City Council Appointments and Health Hygiene Question
Anon asks about policy for appointing to commissions and boards like the Civil Service Commission and Planning Commission. The mayor says appointments balance interest and knowledge, with conflicts of interest removed from voting. Health officials note cleaning stockings poses no public health risk and stress hand hygiene.
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Civil Service Commission
Planning Commission
Board of Adjustments
Anon
Bill Bencini
No Parking Signs Sought on Nance Avenue
A resident requests two sided no parking signs on Nance Avenue due to street width and cars blocking the roadway. The Traffic Engineering Department found removal of parking advisable and will report recommendations to city council after completing the investigation.
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Nance Avenue
Speeding concerns near barber shop on Kivett Drive prompt radar enforcement
High Point police say radar monitors the barber shop area on Kivett Drive and several speeding tickets have been issued. They will keep a close watch on the location. In a prior reply the city stated a North Scientific city limit sign would be erected “within the next few days.”
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Kivett Drive
High Point
North Scientific
Halloween observances move if legal holiday falls Sunday
Almanacs say legal holidays on Sundays are celebrated Monday while religious celebrations aren’t bound by this rule. Parks and Recreation hasn’t decided if parties will occur Saturday or Monday, with a guess leaning to Saturday for All Saints Day observances.
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Parks and Recreation Dept
Apollo 15 Faces Minor Glitches En Route To Moon
Apollo 15 crew David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden continue toward the moon despite small issues including a broken glass pane a brief voltage drop and brief radio timing problems. Ground teams diagnose sources while planning the Friday touchdown and a science session on light flashes in space.
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Scott
Irwin
Falcon
Goldstone
Calif
Endeavour
Apollo
Cecraft
Hadley Rille Depth Stymies Apollo Fifteen Explorers
Houston AP report notes astronauts David Scott and James Irwin cannot descend 1200 foot Hadley Rille on the moon. They will study the wall and rim, photograph the opposite wall, and discuss the rille's age and origin while scientists seek rocks from the bottom.
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Grand Canyon
Arizona
Hadley Rille
Gene Simmons
Manned Spacecraft Center
Simmons
Scott
Irwin
Nixon Deficit Rises Above Twenty Billion Dollars
The Nixon administration released final figures showing fiscal 1971 red ink between 20 and 25 billion dollars, the nation's second largest postwar deficit. Unfolding events reflect a shift to Keynesian economics as Congress approved spending that outpaced revenue, expanding the deficit beyond Nixon's initial plans.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Rail Union rejects government arbitration bid in strike
The United Transportation Union rejects a Labor Department suggestion for a neutral board to impose a binding settlement in the four railroad strikes. UYU President Charles Luna charges government bias toward management, and the group responds within two hours after Hodgson’s request for replies. The railroads have not yet commented.
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United Transportation Union
UYU
Charles Luna
Heroin Ring Busted in Thailand and Vietnam Links
Thai, South Vietnamese, and U S narcotics agents jointly broke a major heroin ring supplying American troops in Vietnam. They seized 97 pounds of pure heroin and 660 pounds of opium with a Saigon wholesale value of 4 million dollars. Twenty five suspects were rounded up in Saigon, a fishing village, and an offshore Gulf island.
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Bangkok
Thailand
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Asia
Saigon
Burma
Laos
Saigon Police
Gulf of Thailand
Apollo 15 Timetable for Lunar Orbit and EVA
The Apollo 15 timeline shows crewmembers Scott and Irwin performing a second inspection of the Falcon, Worden aboard Endeavour, rest periods, engine firings to fine tune lunar orbit, jettisoning a door for instruments, and orbital adjustments reaching as close as 50 000 feet above the moon with times listed in Eastern Daylight Time.
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David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Falcon
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Scott
Irwin
Moon
Lunar
Ellsberg Faces Untitled House Panel On Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg, former Defense Dept researcher who leaked the Pentagon Papers, testifies before an unofficial House panel led by Rep. John Dow. He faces Espionage Act charges and a June arrest for releasing the 47 volumes. Tony Russo notes U.S. policy rests on deceit, cites prison conditions for U.S. POWs in South Vietnam.
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Washington (Ap
Daniel Ellsberg
Defense Department
Pentagon
House
John G. Dow
New York
Elisberg
U.S
Vietnam
Tony Russo
Ellsberg
Rand Corp
Defense
Russo
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Saigon
Agreement Near
Gov. Bob Scott said in Raleigh that he and the General Assembly are near an in principle accord on restructuring North Carolina's higher education system. Details remain, including whether changes should be statutory or constitutional, with the main point still to be worked out.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
General Assembly
North Carolina
Scott
Governor Scott Advocates One Board for Higher Education
Scott pressed for a single governing board for higher education and praised his administration’s legislative program. He said the 1970 session should avoid a lame duck pattern and favored annual sessions to tackle budgets. He urged the lieutenant governor to relocate to Raleigh as a full time state executive and noted four vacant Superior Court positions would remain until after the legislative session.
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Scott
General Assembly
Raleigh
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