Returned To House Insurance Bill Final Passage Target
North Carolina House expected to concur with Senate changes on a bill allowing rate increases without prior approval by the state commissioner. It would create an industry rating bureau to set statewide rates for auto, homeowners, and workers compensation. other lines set by companies.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Marcus Short
D-Guilford
House Insurance Committee
Short
Insurance Industry Rating Bureau
Ingram
North Carolina
General Assembly
Swain
Carl Totherow
D-Forsyth
Senate Insurance Panel
State Supreme Court
Cancer Institute Plans Laetrile Clinical Test
The National Cancer Institute will test Laetrile on terminal cancer patients after public pressure. Dr. Guy R. Newell says the trials aim to measure effectiveness while patients also receive standard treatment and dummy medication. Results are expected in about a year.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
Guy R. Newell
The
Cancer Institute
Newell
House
Food and Drug Administration
NCI
Saul Shepartz
Action Line Q&A Answers Readers Questions
Readers ask about old radio show recordings a free catalog from Radiola, name changes after divorce, roof vent turbines with dampers and thermostats, public beer in Harvell Park, and whether Angel on the Mickey Mouse Club is a boy. Angel Florez is a boy, born 1963, with early career notes.
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Jack Benny
E. A
Radiola
Box H
Croton-on- Hudson
New York
N.Y
Angel
Mickey Mouse Club
Angel Florez
Ken Jordan
TV 8
UFOs At 30 Years Spark Tacoma Conference
Kenneth Arnold, aged 62, will keynote a three day international UFO conference in the Northwest marking the 30th anniversary of his famous 1947 sighting. The New Age Foundation plans lectures a salmon bake and a Mt Rainier skywatch to accompany the event. Gallup polls show rising belief in UFOs with 51 percent of Americans endorsing the phenomenon.
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Tacoma
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Kenneth Arnold
Arnold
New Age Foundation
Northwest
Mt. Rainier
Gallup
The
Air Force
Meridian
Idaho
Ezekiel
British Museum
California
Mt. Lassen
Early UFO Sightings Spark 1947 Craze Over Mt Rainier
Arnold, a Boise businessman flying from Chehalis to Yakima on June 24, 1947, reported seeing circular pulsating objects over Mt Rainier moving oddly. He noted rapid, erratic flight and compared them to living objects with changing density.
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Arnold
Boise, Idaho
Chehalis
Yakima
Mt. Rainier
Armold
Scenic I-77 segment opens July in North Carolina
A 30.6 mile stretch of I-77 linking Elkin North Carolina to Fancy Gap Virginia opens July 1. Governor Mills Godwin and Governor James B Hunt lead the ceremony. The route bypasses US 52 in Carroll County and passes under the Blue Ridge Parkway at Fancy Gap.
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GALAX
Virginia
Mills Godwin
North Carolina
James B. Hunt
Blue Ridge Mountains
Elkin
N.C
Fancy Gap
Carroll County
Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia Dept. of Highways and Transportation
Pa 3
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbia
S.C
Ft. Chiswell
West Virginia
Poplar Hill
Highway Department
Fort Chiswell
State Line
Children Of Battery Plant Workers Get Lead Poison
Seven children of workers at ESB Inc. Wisco battery plant in Raleigh were treated at North Carolina Memorial Hospital for indirect lead poisoning. Of 55 children screened, 13 referred for further evaluation and seven had high blood lead levels. four required hospitalization. Ages ranged from 10 months to 6 1/2 years. The poisoning likely came from lead dust tracked home on clothing and food contamination. Plant safety measures include uniforms laundered daily, mandatory head covers, showers, and enhanced ventilation.
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Chapel Hill
Raleigh
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Jane Wooten
Wake County Health Department
ESB Inc
Wisco
Chapel Hill Hospital
Duke University Medical Center
Wake County Health Office
Wooten
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Love In Bloom
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G.W. A
Harvell Park
Mickey Mouse Club Angel
Chicago
Jimmy Carter
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Waldorf-Astoria
N.C. Memorial Hospital
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