Post Office Box Moved From Busy English Road Corner
Readers question unsafe box site at English Road and Wiley Place due to no parking and heavy traffic. Postmaster Crissman investigated and confirms problems. box will be relocated about 100 yards west on English Road, possibly by the time this runs. Also notes on where to donate clothing for schoolchildren through PTA council, Salvation Army, and Goodwill.
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English
Wiley Place
English Road
Rotary
Wiley
Ivan Crissman
PTA Council
Salvation Army
Goodwill Industries
Sonny and Cher share Bono last name
A reader asks if Sonny and Cher use the same surname Bono. The note mentions the Southern Railway System and Leon Smith Jr asking them to check a railroad crossing on Robbins Road near Flint Hill Road, as the tracks were raised about two months ago and rough enough to harm vehicles.
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Robbins Road
Flint Hill
Archdale
D. O
Southern Railway System
Leon Smith, Jr
Federal cigarette tax deductibility queried
Question asks if federal tax on cigarettes is deductible or has ever been. Answer: No.
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Anon. A
King Korn stamps update and local store note
Martinsville Virginia readers are told a local shop still accepts King Korn stamp books. A reader explains processing times of 8 to 15 weeks and staff increases to speed deliveries.
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Martinsville
Unemployed father hijacks jet and is killed by FBI
In Poughkeepsie New York an unemployed father of seven hijacked a Mohawk Airlines flight from Albany to New York City demanding 200000 and parachutes. FBI agents shot the hijacker after a struggle as a getaway was arranged, killing Heinrich von George, 45, while the stewardess survived.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
FBI
Westchester County
Brockton
Mass
Mohawk Airlines
New York City
Westchester
Dutchess County
Heinrich von George
Dutchess County Asst. Dist
Alfred T. Tallakson
Tallakson
van George
Peekskill
Canton
Brockton, Mass
Eileen McAllister
Albany
New York
Nixon vows continued price controls to curb inflation
President Nixon in a Congress address pledges to keep price and wage controls until price stability is achieved, despite hints of ending Phase 2. He cites a 1971-quarter economic upswing, with real output up 6 percent and GNP to rise nearly $100 billion in 1972, aiming to cut unemployment from 6 percent in 1971.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
United States
Final Agreement Necessary For U S Withdrawal
The United States tied its troop withdrawal in South Vietnam to a final, all-encompassing agreement based on Nixon’s eight point peace proposal. North and South Vietnamese negotiators offered sharp reactions as talks continued in Paris. The plan envisions complete U S withdrawal six months after a peace accord, POW releases, and elections overseen by international supervision.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
U.S. Am
William J. Porter
Vietnam
Porter
Pham Dang Lam
Xuan Thuy
South
Mahalia Jackson Dies At 60
Chicago reports gospel icon Mahalia Jackson died at age sixty from a heart seizure at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park. She rose from a Mississippi levee shack to global fame with performances from Carnegie Hall to European capitals, enduring exhaustion from extensive tours and illness in recent years.
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Chicago
Mahalia Jackson
Little Company of Mary
Evergreen Park
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Miss Jackson
Berlin
War Critics Press for Fixed Withdrawal Date in Indochina
Senate war critics push for a definite withdrawal date despite Nixon’s disclosure of peace efforts. They argue the plan lacks a specific date and could prompt North Vietnam to reject it, while some supporters urge a Mansfield amendment for six months after prisoner releases.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Allen Ellender
D-La
Ellender
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
The
For
Eign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Harold E. Hughes
Diona
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Congress
China
Clifford P. Case
America
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Robert P. Griffin Reich
GOP
Cranston
House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
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Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sonny and Cher
M. M
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Korn
K-mart
Zayres
High Point
C.C. A. K-mart
Zayre’s
Anon
P. H
Airliner
Jet
Killeen McAllister
Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Carnegie Hall
Mary
Doc
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