How To Get A Sawbones In High Point
A reader asks how to find a local doctor in High Point. The response advises checking yellow pages for general practice or internal medicine and scheduling a general physical for adults and children with a pediatrician for kids. It notes benefits like establishing medical history and ease during emergencies, and suggests calling now before winter illness strains schedules.
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High Point School Board membership and public school ties
Questioned whether any board members have children in public schools. The latest appointee has a child in public schools. One member has four children who attended military or Central and Northwood schools. two members’ children needed private instruction due to medical issues. Other members’ children/grandchildren attended public schools. Also, utility revenue funds 60 percent of city park and recreation costs with Blair Park and Oak Hollow golf courses funded from the budget. water and other utilities are budgeted and billed through the city with profits going to the general fund.
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Blair Park
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Wind Causes and Notable Global Winds
The wind is caused by uneven solar heating of the atmosphere, as heated air rises and cooler air moves in. Earth’s rotation also influences wind patterns, producing Sahara sand winds like sirocco and khamsin, Alpine mistral, and Southeast Asian monsoons with seasonal wet and dry periods. The Beaufort scale helps distinguish breeze, gale, and hurricane wind strengths.
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Five white staff members on Model Cities Commission
The commission employs five white permanent staff members, making up 25 percent of the total staff.
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Scott touts 1971 NC General Assembly accomplishments
Gov. Bob Scott said the environmental legislation and state government reorganization were major Accomplishments of the 1971 North Carolina General Assembly. He noted good progress on his program and planned a news conference next Wednesday to discuss the session in detail.
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Bob Scott
North Carolina General Assembly
Scott
General Assembly
Death Penalty Law Clarified By Legislature
RALEIGH AP The 1971 North Carolina General Assembly repealed the law allowing automatic life sentences after a guilty plea to capital crimes. The House approved the measure, restoring the threat of death in capital cases by trial. The session adjourned after enacting major reform bills and record activity.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Attorney General’s Office
North Carolina
Buckley reveals National Review Vietnam hoax documents
William F Buckley Jr says the National Review staged fictional Vietnam papers to show such forgeries could be accepted as genuine if plausible. He notes the hoax aimed to warn that media misreadings follow fragmentary disclosures and that some real documents may exist in archives.
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New Food Stamp Rules Drawn by Nixon Aide
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will unveil revised proposals to expand food stamp access for the poorest families while tightening eligibility for hippies and job-shy adults. The plan responds to Capitol Hill criticism of April rules, as 11 million people now receive stamps, with a new uniform schedule proposed testing a family of four earning 50 to 60 dollars monthly paying 10 dollars for stamps valued at 108 dollars.
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Sudanese leader Jaafar Numairi Reinstated in Khartoum
Omdurman radio reports Maj. Gen. Jaafar Numairi returns to power after troops seize a broadcasting station. A state of emergency and nationwide curfew are declared. The junta claimed the revolution ended as external intervention was feared.
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