29 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1971
Page
1
The article explains donation ages 18 with parental consent or married, 21 to donate anytime. It notes the bloodmobile will return February 2 and 3 at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church and provides Cerebral Palsy Association contact in Greensboro for information.
Starting Feb 1 a law lets you opt out of sexually oriented solicitations by listing your name with the Postal Service A parent or guardian can list children under 19 in their care The USPS compiles a reference list and charges a fee to mailers The list cannot be sold or used for solicitations After 30 days violators face civil and criminal action If you still receive such mail stamp the envelope with the date and your signature and report it at a post office
A reader offers a blunt method to settle a hollow earth belief by striking the ground to hear the sound of a solid core beneath. The author then suggests looking it up in an encyclopedia, noting the earth has a molten core.
The answer explains that you can donate your body to medical schools for research and study but not for monetary compensation. Donations must be approved by surviving relatives, and donors are advised to discuss the decision with close kin who hold final authority over body disposition.
The NC Minimum Wage Law exemptions for domestic service and private homes leave nurses and caregivers in eleemosynary settings without guaranteed raises. Advice suggests negotiating with employers, highlighting cost of living and profits pressure, while acknowledging no arbitration by Action Line.
A Speas Vinegar Company booklet advises cleaning a steam iron by filling with a quarter cup of Speas vinegar and one cup water, letting it stand overnight. The next day heat the iron, remove the mixture, then rinse with clear water for like new performance. Mrs. E.M.T.
President Nixon proposes a record 229.2 billion dollar budget for fiscal 1972 built on two large deficits totaling 30.2 billion dollars this year and next. He argues the deficit policy will foster prosperity with lower inflation and calls for no new taxes to July 1 while urging Congress to approve the spending. His plan includes a 4 billion revenue sharing element.
President Nixon proposes a 1972 defense budget of 75 billion with an extra 1.6 billion over 1971, to maintain NATO deterence and support allies while reducing manpower to 2.5 million by June 30, 1972. He cites strategic peace goals and aims to modernize forces, with no new major weapons planned.
Nixon's revenue sharing plan to Congress would melt down numerous programs including Model Cities urban renewal sewer and water grants Title I school aid and the school lunch program. The 1972 proposal details bloc grants for Appalachian Regional Commission education for the handicapped vocational education manpower training urban mass transit and other programs.
The budget calls for six bloc grant areas totaling 11.1 billion to state and local governments, with 709 million of new money in the first year. Urban and rural development, education, manpower training, law enforcement, and transportation receive the largest shares. Details on apportionment and guidelines remain to be sent to Congress.
In Raleigh the biennial fight over liquor by the drink begins as Rep. Claude DeBruhl and six others introduce a bill to permit local elections on sales in counties with ABC stores. Dry leaders call it special interest legislation aimed to profit sellers, while supporters back the measure backed by the NC Travel Council.
Taxpayers face higher dependency credits for 1970 but with withholding changes and surcharge reductions. The $625 per dependent limit affects eligibility, while the full year effective surcharge drops to 24 percent after gradual reductions.
The government reports December living costs rose five tenths of one percent driven by housing, medical care, food and autos. For 1970 the total rise reached 5.5 percent, the second worst in two decades, with the CPI at 138.5 and $13.85 per $10 of 1957-59 costs. The report notes higher pay for 45 million workers, with average weekly earnings up $1.03 to $122.43.
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