Slip cover options near High Point Greensboro
Readers seek local fabric cover services and learn Murphy's Upholstery and Drapery Shop in Greensboro offers slip covers at 441 Battleground Avenue. Contact Mrs Murphy at 273 4181. Also advised on stump removal and a general trash hauler A B Cook at 204 Guilford with 885 5387 for potential lifting needs.
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Marion Lambeth
Craftsman Interiors
Murphy
Battleground Avenue
Greensboro
A. B. Cook
Guilford
Traffic signal study at Fairfield Road Uwharrie Road site
City officials reviewed requests for a traffic light at the Fairfield Road Uwharrie Road corner and found warrants unmet. Afternoon peak volumes prompt periodic checks, with possible installation only if data show justification. A separate reader inquiry offered snake control tips and debunked the rope method.
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West Fairfield
Uwharrie Road
M. M
R. V. Moss
Fairfield Road
Anvil Brand
Fairfield
Serpent City
Animal Kingdom
Robert Dixon
Animal Repellents, Inc
Georgia
Secret Spy Satellite Clears Cape Kennedy Launch
The Air Force launched a secret Atlas Agena satellite from Cape Kennedy at 7 39 a m EDT to orbit about 20 000 miles above Southeast Asia. The craft carries a television camera and infrared and X ray sensors to detect missile sites troop movements and engines. It is the first in an operational series for early warning of enemy attacks.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Russia
Red China
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Agena
Globe
Three Counties To Give Stamps In North Carolina
Washington AP reports Burke Sampson and Watauga counties in North Carolina will join 85 areas in 22 states to receive food stamps on an announced date. Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin said 38 counties remain without stamps nationwide and that dates for new areas will be set after local arrangements.
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Washington
Burke, Sampson
Watauga
North Carolina
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Hardin
Heath Upsets Wilson to Take Britain’s Prime Ministership
In London Edward Heath of the Conservative party defeated Harold Wilson to win a five year term as prime minister. Heath secured a parliamentary majority as counting finished signaling a Conservative victory and a new government for Britain.
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London
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Heath
Conservative
Tories
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House of Commons
Labor
Smith Square
Britain Votes Change as Heath Edges Ahead in Parliament
Britain swung to the Conservatives with a 316 seat tally in a 630 seat House, later rising to 325. Heath hoped for a 23 seat majority while Wilson faced resignation and quick turnover after a long Labour rule. Voter turnout approached 70 percent with youthful crescents and poll-driven surprises across regions.
Labour and Tory Leaders Face Setbacks in Elections
The report notes a defeated former foreign secretary who stood as deputy leader to Wilson in Labour, and Jennie Lee, a former Labour minister and widow of Aneurin Bevan, also defeated. Reginald Maudling, deputy Tory leader, won easily along with Heath and Wilson in their districts, while Enoch Powell doubled his majority.
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Wilson
Labor Party
Jennie Lee
Aneurin Bevan
Brown
Reginald Maulding
Tories
Heath
Enoch Powell
Complete Reform Of Mail System Is Voted By House
The House approved a wholesale overhaul of the nation’s mail system and an 8 percent pay raise for mailmen in a 357 to 24 vote after a 10 hour session. A separate pay raise proposal failed 306 to 77, and the plan to create an independent Postal Service passed, sending the bill to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Postal reform to self fund via bonds and rates
The plan aims to make the mail service self paying by 1978 using corporate powers to set rates, negotiate with unions, sell up to 10 billion dollars in bonds, and rely on congressional veto, with Nixon, Blount, and House backers arguing deficits must end. Opponents warn stamps must rise sharply. pay boosts began April 18 and will cost hundreds of millions in the coming year.
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Nixon
Winton M. Blount
House
Heath Upsets Wilson With Campaign Makeover in British Vote
Harold Wilson raised wages and ran a cautious campaign easing into a Labour win, yet voters feared inflation taxes and unemployment. Edward Heath transformed his approach, connecting with voters and adopting a more personable image, leading to a Conservative upset as Labour’s complacency faded.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Edward Heath
Wilson
Labor
Heath
State officials urge free bus transport for urban students
Dr. Craig Phillips asks local superintendents to arrange free bus service for about 57 000 additional urban students living 12 miles or more from school this fall. High Point seeks 186 000 for 29 buses, while the state Board of Education considers funding policies and utility commission approval for bus rates.
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Raleigh
Craig Phillips
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Phillips
High Point
Dean B. Pruette
North Carolina Board of Education
State Utilities Commission
State Board of Education
County Boards of Education
City Boards of Education
Soyuz 9 Lands After 17 Day Space Mission
Soyuz 9 with cosmonauts Nikolayev and Sevastoyanov returned to Earth after exceeding 17 days in orbit. Tass reported safe landing 45 miles west of Agorn with the craft in a predestined area, beating the American Gemini 7 record set in 1965.
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Moscow
Tass
Agorn
Andrian Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastoyanov
Earth
Cambodian capital isolated as north Vietnamese attack Kompong Thom
A powerful North Vietnamese Viet Cong force attacked Kompong Thom, 80 miles north of Phnom Penh, advancing to within 200 yards of government positions. Cambodian air force engaged at dawn while the high command reported heavy enemy losses and sought U.S. helicopters and equipment.
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Phnom Penh
Mbodian High Command
Kompong Thom
Angkor
Cambodia
Lon Nol
United States
Heli
Phnom Penh On
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G. M
W. W
Elizabeth II
George Brown
Congress
Angkor Region
Kompong
Thailand
Phnom
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