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Mint Museum of Art opens at 501 Hempstead Place Charlotte
The Mint Museum of Art at 501 Hempstead Place in Charlotte is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. The building has a history as a U.S. Branch Mint from 1835 and Civil War headquarters before becoming the Mint Museum of Art in 1936.
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Mint Museum of Art
Hempstead Place
Charlotte
U.S
Thomas Edison
Edison
Eastover
Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game? No, not that game
The claim is debated but historical records confirm Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a 1962 NBA game. He did score 100 in a single game on March 2, 1962, against the New York Knicks, while averaging 50.4 points that season.
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New York Knicks
Childcare staff ratios for day care centers and homes
The Child Welfare Division sets staffing standards: minimum two staff with children, and a maximum of one adult per ten children plus service personnel. Age groups allow 2 to 3 year olds one to eight, 3 to 4 one to ten, 4 to 5 one to fifteen, 5 to 6 one to eighteen, and 18 months to 4 years one to five or fewer with strict separation from older children.
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Child Welfare Division
Department of Social Services
High Point
No state law requires school bus fire extinguishers or first aid kits
A Guilford County transportation supervisor says buses have first aid kits and extinguishers but no law mandates them. Equipment can be stolen or emptied. buses aren’t locked and maintenance may lag. The supervisor notes a few minor accidents in 33 years with no child injuries. Also discussed is Christmas tree timing and safety.
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Guilford County
Why Did Six States Escape Flu Mystery Remains
U S health officials seek why six states Mississippi Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin Nebraska Hawaii essentially avoided Hong Kong flu last winter and whether they will escape again. Experts note most of the 44 other states were infected, with Europe seeing fewer cases, raising questions about transmission and future sporadic outbreaks.
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Hong Kong
United States
Europe
America
Alaska
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Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Hawaii
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James O. Mason
U.S. Public Health Service
Mason
Continental
Connecticut
New York
West Virginia
Des Moines
Iowa
Five Brazilian hijackers stall flight with dead battery
Five Brazilian revolutionaries hijacked a Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle from Montevideo to Buenos Aires then Lima for refueling. A dead battery stalled the aircraft after Lima refuel, forcing a return to darkness with no starter equipment. They claimed the plan to deliver two young daughters and a jailed mother to Havana before returning to Brazil to continue the fight.
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Lima
Peru
Cuba
Brazil
Associated Press
Havana
Uruguay
Braz
Cruzeiro Do Sul
Montevideo
Rio
Buenos Aires
Elder'y Counle
Chile
Aing
Airport Oficial
Panama
First 1970 North Carolina license plate sale sparks rush
The Raleigh Motor Vehicles building saw a rush as the first 1970 state auto license plates went on sale. John H. Rorie bought the first plate H-1 ahead of Robert Barham who took H-2 after waiting since Thursday. Maria Jones traveled from Wake Forest to join the line at 5 AM.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles
John H. Rorie
Motor Vehicles Department
Rorie
Robert Barham
Barham
Maria Jones
Wake Forest
N.C
Agnew Seeks Easing Tensions With China From Formosa
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Formosa to reassure Nationalist China of U.S. treaty commitments while signaling efforts to ease tensions with Communist China. He urged steps toward dialogue and reducing military spending, stressing that dialogue would not abandon the Republic of China.
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Taipei
Spiro T. Agnew
Formosa
China
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Agnew
Asia
United States
Republic of China
Agnew Defends Nixon Doctrine During Asia Tour
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrives in Taipei to reassure Chiang Kai-shek and supporters that the U S commitment to Formosa and Asian defense remains firm under the Nixon Doctrine. He pledges active Pacific involvement as his motorcade passes cheering crowds amid paper dragons.
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Agnew
Asia
U.S
C.K. Yen
Taipei
Suit Filed Against Racial Balance Plan in Statesville
A federal suit seeks a preliminary injunction to block pupil reassignment in Statesville City Schools aimed at achieving racial balance. Plaintiffs Scott and Becky Sipes and others allege violations of the 14th Amendment and race based discrimination by the Board of Education and Superintendent Kornegay.
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Racial Balance Plan
Statesville
N. C
U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court of North
Statesville City
Sipes
Soviet Theses Reveal Inner Turmoil of Moscow Establishment
The 13 000 word Theses issued by the Communist Party Central Committee reveal a leadership haunted by enemies and change resistance after 52 years in power. It warns of Western subversion through modern bourgeois ideas while stressing strict adherence to Soviet orthodoxy. The document weighs opportunities abroad with caution as it calls for deep economic changes amid internal pressures.
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U.S
China
Moscow
Communist Party
Central Committee
Lenin
Soviet Union
Eastern
Europe
West
United Front
Oh Day
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