Harris Opens Exploratory Populist Campaign For President
Sen. Fred Harris announces an exploratory populist campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination from Oklahoma. He will not seek re election to the Senate and plans to enter all primaries focusing on Florida California and New Mexico. He calls for redistribution of income and power and a foreign policy based on revived ideals. Democrat Ed Edmonson already runs for Harris Senate seat.
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Okla
Fred Harris
Walters
Harris
Lake Thunderbird
Oklahoma
Florida
California
New Mexico
Ed Edmonson
Mills Proposes Tax Breaks Tied to Incomes Policy
Rep. Wilbur Mills outlines income tax cuts including higher standard deduction and investment tax credit. He signals action only if the Nixon administration pursues an incomes policy to curb wage and price growth and reduce federal spending.
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Washington
Wilbur Mills
Nixon
Arkansas
Mills
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Pension Plan Disturbs Legislator in North Carolina
Rep. Charles Taylor urges Tar Heel citizens to demand repeal of the amended pension plan. He cites incentives that allow former lawmakers to collect sizable monthly pensions after short contributions, noting examples of windfall payments and questionable contributions.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Tar Heel
Charles Taylor
Rtransylvania
Legistate
Taylor
DIDS To Warn You Of Attack
Civil Defense will roll out the DIDS nationwide alert system to warn of nuclear attack or disaster. A $2.7 million Westinghouse contract funds setup, with 30 000 receivers and automatic NORAD triggered sirens, aiming for 1977 completion and potential TV tie-ins.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Conelrad
EBS
DIDS
John E. Davis
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Davis
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Cheyenne Mountain
Colo
Robert B. Martin
Federal Communications Commission
Martin
Dear Dr Thosteson column on vaccines and eye disease
A reader asks if polio shots help arthritis and where the shots can be obtained for the poor. The doctor explains vaccines protect against specific germs only and offers booklets on gout diverticulosis and hypoglycemia. New questions cover cataracts welding risk blurred stools and venereal disease with booklet requests.
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Thosteson
Sleeping Sickness Strikes Texas Horses Amid National Alarm
An epidemic of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis spreads through Texas with over 200 horse deaths in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Secretary Hardin pledges full federal effort using vaccine and aerial mosquito spraying. Three Texans sickened, 39 suspected cases. one 1 year old girl died in San Antonio amid unconfirmed VEE link. Mexico reports 9,000 horse deaths and 2,584 Ill in 15 days across San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas.
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Austin
Tex
Clifford M. Hardin
Texas
South America
Mexico
Rio Grande
Hardin
Washington
Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center
San Antonio
Weekend Thunderstorms Loom Over North Carolina Forecast
Warm humid conditions persist across North Carolina with scattered thundershowers through the weekend and into midweek. A weak trough from the Outer Banks to Louisiana and a stationary front limit large changes, with highs in the 80s to low 90s and overnight lows from the 60s to 70s, increasing chances of storms each afternoon and evening.
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North Carolina
Louisiana
Tar Heel
High Point
Friendship Weather Station
Rail Strike Boosts Truckers As Railroads Halt
Shortly after UTU members struck Southern Railway trains in North and South Carolina, truckers report increased calls from shippers of perishables. UTU action spreads to Union Pacific in a federal mediated dispute over work rules with pickets in Charlotte Hickory Asheville Raleigh Winston-Salem Spartanburg Greenville Columbia. Supervisors ran Southern freight trains as company officials said routes would end soon.
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Carolinas
Southern
North Carolina
South Carolina
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Charlotte
Hickory
Asheville
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
N.C
Spartanburg
Greenville
Columbia
S.C
Now Open Miniature Golf Complex Archdale
Now open with 18 holes of miniature golf on real grass, pool tables, pinball machines, picnic area, snack bar, horse shoes, checkers and chess. Family friendly air conditioned building located in Archdale on Hwy 311 next to Rexair Sales. Open Mon 10am 11pm Tue Sat and Sun 4pm 9pm, watch for tournaments, phone 431-4611.
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Archdale
Hwy. 311
Rexair Sales & Service
North Carolina and South Carolina forecast update
Partly cloudy and warm today and Sunday in North Carolina with scattered thundershowers. Highs in the 80s to low 90s in southeast areas, lows mostly in the 60s. South Carolina sees scattered thundershowers on the south coast this afternoon, otherwise sunny and warm with highs in the 70s to 90s and nights in the 60s.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Typhoon Jean Disrupts Vietnam War Operations
Typhoon Jean disrupts military moves in South Vietnam and Laos as B 52 raids pause in the northern region. U S Command reports an air loss total of 7 862 aircraft and confirms Hanoi targeted supply routes in Laos while Hanoi’s city lies under threat with forecasted landfall near Da Nang.
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Jean
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
A Shan
U.S
South China Sea
da Nang
Sunday Night Under the Stars Opens in Albion Millis Stadium
The first of five Sunday Night Under the Stars services starts at 7 30 p m tomorrow in Albion Millis Stadium with rain plans moving to Green Street Baptist Church The Rev Bernard R Fitzgerald of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church will speak introduced by Rev Gary Brown of Montheu Avenue United Methodist Church Dr E W Price Jr of Green Street Baptist will preside and Rev L L Macon of Pearson Memorial AME Church will read Scripture and lead prayer The 1971 summer interdenominational series is sponsored by 22 local churches and is open to the public This is the fifth year of the series.
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Under the Stars
Albion Millis
Bernard R Fitzgerald
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Gary Brown
Montheu Avenue United Methodist Church
E. W. Price Jr
Green Street Baptist
Nighttime TV Schedule Fragments Highlight News Lineup
TV listings show 11 00 P M News programs from ABC News and The Scene Tonight with additional news segments across the late evening lineup.
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ABC News
Capsule Views Of Today's Evening Programs
A TV schedule brief lists offerings across networks. Highlights include 2 Mission Impossible with a nerve gas plot and defecting scientist, 12 Hellfighters about an oil well firefighter, and 2 My Three Sons with job insecurity fears. Also features 2 Mary Tyler Moore 2 Mannix and more in a packed lineup.
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Archdale Recreation
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Williams Flowers & Gifts
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Championship Wrestling
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NBC News
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