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27 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1970
Page
1
Do all rocks come from minerals or vice versa
A listener asks if every mineral is a rock and learns minerals are natural solids with fixed chemical makeup and crystal structure, while rocks are made of minerals. The explanation notes four criteria for a mineral and clarifies that rocks contain minerals but are not the same as minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Do You Need College to Become an Airplane Pilot
The exchange asks if college is required for piloting. The answer: No.
Federal holiday changes shift Washingtons Birthday to third Monday
A reader asks if Washingtons Birthday moved from February 22 to February 15. The answer explains the 1968 law aligning federal holidays to a three day weekend with observance on the third Monday in February and notes state adoption and pageant participation rules for Miss North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GSA
Anon. A
U.S
Congress
District of Columbia
J. A
Sidewalk Safety Question Highlights City Gaps in High Point
Taxpayer asks why streets lack safe sidewalks while parks are funded. Officials cite sidewalk maintenance as property owner duty and discuss a petition process to install new ones with owner cost share. Councilman Shelton notes opposition and enforcement challenges amid uneven terrain and pedestrian safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wronn
High Point
James Shelton
Payden
Professor turns rookie cop to test his theories
Harvey T. Harris an AP hire photo subject begins next month as a rookie Detroit detective with a master’s in police administration and pursuit of a doctorate He aims to test classroom ideas on the street while Morris of East Lansing argues administrators learn in schools not on patrol and Harris has long wanted to be a police officer since childhood with a grandfather in the field
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Harvey T. Harris
Morris
East Lansing
Harris
Danville
Detroit Police Department
Jordan Valley
Amman
Palestine
Israel
Jordan
al Fatah
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Lebanon
Viet Cong End Christmas Cease Fire With Naval Base Attack
Viet Cong ended their 72 hour Christmas truce with a morning mortar strike on an allied naval base in the Ca Mau Peninsula area. The assault wounded and killed American and South Vietnamese sailors while allies carried out air strikes against Viet Cong positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Ca Mau
U Minh Forest
Battles Between Jordanian Forces and Palestinian Guerrillas Continue
Beir ut reports say Jordanian tanks and troops fought Palestinian guerrillas for two days in hills northwest of Amman near Salt. A communique claims heavy casualties were inflicted but not tallied. government says two soldiers were killed and two wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Amman
Salt
Peace Commission
Peoples Resistance
Hussein
Yasir Arafat
London
Arafat
Saudi Arabia
Ambassadors Fund GOP Senate Campaigns Amid Back-Channel Donations
Seven Nixon envoys donated to major Senate races including Maryland California Texas Ohio and Florida. Through a back- room fund run by ex White House aide Jack A Gleason the ambassadors funneled up to 2500 each with Beall in Maryland receiving a large share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Senate
White House
Maryland
California
Texas
Ohio
Florida
Jack A. Gleason
Indiana
Gleason
Harr Dent
North Dakota
Tennessee
J. Glenn Beall
Walter H. Annenberg
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Beall
Sen
George Murphy
Annenberg
Kenneth Frangheim II
New Zealand
William C. Cramer
Robert Taft Jr
Cramer
Tallahassee
Frangheim
Senate returns to old business after Christmas break
The Senate, facing a crowd of unresolved issues with a Jan 3 deadline, may struggle to form a quorum. The House returns Tuesday to debate subsidies for supersonic transport prototypes, Social Security extension, import quotas, Penn Central aid, voting age, Cambodia Laos Thailand policy, school desegregation funding, and food stamp work requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
91St Congress
House
Supreme Court
The
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Inside Reading The Lame Ducks Page
Television section summary mentions Page 10 180 and AD Page 14000. No clear event or people identified.
Nixon Aides See Congress as The Chief Obstacle
Four White House officials briefed during the holidays say Nixon policies succeed at home and abroad but Congress blocks progress. They criticize inaction on a plan to share federal revenues with state and local governments. They warn mounting state tax pressures could yield voters ousting one term governors and griping at Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Wilbur D. House
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Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
England
Austria
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Switzerland
Netherlands
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Shelby C. Davia
John P. Humes
New York
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New York Shipping
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Lame Ducks
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