Model Cities program details and funding explained
The Q and A describe Model Cities as a citizen driven planning process funded by federal state and local taxes and administered by HUD. High Point's project uses supplemental funds turning federal grants into local money, with total funding over 3 million dollars. The Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory at H P Memorial Hospital will serve patients regardless of ability to pay.
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U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Model Cities Commission
Commission
Atlanta
Washington
High Point
Dept. of
HUD
H. P. Arts Council
H. P. Memorial Hospital
Apollo 15 Rover Mission to Moon Explores Hadley Rille
Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin launch on a 445 million dollar Apollo 15 mission aboard the Saturn V to drive the eight million dollar lunar rover for about 20 hours across 28 square miles of the moon. Alfred Worden in orbit will image 20 percent of the surface. The Falcon lunar lander targets a 6 15 p m July 30 touchdown in a Hadley Rille gorge basin near the Apennine peaks.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Rover
Moon
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Earth
Donald K. Slayton
Neil A
Scott
Irwin
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa Jr
U.S. Space Agency
Soviet Union
Werner von Braun
NASA
Endea
Vour
James Cook
South Pacific
Falcon
Apennine Mountains
Sea of Rains
Sierra Nevadas
United States
Himalayas
India
Hadley Rille
Learner Permit Rules For Motorcycle With Licensed Escort
Officials say a minor with a temporary learner permit may drive a motor vehicle only when accompanied by a licensed guardian seated beside the driver. The rule seems to require the guardian to be in the front seat and within reach of the controls.
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Highway Patrol
Robert D. Warren
Raleigh
Parking Blockade Near Post Office Sparks City Action
Residents on Uwharrie Road in High Point report daily street parking that blocks the post office. Anvil Brandh workers may back a plan to restrict parking to one side of the road. Traffic Engineer Moss says the situation will be checked and necessary steps taken to fix the problem.
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S. I
Uwharrie Road
High Point
Anvil Brandh
Anon
Moss
Best Time to Fish According to Angler Benny Phillips
Angler Benny Phillips says the best time to fish is whenever you have a chance. He notes that fish bites are unpredictable, so there is no single optimal condition like rain or darkness.
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S.R. A
Benny Phillips
Telephone tap legality discussed by High Point police
A reader asks if police can tap a private citizen’s phone. The answer notes that the telephone company may do so only with a judge signed court order. A second query mentions where tools can be sharpened at Bicycle’s Toy & Hubby.
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High Point
Toy & Hubby
Anon
Soviet Warns U.S. Over Nixon China Visit
Moscow criticizes Nixon plan to visit Communist China warning Washington not to use Beijing contacts to pressure the Soviet Union. Pravda, the Communist party newspaper, offers the most direct Moscow reaction to Nixon’s July decision to visit China.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Nixon
China
United States
Peking-Washington
Communist Party
Pravda
Za Rubeshim
Soviet Journalists’ Union
Tass
Peking
Washington
Agnew Visits King Hassan II in Rabat
Vice President Spiro Agnew met with King Hassan II of Morocco in Rabat on a one day stop. The visit followed a failed coup at the king's birthday gathering and included a round of golf with Hassan and pro Billy Casper. Security was tight as Agnew toured the sunlit palace area still scarred by the recent assault.
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Rabat
Morocco
Spiro T. Agnew
Hassan II
Summer Palace
Agnew
Spain
Mediterranean
Hassan
U.S
Sidi Mohammed
Moulay Abdullah
Hijacked National Airlines jet returns to Miami
A 83 aboard National Airlines flight hijacked to Cuba by a tall Latin American man armed with dynamite and a gun returned to Miami with two injured crew members. Stewardess Sue Bond and passenger Larry Evans were grazed by a bullet. both treated locally. Flight crew included Capt. Joe Watson and officers Slaton and Johnson with stewardesses Hardy Baldwin Ware. The hijackers actions prompted Cuban authorities to assist and the plane was delayed at Havana before resuming.
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Miami
National Airlines
Cuba
Sue Bond
Larry Evans
Evans
Wason
Havana
Jose Marti
Watson
Sabee Ak Tee Sannin
Miss Bond
Teddi Edwards
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jacksonville
Joe Watson
John Slaton
Bill Johnson
Michelle Hardy
Carol Baldwin
Sara Ware
James Paul
Doctors Fight Privacy Grip On Hospital Records
A group of doctors seeks to keep patients records from government and insurance inspections arguing records often contain intimate secrets. They contend current rules allow full records to be scanned when Blue Cross or Medicare pays bills while officials defend patient ownership and limited access.
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New Orleans
Blue Cross
Medicare
Jose Garcia-Oller
American Association of Councils of Me
Garcia-Oller
Thomas E. Jeffcoat
Blue Cross-Louisiana Hospital Services Inc
Washington
Social Security Administration
SSA
Rail Strike Expands Halting Major U S Rail Lines
Transport workers struck two more railroads, idling about one sixth of U S tracks. The Southern Pacific and Norfolk and Western walkout followed a week of action against Southern Railway and Union Pacific, with mediators pressing for new work rules as UTU threatened six more lines. Picketing spread from Virginia to California as other unions joined the lines.
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Associated Press Transport
Southern Pacific Co
Norfolk & Western Railway
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United Transportation Union
Alton & Southern
Atchison Topeka
Santa Fe
Houston Belt & Terminal
Duluth
Mesabi & Iron Range
Joliet & Eastern
Bessemer
Lake Erie
UTA
Charles Luna
Chicago
Virginia
California
UTU
Tom Buckley
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
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Moon Venture
U.s.-China
King Hassan
Editorial
Women’s News
Suance
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