Handling The Toters In City Trash Service
The citywide toter system for garbage collection draws mixed reaction. Some residents embrace the savings and modernization while others push back against failures in handling and scheduling and the risk of street hazards.
Community resilience amid New York blackout and Ocracoke blaze
A columnist contrasts looting in New York with North Carolina kindness. After a North Carolina fire destroyed a popular Ocracoke restaurant, the town’s volunteer efforts and public help prevented further damage, restoring some faith in humanity.
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New York
North Carolina
The Trade Gap Two Views Across U S Policy Debates
A 1977 overview contrasts Treasury and Commerce Department takes on the U S foreign trade deficit. It notes rising imports, lagging exports, and months of deficits exceeding 1 billion, with oil prices and Alaska pipeline output shaping the outlook and debates with Germany and Japan over surpluses and protectionism.
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Treasury Department
Commerce Department
Frank A. Weil
U.S
United States
Alaska
Business Week
Germany
Japan
Bonn
Tokyo
West Germany
High Point Area Highway Plans Highlight Long Range Growth
The Central Piedmont area seeks to shape the seven year plan with I-85 ties and Cucumber Road and 311 corridor changes. Public hearing Aug 23 in Burlington on containment and additions while widening Kivett Drive and extending the Inner Loop. Power notes include Duke Energy demand near 100,000 kW and a warned potential blackout. Reid Mendenhall Sr. obituary marks 83 years of dairy farming and civic service.
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High Point
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Piedmont
Burlington
Albertson Road
Kearns Street
Winston-Salem
Archdale
Greensboro
Thomasville
Wendover
Lynwood Smith
Bob Vaughn
Bill Williams
Duke Power
Duke
Piedmont Exchange
Reid Mendenhall Sr
Mendenhall Auction Company
Trinity School Board
N.C. Appaloosa Horse Assn
Israel Still Owes for Liberty Damages After Decade
State Department files show Israel has not paid full damages for the 1967 USS Liberty attack. Israel paid 3.3 million in 1969 for deaths but refused roughly seven million in material damage. Talks continued at the Pentagon though no final conclusion was reached.
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Liberty
International
State Department
Israel
Congress
United States
Menachem Begin
Dean Rusk
Tel Aviv
U.S
Rusk
William Rogers
Navy
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
Anita Bryant and religious opposition letter to the editor
A reader applauds Anita Bryant opposing homosexuality and urges adherence to biblical law. The letter condemns gay rights as ungodly, warns of judicial rulings, and calls on authorities to base laws on Scripture while praising believers who resist perceived moral decline.
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Anita Bryant
God
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