Interference issues and local Q code queries in North Carolina
Readers raise FCC interference concerns from ham radio broadcasts drowning TV audio in Thomasville and Greensboro. Advice from the Greensboro Television Interference Committee covers checking set faults, using filters, and contacting inspectors, with guidance on obtaining a free filter and proper troubleshooting steps.
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William Harris
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Banks Up Prime Rate Of Interest
NEW YORK AP Several major banks raised their prime rate to 7.42 percent from 7 percent amid a continuing series of increases. Initiated by Morgan Guaranty Trust and followed by Continental Illinois, First Pennsylvania, State Street, and First National Bank of Chicago. The move follows a pattern of tightening money policy by the Federal Reserve to curb inflation.
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Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
State Street Bank & Trust Co
Boston
First National Bank of Chicago
Venezuelan DC9 crash kills 155 on ground and air
Maracaibo Venezuela recovers the flight data as search teams count 155 dead in aviation s worst disaster. A VA VA DC9 with 84 aboard crashed into La Trinidad Ziruma districts after takeoff from Grano de Oro airport. At least 71 on the ground perished with 47 U.S. citizens among the dead. The plane climbed to about 150 feet before losing altitude and exploding near homes. Authorities say no distress signal was radioed. The black box is recovered as investigators review the final moments.
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Cairo
Venezuela
Miami
U.S
Maracaibo
la Trinidad
Ziruma
Paratroopers Lead Historic Jump Into South Korea
1 320 paratroopers jumped into South Korea led by Maj Gen John R Deane and Medal of Honor sergeant J C Morris from Ft Bragg in a trans pacific assault exercise Focus Retina. The operation flew from Okinawa to North Han River area near Seoul with 720 entering first, despite a snowstorm delay. North Korea demanded cancelation but the UN Command pressed on, asserting the need to deter aggression as clashes rose.
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South Korea
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Ft. Bragg
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North Han River
Seoul
Okinawa
North Carolina
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Charles D. Morris
Vietnam
Is Spring Far Away? North Carolina warms, then frost returns
The Associated Press reports blue skies and warm temperatures in North Carolina with highs near 60 in Greensboro and mid-50s elsewhere. Overnight, temperatures plunged to the high 20s in Charlotte and Greensboro and 25 in Asheville and Raleigh, before a warmer night anticipated by the weather bureau.
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Raleigh
Britain weighs landings in Anguilla crisis
Britain reportedly prepares contingency plans for possible military landings in Anguilla as the Cabinet’s defense and overseas policy committee explores options to end the island’s proclaimed independence. Officials declined comment while informants cited renewed crisis amid gunpoint expulsion of a British official.
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Caribbean
Anguilla
Foreign Office
Defense Ministry
Harold Wilson
Defense and Overseas Policy Committee
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
Willian Whitlick
Robert Webster
Jan Smith
Rhodesia
Fifteen Crashes Kill More Than One Hundred
AP report notes the Maracaibo VIASA airliner crash killed about 150 in a residential area, the worst aviation disaster on record. The list then cites fifteen other crashes totaling over 100 deaths, including incidents in New York, Tokyo Bay, Orly Paris, South Vietnam, near Tokyo, Grand Canyon, Nicosia, Mt Fuji, near Cairo, Quebec, Mt Blanc, Guadeloupe, Douala, Western Pacific, and Juneau.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
VIASA
Real Estate Tax Benefits Supported by Keyserling Testimony
Former Truman adviser Leon Keyserling told the House Ways and Means Committee that real estate tax benefits should be kept to speed home building. He argued benefits are overbalanced by rising interest rates and cited a need for 11.2 percent annual growth to close the gap amid a 5.2 percent economy.
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Leon H. Keyserling
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Ways and Means Committee
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Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
Realty Committee On Taxation
Quiet Amid Damansky Island Clash Fallout
Moscow reports no casualties yet from the Friday to Saturday clash on Damansky Island as Pravda cites local elections with near total turnout. Major Vasily Lobanov says China attacked with up to 2,500 troops under heavy artillery while Peking claims heavy Soviet losses.
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Pacific Ocean Frontier District
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Lobanov
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Peking
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