Scholastic Art Awards Sponsor and Draft Status Inquiries
Readers sought details on the Scholastic Art Awards sponsor WFMY-TV in Greensboro and entry deadlines. The local draft board reported 159 as the 1970 year high number and explained extended priority for late 1950 births reclassified 1-A, with monthly calls for January to March 1971 and guidance from Mrs. Peggy Hulin.
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Wfmw-Tv
Greensboro
N. C
Greensboro Draft Board
High Point
Selective Service Office
Peggy Hulin
Hulin
Bob Hope Overseas Christmas Show TV Air Dates
The program airs Thursday January 14 at 8 30 p m on channels 9 and 10. It replays Friday January 15 at 7 p m on channel 11 and again Saturday January 16 at 4 30 p m on channel 12 per the TV logger.
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Teevee
Why Albertson Road Kids Cannot Ride School Bus
A reader asks why children on Albertson Road cannot ride the school bus to Oak Hill School. The letter states the road lies within a one mile radius, excluding one corner west of the railroad, making residents ineligible. The writer notes her daughter walks home about an hour, argues walking is healthy, and jokes about caterpillar observations along the way.
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Albertson Road
Oak Hill
A. Albertson Road
Oak Hill School
P.S
Traffic signals on Green Street may be uncoordinated
Traffic Engineer Moss explains the Park and Green signal works independently from Green and Mangum. Park and Green uses a full actuated controller while Green and Mangum uses a fixed time controller tied to a master system. Coordinating unit needed to link the two signals.
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Green Street
East Green
Park Streets
T. A
Moss
Park and Green
Green and
Mangum
Green and Mangum
Don
Place to seek help for overactive child in Guilford County
The supervisor of the Developmental Evaluation Clinic at the Guilford County Health Department on Montlieu can advise on options. She is Mrs. Carolyn Green.
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Carolyn Green
Guilford County Health Department
Montlieu
Pre-race entertainment contact at Charlotte Motor Speedway
R. 1 A. Bob Latford at Charlotte Motor Speedway is listed with address Box 600 Harrisburg N C 28075 for pre race entertainment coordination.
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Charlotte Motor Speedway
Bob Latford
Harrisburg
N. C
B52s Join Cambodia Campaign Advances On Highway 4
U S B52 bombers have joined the campaign to reopen Phnom Penh's highway to the sea. The strikes targeted Pich Nil and Stung Chhay passes southwest of Phnom Penh to support 13 000 plus Vietnamese and Cambodian troops advancing from north and south.
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Saigon
U.S
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Pich Nil
Stung Chhay
Highway 4
Kompong Som
Indochina
Welcome Awaits Swiss Ambassador Release After Kidnap
Rio de Janeiro reports Buckets of champagne greet Giovanni Bucher the Swiss ambassador kidnapped 39 days earlier A Brazilian government move led to the flight of 70 Brazilian prisoners to Chile in exchange for his release The Varig Airlines jet arrived in Santiago and a banquet was planned as news photos of the prisoners reached Brazil
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Bucher
Chile
Varig Airlines
Santiago
Pudahuel
Bucher
Bra
Boys found hanging from rope in suburban yard
Two boys, Travis Stuckey 12 and James Miles 11, were found dead in a Houston yard with cords tied around their necks and noose ends over a tree limb. Police deem it possibly accidental but lack witnesses and keep investigation open.
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Houston
Travis Donald Stuckey
James Roland Miles
Stuckey
Charles Holt
Scott Seeks 1.60 Minimum Wage and 2nd Term Vote
Gov. Bob Scott urged the North Carolina General Assembly to allow voters to decide if a Tar Heel governor can succeed himself and if 18-year-olds can vote in state elections. He proposed raising the minimum wage to 1.60 hourly, sent in a 22-page state of the state message.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
North Carolina General Assembly
Scott
House
Senate
General Assembly
Council of State
US Supreme Court
North Carolina
Governor’s Advocacy Commission On Children and
Tax Repeal Proposals Stir North Carolina Legislature
Republican bills in the North Carolina General Assembly seek to roll back cigarette and gas taxes with a potential soft drink tax repeal. Gov. Robert Scott unveils a $4.3 billion budget in a state of the state address amid a busy opening week. The soft drink levy would raise about $37.1 million next biennium.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Phil Godwin
Dgates
H. Pat Taylor
Robert Scott
Scott
North Batten
Harry Bagnal
R Forsyth
Graffiti Turns Daily Wall Slogan Into Newspaper Feature
Bill Leary a Lancaster Pa advertising writer launched Graffiti a daily panel built from spontaneous wall comments. The idea gained backing from McNaught Syndicate and now appears in more than 300 papers on 4-A with Leary producing both art and copy.
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New York City
Bill Leary
Leary
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Lancaster
a_ steel
Bobby Baker Begins Term In Prison
Robert G. Baker, once close to Lyndon B. Johnson, starts a federal prison sentence at Lewisburg Penitentiary for larceny income tax evasion fraud and conspiracy. He entered under guard with an anticipated release if parole is denied by April 23, 1973, factoring good behavior.
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Lewisburg, Pa
Robert G
Bobby” Baker
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Baker
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Nine Elderly Die In Suburban Fire At Westminster Terrace
A fire at Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home for Senior Citizens in Louisville killed nine residents and injured 48 others. Surviving resident Miss Odie Branstetter described the panic and heat as alarms failed to stop the blaze. Names of the deceased were listed at two area hospitals, while the State Fire Marshal noted the home had held a longstanding satisfactory fire safety rating since 1966. The blaze started about 2 15 a.m. and was found by night nurse Helen Turner.
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Louisville
Odie Branstetter
Westminster Terrace Presbyterian
Alma Swain
Clara Egbert
Leon Grubbs
Edith Johnson
Nora Strong
Frank Schobe
Elisie Koeltz
Effie Bates
Mary Smith
Frankfort
Helen Turner
Supreme Court Limits Postal Power Over Obscene Mail
The Supreme Court unanimously voided two laws allowing the Postmaster General to block or divert mail deemed obscene. Brennan held the authority violated the First Amendment, signaling broader censorship limits. The ruling also requires southern cities to seek federal approval to redraw borders affecting white voter inclusion under the Voting Rights Act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Post Office
William J. Brennan Jr
South
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
High Court
California
Postal Service
Post
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Brennan
United States
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