Mixed drink bill in NC faces House vote next Tuesday
Raleigh AP says liquor by the drink leaders dispute a five vote defeat forecast. Rep Claude DeBruhl says support remains firm as opponents plan to vote yes then oppose locally. Debate centers on restaurant size, noon start, brown bag limits, and voter fairness.
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Noel Yancey
Associated Press
Raleigh
Claude DeBruhl
D-Buncombe
DeBruhl
Perry Martin
Northampton
Martin
Dan Lilley
Denoir
Lilley
Iowa
Virginia
Antiwar Show Wins Court Order in Fayetteville
The US Servicemen’s Fund won a federal court order allowing an antiwar show at Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium in Fayetteville. Jane Fonda Dick Gregory and Elliot Gould will perform Sunday at 3 and 8 p.m. after a 4th Circuit ruling overturning a lower court’s denial.
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Fayetteville
N.C
United States Servicemen’s Fund
Jane Fonda
Dick Gregory
Elliot Gould
Asheville
J. Braxton Craven
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium
Craven
Haymarket Coffee House
Ft. Bragg
Adamant Poker Face Cannot Bluff Conscience Into Silence
A reflective line notes that even a perfect poker face cannot silence the conscience. It contrasts quiet exterior with inner moral struggle, suggesting that integrity outlasts deceitful composure.
Golden Gate Bridge second deck plan moved toward reality
Golden Gate Bridge directors approve a two deck plan to add a bus corridor beneath the existing roadway as part of a $204 million transit expansion. The project aims to relieve traffic between San Francisco and Marin County, with completion eyed in five years pending state approval and local funding.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
California
Marin County
Golden Gate Bridge
North Coast
Robert Shields
Americans Leave For SALT Talks
Americans depart for Vienna as four Soviet U S negotiators join the talks. Gerard Smith delivers final instructions while the IAEA and Nixon push for weapons limits. Both sides show reluctance to concede without linked curbs on offensive weapons and missiles.
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Washington
Vienna
U.S
Gerard Smith
Nixon
West Europe
Soldiers contribute $3 to fund airport Improvements
The AP reports troops returning from Vietnam pay a $3 levy on round trip tickets under the 1970 Airport and Airways Revenue Act. Pentagon says all air travelers share the cost to improve airports and radar, with about 1,500 troops per two week leave using Pan American World Airways and Trans International.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Pentagon
States
Tom Vail
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Vail
Pan American
World Airways
Trans International
Saigon
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
New York
Pan American Airways
North Carolina Restores Local Sales Taxes in 25 Counties
Senate enacts a law allowing 25 counties to reimpose local one cent sales taxes with optional voter approval. The measure requires 10 day notice and a public hearing before levying. Also approved are a 70 mph speed limit on certain highways, dump truck load rules with tarps, and a $27.5 million capital improvements package for the community college system.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Senate
House
State Highway Commission
Community College
William Mills
D-Onslow
Robert Falls
Whitney Young Jr Dies in Nigeria Surf Tragedy
Whit ney M. Young Jr., 49, executive director of the National Urban League, died while swimming near Lagos. A U S Air Force transport will fly his body back to the United States. Harold R. Sims was named acting executive director of the Urban League.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Whitney M. Young Jr
United States
Young
National Urban League
White House
U.S. Air Force
Daniel James Jr
Air Force
Lighthouse Beach
Torqua Bay
Clark
The
Urban League
Harold R. Sims
Electric utilities plan huge investments to expand capacity
The company projects a $2 billion outlay to double capacity by 1977, plus multidecade plant upgrades to cut smoke. Total spending exceeds $1 million daily for new facilities, funded largely by borrowing at higher interest rates, a factor behind expected rate increases.
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Duke Power
Battle Over Duke Yearbook Sparks Resignation
In Durham AP report, Duke University comptroller Peyton Fuller resigns in protest after the Chanticleer yearbook board approves a blunt image seen as obscene. The printer in Charlotte refused to print the photo without board approval, which prompted Fuller’s walkout.
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Durham
Duke University
The
Chanticleer
University
Peyton Fuller
Charlotte
Fuller
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