Naming a Junior and Bottle Returns in Community Help
Readers seek guidance on whether a newborn boy can be a third or junior and how to handle a name. Amy Vanderbilt advises naming a distinct name, while local tips discuss whether a son can be a junior and offers rules about roman numerals and skip generations. A separate query explains Coca Cola returnable bottles and local recycling stations with schedules and contact points.
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A. Amy Vanderbilt
Tom
Amy
Coca Cola Company
Washington
T.M
High Point College
Bob Conner
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Ralph Greason
Carpet repair trick to hide bleach stain circle swap
A reader suggests concealing a chlorine stain by cutting a circle around the affected area and replacing it with an identical circle of intact carpet. The nap is rubbed to blend the patch, making the seam hard to detect.
Supreme Court upholds juror discretion in death penalty
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that leaving juries to decide life or death in capital cases does not violate the Constitution. It also states the penalty phase need not be separated from the trial and outlines actions on abortion laws and grand jury rights. The decision affirms first degree murder convictions of Dennis C. McGautha and James E. Crampton, with 644 men and seven women on death row across 33 states.
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John M. Harlan
Harlan
Texas
Georgia
Dennis C. McGautha
Los Angeles
James E. Crampton
Toledo
Ohio
McGautha
Crampton
United States
Massive troop Show Keeps Cars Moving
Antiwar demonstrators clashed with police as more than 5,000 protesters sought to paralyze the government. Marines and federal troops moved into Washington to reopen bridges and ease traffic while clashes and tear gas filled the city.
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Washington
Georgetown
Washington Monument
Jerry Wilson
Potomac River
Kennedy Stadium
Virginia
Rogers Not Factor In Sabry Firing
Observers in Cairo attributed the dismissal of Vice President Aly Sabry to his opposition to the Egypt Libya Syria federation. Sabry was anti American. Rogers visit was not believed to influence the firing. Sabry led the anti federation opposition and had strong Soviet ties, with Hussein el Shafri now the No. 2 in government.
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Cairo
Aly Sabry
Libya
Syria
Sabry
William P. Rogers
Anwar Sadat
Rogers
Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kremlin
Nasser
Hussein el Shafri
North Carolina income more than doubles since 1960
Greensboro AP report shows NC per capita income rose 104 percent from 1960 to 1970, one of three states to more than double. Despite gains NC ranks 39th nationally with an average income of 3188 dollars and trails the U.S. average by 722 dollars. Total personal income ranks 16th nationwide.
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Greensboro
U.S Department of Commerce
Office of Business Economics
Tar Heel
South Carolina
Mississippi
North Carolina
Nine Youths Die After Sunday Train Collision Near Covington
Ten youths aged 12 to 16 piled into Danny Henderson's new car for a Sunday ride near Covington Georgia. Nine died when a Georgia Railroad freight train struck the auto at a crossing traveling about 45 miles an hour. Sharon Belcher, 16, survived in critical condition. The victims lived within blocks of each other. Henderson, 16, was the driver.
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Covington, Ga
Danny Henderson
Jimmy Norwood
Almethin
Peggy Ann Fuller
Susie Ann
Sharon Belcher
Atlanta
Georgia
Newton County
Henry Odum
Ian Cowan
Henderson
Vickie Gilstrap
Dira Williams
Peggy
Ann Fuller
Harold Tuggle
Sheilia Height
Covington
Bayh Opens Hearings on Juvenile Detention Brutality
Senate subcommittee chair Birch Bayh probes conditions in juvenile correctional facilities amid reports of beatings sexual attacks and lack of rehabilitation. Witnesses from El Paso accuse county detention of abuse, no education, unsanitary conditions, and illegal detention without hearings.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
Indiana Democrat
Senate
el Paso
Tex
Steven Bercu
el Paso Legal Assistance Society
Texas
Bercu
Bill Payne
el Paso Times
State of
Payne
IRS Manpower Cut Costly to Treasury Revenue
IRS Commissioner Randolph W. Thrower told a House subcommittee that manpower and spending economies save only 250 million while reducing enforcement costs Treasury 1.5 billion in revenue between 1969 and 1971. He said audits are down 12 percent since 1968 and delinquent accounts rise to 788,000 with 1.8 billion uncollected, urging a 108.6 million budget increase to restore tax administration.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Randolph W. Thrower
Thrower
House Appropriations
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Ball Corporation
Hendersonville Road
Asheville
N. C
Laurens Glass Company
Lee Boykin
Gene Redding
Laurens Company
Maryland Environmental Services
Maryland
Supreme Court
John N. Mitchell
Ing
Walter Washington
Lincoln Memorial
N.C
Bayh
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