Hill. IRS allegedly declined to audit. No South Carolinians appear on the list.
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Julian Price
White House
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Price
Greensboro
Earth and Sea Products
Oregon
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Pinehurst
H. R. Smitherman
Chapel Hill
Congressional
John Dean
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Talbot
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Energy crisis easing some says Shultz amid conservation
Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz told reporters that the energy shortage may be less severe next year due to favorable factors. He cited American conservation, milder weather earlier, and higher than expected oil imports as helping mitigate the crisis. A proposed excess-use gas tax and a pause on diverting military fuel were discussed as other measures.
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Shultz
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William E. Simon
Consumers Advisory Committee
Johnson
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Federal Energy Office
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Simon
International Airlines
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Landon Faces Severe 1936 Defeat With Two States
Alfred Landon of Kansas suffered what observers called the worst defeat for a Republican candidate in recent times. He carried only Maine and Vermont, a striking statistic amid a broader discussion of celestial brightness comparing the sun to Rigel, which shines vastly more luminously at the same distance.
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Vermont
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Kuwait hands five Rome hijackers to PLO for trial
Morocco and Italy sought extradition after five terrorists who killed 31 at Rome airport hijack attack were handed over by Kuwait to the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The PLO pledged to try them in a Palestinian military tribunal, amid threats against U S and European interests. Abou Moatas sim led a Palestinian delegation to King Hassan II to express condolences. The fugitives’ exact destination and trial venue remained unsettled as regional factions debated responsibility.
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Museum Grading Held Up For NC Art Museum Site
RALEIGH AP Secretary of Social Rehabilitation and Control David Jones blocks preliminary paving and grading for the North Carolina Art Museum at the 164 acre Polk Youth Center site until the land transfer is paid for and a replacement juvenile facility is assured. The move delays a downtown Raleigh location favored by lawmakers. Senator Barker hopes the delay helps his downtown site bill.
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Kinston
Polk
White
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Mideast Diplomats Gather In Geneva
Arab and Israeli diplomats opened talks in Geneva with United States and Soviet Union as co chairs and United Nations chief Waldheim presiding. Egypt and Israel avoided direct eye contact as Abba Eban led his delegation out after the morning session. The Palais des Nations and Ariana Park surround a setting steeped in prior failed talks, with limited past successes on disarmament and refugee programs.
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Waldheim
Abba Eban
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Court in New York Beginnings of the U S Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court first convened in 1790 in New York City. Though law required two annual sessions, the court had almost no business in its first three years.
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United States Supreme Court
New York City
North Carolina Weather Energy Drops as Cold Front Persists
A cold blast grips North Carolina with sunny skies and highs in the 30s, lows in the 20s. Relief arrives Sunday with highs in the 50s statewide. Minimal rain chances through Sunday, then rain from Western NC spreading across the state by Christmas Day. The three day outlook calls for cloudiness and rain Western Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday with highs mostly 50s, cooler midweek. Overnight lows stay in the 30s west and 40s east.
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Forecast North and South Carolina Weather Snapshot
North Carolina sees sunny but cold today with highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Tonight is fair and less cold, with lows mainly in the 20s. Sunday brings mostly sunny and warmer records, with highs in the upper 40s to low 60s by region. South Carolina remains sunny and cold today with coastal highs in the upper 40s. tonight is fair with mid 20s to around 30. Sunday is mostly sunny and cool with highs near 60.
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Men Fire On Police In Lengthy Mecklenburg Chase
In Charlotte area a late-model car fired on 20 or more police vehicles during a hour and a half chase through Mecklenburg and York counties. The suspects, Worth Williams and David Pace, were arrested after crashing through roadblocks. Police say the men faced multiple charges.
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Mecklenburg County
York County
D.C
Worth Grayson Williams
David G. Pace
Greenville
S.C
Lawrence Welk Christmas Show and Late Night Movies
TV guide notes a Lawrence Welk Christmas program followed by MASH and a Japan trip for Hawkeye and Trapper John. Also listed are ABC Suspense with Snatched, Mary Tyler Moore birthday surprise, Fitawilly with Dick Van Dyke, The Rare Breed, and The Slender Thread with Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft.
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