Education and civic guidance from local column
A reader asks about out of county school enrollment and tuition. Officials advise requesting out of county assignment with tuition, noting potential billing when found. The piece also answers questions on football origins, advertising by optometrists, correspondent banks, mini bikes on streets, stump removal methods, and safe burning rules with health department checks.
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Anon A
Randolph
Guilford
Forsyth
Davidson
Board of Education
J.B. A. County Extension
John Crawford
Bitter cold grips nation from Rockies to Atlantic
Bitter arctic air numbed almost the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with near zero readings in parts of the deep South. Utility companies in the Mid-
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic
Deep South
Long Range Missile Sub Takes Big Role
The ULMS undersea long range missile system is moving from near death to a central part of Pentagon plans for the 1970s. Navy officials say a submarine capable of firing nuclear missiles from a U.S. port will shape strategic planning as the program gains new momentum. The article notes comments by Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird who previously discussed ULMS uncertainties.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Pentagon
Navy
ULMS
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laird
McCarthy Meets Moscow Officials in Second Soviet Day
Senator Eugene McCarthy met Moscow mayor Vladimir Promyslov and Foreign Trade Ministry officials to discuss city problems and Soviet responses to new U.S. trade legislation. He noted potential talks with reporters and highlighted earlier meetings with Pravda commentator Yuri Zhukov.
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Moscow
Eugene J. McCarthy
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Soviet Union
McCarthy
D-Minn
Vladimir Promyslov
Foreign Trade Ministry
U.S. Congress
Red Square
Yuri Zhukov
Communist Party
Pravda
Zhukov
Bitter North Carolina Cold Triggers Fatal Exposure
North Carolina endures record lows as Mrs. Maude Jackson, 70, dies from exposure near Cherryville. Temperatures dip to five below in the region, with statewide readings reaching single digits and mountains reporting minus numbers. TVA ramps power output to an all time high to combat frost. Prisoners at Draper Center endure cold with blankets borrowed from the National Guard.
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Weather Bureau
Continental
California
Rockies
Great Lakes
New England
Chicago
Midwest
Commonwealth Edison Co
Associated Press
North Carolina
Maude Jackson
Cherryville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Montgomery, Ala
National Guard
Ray's New Trial Appeal Rejected by Tennessee Supreme Court
The Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously rejected James Earl Ray's bid for a new trial in the 1968 slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ray had pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree and was sentenced to 99 years. The court ruled he was represented by able counsel and waived rights to appeal by pleading guilty.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Erby L. Jenkins
Battle
Shelby County
Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Arthur Faquin
Memphis
State Court of Criminal Appeals
State Supreme Court
U S Combat Toll Drops to Second Lowest in Three Years
Saigon AP reports sixty five Americans killed in Vietnam last week, the second lowest weekly toll in three years, lifting total U S combat deaths to 40 044 since January 1 1961, with at least 30 more killed since Saturday. Wounded totals also fall to 477, the lowest in over two years.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Mekong Delta
Griffin says HEW bill likely veto by Nixon
Senate Republican leader Robert Griffin predicts Congress will not avert a Nixon veto of the 19.7 billion health education and welfare bill. He says the measure will go to the president unchanged and that party loyalty may force GOP members to back the veto.
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Washington
Robert P. Griffin
Congress
White House
Michigan
Nixon
Griffin
Senate
House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
HEW
GOP
Thieu renews offer to VC on cease fire and elections
President Nguyen Van Thieu repeated readiness to discuss a cease fire with the Viet Cong and allow their participation in elections to settle the war. He criticized the enemy for seeking a coalition government and cited no progress from the Paris talks after 48 sessions.
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North Vietnam
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