Questions and Answers from The Enterprise Q&A Column
Residents raise issues from vacant lots and city rights to traffic rules and local nuisance complaints. Officials note state ownership of a lot next to Kivett Drive and promise cleanup while denying a city ordinance banning trucks in residential Greenwood. A reader asks about magazine charges and is advised not to pay for unordered items. The column also covers olives packing methods, city property use rules, a near-term cleanup at Lexington and Rotary, and a note that driving barefoot is not illegal.
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Kivett Drive
E. W. A. Jim Settlemyre
Q. Greenwood Drive
Guess
Greenwood
New City
More Mistaken Raids Possible
Washington AP report notes Chief Myles Ambrose says no way to guarantee homes won’t be mistakenly raided by narcotics agents. He cites rare past incidents in Collinsville Illinois and warns future errors may occur despite reforms as he departs government service.
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Washington
Administration
Myles J. Ambrose
Collinsville
Ill
Ambrose
Office of
Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Drug Enforcement Administration
Wholesale Prices Leap Highest Since Jan 1951
Washington AP reports wholesale prices rose 2.4 percent in June the sharpest gain since January 1951, with seasonally adjusted rise 2.3 percent. Unemployment fell to 4.8 percent, Nixon froze prices for 60 days, and export controls were expanded on 41 agricultural items to curb meat costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Savings and Loan Association
Salute To Agnew Funds Draw Investigators Fire
The GAO said four apparent violations of election law occurred in transferring 49 900 from the Nixon re election effort to a salute for Ted Agnew gala. The committee allegedly misreported the amount as a contribution to the Agnew event.
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Agnew
Washington
General Accounting Office
Nixon
Ted Agnew
GAO
Agnew Committee
Railroad Gas Car Blast Kills Three in Kingman Arizona
A gas tank car explosion on a Santa Fe siding near U S 66 in Kingman killed three volunteer firefighters and injured 70 others. The blast, caused by butane unloading, destroyed buildings, sparked brush fires, and halted highway and rail traffic. The dead were Roger Hubka Bill Casson and Jimmy Cox.
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Kingman
Ariz
Charles Potter
Arizona
John Howell
Santa Fe
Roger Hubka
Bill Casson
Jimmy Cox
Coxel Suburban Gas Co
Fundraising gala linked to Maryland state candidates
Hugh W. Sloan Jr. told the Senate Watergate committee about a fund transfer meant to boost a gala's apparent success. The GAO reported the Agnew committee solicited 31 people listed as contributing to tickets worth 49900. Roy Pfautch helped obtain fictitious contributor names and his secretary signed records.
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Maryland
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
GAO
Agnew Committee
Office of Federal Elections
Roy Pfautch
St. Louis
Shortages Possible Among Some Foods
Consumers may find favorite brands missing from shelves but no one is likely to starve. AP survey of major retailers shows larger chains in better shape than smaller firms with item scarcities such as parsley in Chicago and no pork loin available.
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Pimiento
L. A
Pickle
Mt. Olive
John N. Walker
Walker
Watergate
Louise Cook
Associated Press
Chicago
American Airlines admits illegal campaign donations in 1971 and 72
American Airlines disclosed it made illegal corporate donations to President Nixon's campaign in 1971 and 1972 after Nixon's private lawyer Kalmbach requested $100,000. Chairman George A. Spater provided the account, officials said. Cox termed the admission a mitigating factor but warned officers may face penalties if gifts were kept secret. No charges have been filed yet.
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GAO
Blagden H. Wharton
Agnew Committee
Wharton
Maryland National Bank
Anne Arundel County
Justice Department
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore
Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
American Airlines
Nixon
Herbert W. Kalmbaca
George A. Spater
American
Cumstance
Cox
Spater
Kalmbach
Governor's page program fosters unpaid youth service
Debbie Anderson, 13, serves as a governor's page in North Carolina under Gov Jim Holshouser. The unpaid role lasts about a week, with duties including filing, copying, errands, and observing office operations. About 50 youths have joined since January as pages through Republican channels and staff selections.
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Raleigh
Debbie Anderson
Jim Holshouser
Jim Holfhouser
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People
Journal
Eyesore
Lexington
Rotary
Public Works
Anon
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Eevee Eeres
Atlanta
Cost of Living Council
Bernard Lipskin
Food Fair
Big Apple Super Markets
National Association of Food Chains
Debbie
She
Gene Anderson
Holfhouser
Phil Kirk
Republican
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