City traffic light program prompts resident questions
A reader asks about the price of new stoplights and criticizes the City of Thomasville for funding 42 unnecessary signals. The reply notes the traffic lights were installed by the State of North Carolina at no city cost, with minor adjustments made at some spots and one installation cut off. Police Chief Shore suggests contacting the State Sign and Signal Division or the police line for criticism or suggestions.
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N.C
Thomasville
Shore
State of
Travel and pool code questions and White House wedding query
Readers ask about White Lake motels and a travel bureau source. The exchange notes local Chamber of Commerce at 704 N Main and state travel divisions as info sources. A pool fence rule is cited, and a query about the White House wedding has Nixon paying from personal funds.
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Chamber of Commerce
N. Main
Department of Conservation and Development
White Lake
Tham
K.H. A
White House
Johnson rejects early Vietnam action plan
Four months into his presidency Lyndon B. Johnson refused to move against North Vietnam as premature, whileBacking a strong South Vietnamese base for possible later action. The secret Pentagon papers reveal Johnson’s March 17 1964 remark to Saigon’s Lodge and show advisers urging mixed military pressure with pacification efforts.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Mike Gravel
Alaska
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Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
North
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
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Bundy
Lodge
Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
White House
Vietnam
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Peace Plan Motive Questioned by Nixon Officials
Washington officials question the motive behind the Viet Cong peace plan as they study its seven points. They note a potential gesture on prisoner releases and a demand to halt Vietnamization, with possible aims to push for a coalition government and total U.S. withdrawal.
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White House
State Department
U.S
Paris
Nguyen Thi Binh
South Vietnam
Vietnam
United States
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Rusk says no 1964 bombing plans by Johnson
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Athens Daily News there were no presidential campaign plans by President Johnson to bomb North Vietnam. He noted staff contingencies existed but were not Johnson's plans, disputed Pentagon paper claims, and stressed public records underpin public judgment on Vietnam.
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Dean Rusk
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Johnson
University of Georgia
Rusk
Athens Daily News
New York Times
Hanoi
Moscow
Vietnam
Supreme Court
North Carolina House votes tentatively to repeal 1 cent drink tax
The North Carolina House approved a tentative repeal of the one cent soft drink tax 70 to 47, effective July 1, 1973. Opponents warned of a $38 million revenue loss while backers argued the levy was unfair to low income residents.
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Raleigh
House
North Carolina
Senate
Rep
C. W. Phillips
D-Guilford
Perry Martin
Northampton
Lawrence Davis
D-Forsyth
Dan Lilley
D- Lenoir
Lilley
Things Looking Up In U S Efforts To End War Albert
House Speaker Carl Albert cites confidential White House information and says things are moving in the effort to end the Vietnam War. He praises President Nixon for behind the scenes peace moves and urges more public disclosure while signaling signals from Hanoi and Paris hint at progress toward a withdrawal and prisoner release.
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Albert
John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
House
Carl Albert
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
White House
D-Okla
Vietnam
Jobless Rate Drops Abruptly in June
The unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in June from May as 5.5 million people were jobless, a rise of 1.1 million from May. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites a possible statistic quirk due to more teens in school during the survey week.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Labor Department
Department
North Carolina Lowers Adulthood to Eighteen for Voters
North Carolina 18 year olds gain the right to vote and hold office as the state and federal voting ages align at 18. The change defines minors as under 18 and allows 18 year olds to enter contracts, own land, sue or be sued, and assume debts while shifting parental responsibility.
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North Carolina
General Services Administration
Washington
Ohio
U.S
General Assembly
Sen
Zebulon Alley
Dhaywood
Alley
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