City Q and answers on property cleanups and hospital beds
Reader questions cover cleanup delays at burned properties near Tate Street and across from Snow Lumber, a West American Security Inc. box‑only inquiry, neighbor dispute sanitation, hospital bed shortages at High Point Memorial Hospital, and edible baby soft shell crabs found in canned oysters.
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Springdale
Snow Lumber Company
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West American Security Inc
D. A
BBB
Guilford County
Better Business Bureau
Greensboro
Health Dept
J.D. A
Hill
City Hall
High Point
LJ. A
Oil Boom Used By Coast Guard To Contain Spill
The Coast Guard deploys a 1000 foot long plastic foam boom held by ropes with plastic teeth to block oil in the water. The device forms a barrier intended to contain a spill and prevent spread along the coast.
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The
Coast Guard
New HEW Bill Is Higher Than Nixon Request
The House Appropriations Committee approved a compromise HEW and Labor funding bill totaling 20.3 billion dollars for HEW Labor and related agencies, surpassing Nixon's budget by 693 million but below his vetoed request. The panel noted votes on override and signaled possible further veto risk as Republicans plan floor changes to match Nixon preferences.
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Washington
Nixon
House Appropriations Committee
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare and Labor
Office of Economic Opportunity
House
Congress
Finch
Department of Labor
Perkins Eyes Higher Aid for Federally Affected Schools
Chairman Carl D. Perkins signals a House fight to add roughly 100 million to a compromise school aid bill for federally affected areas. About 65 million would go to impacted area school aid, while the Appropriations bill would keep current payments for category A students at 90 percent of entitlement.
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Perkins
Appropriations Committee
Jury revisits fate of Chicago 7 in 1968 riot case
A federal jury resumes deliberations on a verdict in the conspiracy trial of seven men linked to rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Contempt sentences against attorneys Kunstler and Weinglass were set, with jail terms and fines outlined as the case nears a possible verdict. The judges delay execution to allow lawyers to continue representing their clients.
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Chicago
U.S
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
Kunstler
New York City
Weinglass
Newark
N.J
Cook County
Newsmen
Dellinger
Federal
Readers Action Line Receives Volume of Requests
Dear readers the column notes the high volume of letters and calls it cannot answer or acknowledge every single request. The team selects the most interesting items for publication while continuing to review submissions.
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Action
Action Line
Clean A Duck Day Declared By Florida College Students
Florida Presbyterian College students and teachers joined hundreds of volunteers to clean an oil slick along Boca Ciega Bay. The state filed a $2 million damage suit against Shipping Developments Corp. The Delian Apollon tanker spilled about 10,000 gallons of fuel oil after running aground near St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Boca Ciega Bay
Florida Presbyterian College
John Jacobson
Delian Apollon
Tampa Bay
Tampa
Earl Faircloth
Shipping Developments Corp
Weedon Island
St. Petersburg Beach
Anthony Fugaro
Coast Guard
Fugaro
Greece
J. C. Carris and Sons, Ltd
London
England
Humble Oil Co
Payments Balance Shows Big Deficit in 1969
The United States posted a 1969 balance of payments deficit of 6.99 billion dollars, the worst on record. Commerce figures show a 1.1 billion surplus in the fourth quarter, while the annual official balance rose to 2.78 billion with a 1.1 billion improvement from 1968.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
U.S
Carswell nomination cleared in Judiciary Committee vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Judge G Harrold Carswell of Tallahassee Fla by 12 to 4 with Democrats Hart Kennedy Bayh and Tydings voting no The panel set a backdrop for a floor vote and discussed a direct election amendment with a target date of April 24 Bayh pressed for a time frame before confirming Carswell
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A. Hart
Michigan
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
Sen
Marlow Cook
Eastland
Bayh
Senate
Carswell
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Congress Faces Desegregation Fight in Schools
Congress returns from a five day break to tackle public school desegregation. Senate votes begin on Southern amendments to a 35 billion education bill while the White House signals support for equal desegregation pressures. Senator Stennis proposes enforcement of federal regulations nationwide. another amendment on freedom of choice faces slim odds.
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Congress
Senate
White House
Nixon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
House Rules Committee
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Colmer
Fed
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Earl Ayeroid
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Pinellas County
Audubon Society
Lake Maggiore
James C. Eastland
Philip
Harrison A. Williams Jr
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U.S. 5Th Court of Appeals
Williams
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
S.C
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D-Conn
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