Heatwave to linger over July 4 weekend in Carolinas and Virginia
Heat and high humidity continue across North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia with little relief through the holiday weekend. Forecasts show hot days with highs mostly in the 90s to 100s, scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms, and cooler trends by Tuesday as readings ease from the upper 80s to mid 80s in some areas.
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North Carolina
Weather Bureau
High Point
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Carolinas
Nixon
Blummenthal
Rumsfeld
Unitarian Assembly Rejects Financing of Black Affairs Council
In Seattle the Unitarian Universalist Association voted 462 to 399 against funding the Black Affairs Council, a two year old black empowerment group. About 800 delegates attended the General Assembly as a heated debate on racial and governance issues continued.
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Seattle
Unitarian Universalist Association
Black Affairs Council
BAC
General Assembly
Board of Trustees
UUA
Cleveland
Tobacco leaders warn of retaliation in trade quotas
North Carolina Farm Bureau President B. G. Mangum says tobacco could be targeted if textile import quotas are legislated. Dr. Hugh Kiger of the Agriculture Department notes retaliation risks against tobacco and other agri products. John Palmer of Tobacco Associates argues for balanced protection across industries as quotas spread.
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Raleigh
United States
B. G. Mangum
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Congress
Mangum
Japan
Hugh Kiger
Foreign Agricultural Service Tobacco Division
U. S. Department of Agriculture
He Oaid
John D. Palmer
Wilson, N. C
Washington
Tobacco Associates Inc
Abortion Laws Questioned as Outdated in North Carolina
In Charlotte, attorneys for NC obstetrics gynecology chairmen and State Rep. Arthur Jones ask a U S District Court to declare 1967 abortion restrictions unconstitutional. They argue the laws violate a woman’s right to decide on bearing children and note harms from criminalized abortions.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
U. S. Dist. Court
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Arthur Jones
General Assembly
Jones
Psychiatrist Earned 176000 Under CHAMPUS in 1968
A San Diego psychiatrist reportedly earned 176000 in CHAMPUS payments in 1968, with all fees ruled earned except 11212.75 after a late Pentagon review. The subcommittee found no wrongdoing but urged faster scrutiny and improved Pentagon procedures. The figure marked one of California's highest federal health insurance incomes that year.
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Washington
San Diego
House
Congress
Pentagon
James A. Byrne
D-Pa
Uniformed Service
Champus
Subcommittee
California
Associated Press
Marine Harvard Man Could Be VISTA Director Prospect
Richard Blumenthal a 24 year old former Moynihan aide and Marine reservist is discussed as a prime VISTA director candidate. He cautions reports are speculative while focusing on finishing his Marine duty and describes his past White House duties on welfare policy and OEO.
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Parris Island
S. C
Richard Blumenthal
Daniel P. Moynihan
BISTA
Peace Corps
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Blumenthal
Donald Rumsfeld
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Marine Personnel Administration
Senate
New York City
Marine Reserves
White House
Washington
Urban Teacher Corps
Moynihan
Executive Mansion
McGovern Uses Cambodia Incident To Boost 1972 Bid
Sen George S McGovern has leveraged U S actions in Cambodia into a major publicity push He demands equal network time to answer Nixon and promote his amendment to end the war Co sponsors include Hatfield Goodell Hughes and He an McGovern raised about 500000 and organized a national campaign to influence a Senate vote with TV ads He faces long odds but seeks to keep the war issue alive through 1972 politics
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Washington
George S. McGovern
Cambodia
U.S
South Dakota
Nixon
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Alan B
Senate
McGovern
Vietnam
United States
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Early Chinese Bronze Knife Coins as Currency
The article notes that Chinese bronze knife coins circulated as currency starting around 770 B C. These early items show the use of metal blades shaped as knives as a monetary form in ancient China.
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