Mt Palomar Observatory facts and traffic easing note
The Mt Palomar Observatory is 40 miles northeast of San Diego and run by Caltech and the Carnegie Institution. The Hale telescope uses a Rockefeller Foundation gift and photographs distant galaxies while the Schmidt telescope maps the sky. traffic on Hayden Place is being policed with double parking moved and overtime tickets issued.
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Mt. Palomar
P.J. A
San Diego
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Calif
Carnegie Institution of Washington
D.C
Hale
Rockefeller Foundation
Uniform retirement plans for Roche and Maravich unclear
The discussion asks if John Roche of South Carolina and Pete Maravich of LSU will have their uniforms retired. Roche has another year to play and no indication of retirement. Maravich's status is also undecided, with no official word yet.
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John Roche
South Carolina
Pete Maravich
Louisiana State University
Y. A. Roche
Maravich
Constructive civic input avenues and cedar lore
Reader asks how to suggest town improvements and whether Cedar of Lebanon trees exist in High Point. Answer notes contact mayor or councilmen or a department head for area specific issues. It adds that true cedars grow in Asia Minor and are conserved in parks. North American cedars are not true cedars.
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L.W. A
Thomas H. Everett
Lebanon
High Point
Lebanon Mountains
Middle East
Solomon’s Temple
North America
Difference Between a College and a University Explained
A university should cover nearly all fields of learning and offer a wide range of graduate programs plus undergraduate schools. Some have graduate professional schools. The word college has two meanings: a part of a university or a separate institution specializing in a branch or field of study.
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R.S. A
Liberal
Mail Piles Up In North Carolina Post Offices
New York bound mail is being held in North Carolina post offices after a total freeze on New York mail amid a carrier strike. Substations in Greensboro Charlotte Raleigh and Winston Salem report bags stored and delays as the embargo keeps letters and packages offloaded until the ban ends.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
New York
U. S. Post Office Department
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
Winston- Salem
Securities Industry May Close Mail Strike Spreads Into Midwest States
A wild cat strike by postal carriers spread from New York City to the Midwest including St. Paul Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia Milwaukee. Tens of millions face delayed mail as planes trucks and telegraphs bear the bulk of deliveries. Union leaders press Congress for a pay raise while officials defer action.
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New York
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Washington
National Association of Letter Carriers
Gus Johnson
Manhattan-Bronx
Congress
George P. Shultz
East Lansing
Mich
Akron
Ohio
St. Paul, Inc
Seaboard
Newark
N.J
Hartford
New York City
New Jersey
Connecticut
U.S. Post Office Department
Army
National Guard
Post Office Department
Strikers Urged to Return to Work in Postal Walkout
Postmaster General Winton Blount urged leaders of the two largest postal unions to halt the walkout and have workers return to move the mail. He warned that continuing strikes would hurt the national economy and said talks would proceed only after employees resume duties. The White House supports unions condemning the walkout and sees no plan to deploy military or National Guard to handle mail in the New York New Jersey region.
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Washington
Winton M. Blount
Blount
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Francis S. Filbey
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Rademacher
Congress
House Post Office Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
New York-New Jersey
Cambodia warns force if Sihanouk returns to power
The Cambodian government declared a state of danger and suspended constitutional rights for six months and warned it may use force if Prince Norodom Sihanouk attempts to regain power. Deputy Premier Sirik Matak leads a rightward shift as Lon Nol consolidates control and the National Assembly withdraws confidence.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Radio Phnom Penh
Sihanouk
Hanoi
Peking
Lon Nol
Sirik Matak
National Assembly
Matak
Peking Papers
Chou En-lai
Thai Battalions Flown In To Aid Laos Long Cheng
Two Thai battalions were flown into Long Cheng to reinforce Laotian forces facing a North Vietnamese advance within a mile of the base. Air America transports carried troops as Col Pradith Thiengtham met in Vientiane with Pathet Lao emissaries amid peace talks.
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Vientiane
Laos
Long Cheng
Thailand
Air America
Vang Pao
Col
Pradith Thiengtham
Pathet Lao
Vientaine
Hanoi
Souvanna Phouma
Pradith
Souphanouvong
U. S
CIA
Sam Thong-Long Cheng
February Living Costs Soar as Food and Mortgage Lead Rise
The Labor Department reports a 0.5 percent CPI increase in February bringing the index to 132.5. Food prices rose 0.6 percent and housing costs climbed 0.8 percent while medical care services surged 0.8 percent marking the strongest monthly gain in nearly a year. Transportation remained unchanged.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Crisis Could Spur Search For Peace In Southeast Asia
The AP dispatch notes two wars in Indo China may grow with a Cambodian coup. Hanoi fears a third war as Sihanouk is overthrown and accuses the United States of plotting new conflict. Hanoi bears losses from the Ho Chi Minh trail and Laos fighting. Souvanna Phouma demands a deal only if North Vietnamese forces first withdraw.
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William L. Ryan
Indochina
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Southeast Asia
North Viet
Nam
Laos
Vietnam
Hanoi
Guing
Paris
United States
Souvanna Phouma
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Souvanna
Draft Evader Jolley Ordered Out Of Country
Thomas Glenn Jolley a Georgia-born Atlanta resident who fled to Canada to avoid the draft and renounced U.S. citizenship was ordered to leave the United States within 90 days. The Board of Immigration Appeals ruling could influence future Supreme Court cases and appeals proceed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. Jolley, born in North Carolina, moved to Atlanta, left for Canada in 1967 after his CO request was denied.
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Washington
Thomas Glenn Jolley
Canada
U.S
Atlanta
Board of Immigration Appeals
Supreme Court
Jolley
U.S. Court of Appeals
North Carolina
Toronto
United
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