Arts Council offers summer art classes for all ages
The High Point Arts Council summer program runs two five week sessions from June 14 to August 21. Ages 4 to 7 do simple drawing painting and crafts. grades 1 to 6 study elementary drawing painting collage and crafts. grades 7 to adult explore drawing, nature and man made subjects, graphics sculpture weaving and fiber arts. Instructors are Lawrence Jordan Jan Henry and Richard Kollath. Call 882-0710 or visit 500 North Main for times and fees.
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High Point Arts Council
Lawrence Jordan
Jan Henry
Richard Kollath
UNCG
Arts Council
North Main
Does High Point Have a Pet Cemetery
A reader asks if High Point has a pet cemetery and the reply notes that there is no known facility in the area. The exchange reflects limited local information on pet burial options.
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High Point
Why TV Sets Still Glow After Sign Off
It's because the power remains on to light the picture tube even when no signals are sent. The set stays illuminated like a bulb until you switch it off, leaving only darkness on screen content.
Hot Line calls reveal yearlong demand and repeat items
A one month sample counts 1 028 calls with 31 unclear and 142 printed in the paper. Most requests came from prior months, and urgency is often unmet due to volume. Neighbors report dog complaints potholes rat infestations seeping septic tanks all compete for limited attention. The J O call dated last December shows lingering backlog.
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Radio help for dogs through WNOS airs free listings
A reader from the Humane Society praises WNOS for airing dog and pet adoption notices at no cost. The station accepts details about the pet and location and broadcasts announcements until homes are found, offering a free service to listeners seeking pets.
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WNOS
The
Humane Society
Anon
Supreme Court Broadens Press Freedom in 5-3 Ruling
The Supreme Court's 5-3 decision limits private defamation damages for media, requiring proof of actual malice by public figures and now extending to private individuals in certain cases. The ruling could help smaller newspapers and broadcasters expand reporting while reducing self censorship and encouraging more open discussion of public issues.
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Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
Brennan
Philadelphia
WIP
George A. Rosenbloom
Rosenbloom
Federal District Court
New York Times
Associated Press
Warren E. Burger
New York Sewage Workers Strike Halts City Facilities
About 2,000 sewage treatment workers walked off the job closing 11 of 13 facilities and reducing operations at 35 sites, amid a broader two day strikes that disrupted bridges incinerators pumping stations and landfills. EPA noted raw sewage flowing into rivers with no immediate resident impact but possible long term effects.
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Trator
Staten Island
Brooklyn
EPA
New York City
Pelham Bay
Bronx
Department of Sanitation
John V. Lindsay
Parks Department
Armored limousines cost rise for Hoover protection
In 1970 the FBI paid 27655 dollars for an armored limousine as inflation drives the four-vehicle Hoover fleet costs. Hoover testified to the House Appropriations Committee that escalating armoring costs, plus threats against him, justify maintaining vehicles in Washington New York and Los Angeles with one newer model replacing a sold old one. The budget request for fiscal 1972 totals about 333 million dollars, about 30 million more than the current period.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New York
Los Angeles
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Sikes
Clyde Tolson
New York City
Atty
Ramsey Clark
John J. Rooney
D-N.y
Rooney
Waldorf Astoria
Laos Action Sparks Senate Clash Over U.S. Laos Role
Senate linked Laos policy to a proposed $200 million spending ceiling as Sen. Stuart Symington urged cap on air operations and support for forces fighting Communist units. State Department confirmed U.S. aid to volunteers in Laos, while Symington called them mercenaries and argued the law may be violated.
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Senate
U.S
Laos
Stuart Symington
Symington
D-Mo
State Department
United States
Charles Bray
J.W. Fulbright
South Vietnam
Congress
Highway Chairman Denounces Audit Report as False
North Carolina Highway Commission Chairman Lauch Faircloth labeled an audit claim about a 375.2 million balance and possible spending as blatantly false. He challenged Auditor Henry Bridges to justify the figure and questioned the audit's motive before a Joint Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Lauch Faircloth
Commission
Faircloth
Henry Bridges
Joint Appropriations
General Assembly
Bridges
Highway Commission
North Carolina
Soviets Describe Space Lab Salute In Detail
Three Soviet cosmonauts orbiting Salute space laboratory provided the first detailed description of the 18 ton station. Pravda interview descriptions note a cylindrical main body 65.6 feet long with a 12 foot diameter end, sealed cylinders, and wing like solar units. A global treaty to ban hostile lunar use was proposed amid the mission.
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James R. Peipert
Associated Press
Moscow
Salute Space Laboratory
Konstantine Pleoktistov
Feoktistov
Communist Party
Pravda
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