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The entry notes a 1968 living coelacanth near South Africa and outlines fish classification from Chordata to Osteichthyes. It highlights the age of fishes, varied habitats, and evolutionary history, then describes Mercury’s solar proximity and temperatures in response to a student question.
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Andy
Cathy Canava
Staten Island
New York
Afdy
Amanda Morgan
Chesapeake
West Virginia
High Point adopts preliminary assessment roll for Southridge Rd improvements
City Council approves total project cost for water and sewer work on Southridge Road from Pruette Place to Ragsdale Road. It adopts the preliminary assessment roll, fixes inspection and hearing dates, and publishes notice. The plan map lists frontage and owners where determinable, with calculated front foot charges and line length.
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High Point
Southridge Road
Brookview Circle
Brookview Circle Road Assessment Details
City council to resolve preliminary assessment roll for Brookview Circle from Northridge to Northridge. Job WS 7023 shows water calc cost per front foot four dollars and three cents with total line length 2235 feet and credits noted.
Graham Discusses Wastes Disposal
North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham told a Raleigh hearing that animal agriculture must not be burdened by legislation that hinders growth or existence. He urged a permits system as prima facie evidence, warned against overlegislation, and stressed cost sharing and competitive positioning with other states.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Graham
Graham
Legislative Research Commission
Where is the Gulf Stream Located
The Gulf Stream forms in the North Atlantic near the equator driven by trade winds from Africa toward Central America. It moves north along North America to Labrador where cold Arctic waters bend it, then turns eastward across the North Atlantic before looping south toward the equator and restarting the cycle.
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North Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream
Equator
Africa
Central America
North America
Labrador
Arctic
Gulf
North Atlantic
Europe
Ocean
Thieves Grab Bag From Cincinnati Worker
Albert Lewis was walking to Gibson Greeting Cards Co. when two men in a late model car pulled onto a driveway. One robber demanded the bag, brandishing a gun. Lewis surrendered the bag containing work clothes and a ham sandwich and the thieves fled.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Albert Lewis
Gibson Greeting Cards Co
Lewis
California Nude Beach Trend Draws Weekend Crowds
California sunbathers increasingly take to nude crowds on public beaches like Pirate's Cove near Malibu. About 1000 nude bathers gathered there one weekend with men outnumbering women two to one. Officials note little enforcement as state law pre-empts local actions and few complaints have been filed.
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Los Angeles
California
Pirate’s Cove
Malibu
Robert G. Johnston
American Sunbathing Association
Los Angeles County
Paraplegic pilot earns instrument rating in Florida
John Coughlin, paralyzed in a Korean War jeep accident, has learned to fly an instrument rated private pilot's license. He maneuvers his wheelchair to the air coupe, hoists into the cockpit, and plans to reopen a charter boat business with aerial fish spotting near Marathon Florida. He views instrument flying as the key to professional status.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
John Coughlin
Ughlin
Coughlin
Pat
Florida Keys
Marathon
Scandals Hit Home Loan Companies
The Veterans Administration continues to guarantee GI home loans for Eastern Service Corp of Hempstead New York despite its indictment for multimillion dollar New York City housing fraud. VA investigates the firm while FHA debarment does not automatically bar VA loans. Echols notes differences and ongoing review of Eastern's past submissions.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
New York
Federal Housing Administration
Eastern Service Corp
Hempstead
N.Y
Edward A. Echols
VA Loan Guarantee Service
Eastern
New York City
FHA
Echols
Ae VA
Invitation to Bid for Guilford Technical Institute Air Conditioning
Sealed bids for furnishing and installing an air conditioning system at Guilford Technical Institute Jamestown NC are due by 3 00 P M May 18 1972. Plans and specs at B Jeglinski Greensboro with 25 deposit refundable if plans returned in 5 days. Bid security 100 percent bond and 90 percent progress payments. any bids may be rejected. Also sale notice for one used sight seeing boat in High Point NC bids due May 25 1972 with 10 percent deposit and 30 day bid retention.
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Guilford Technical Institute
Luther R. Medlin
Jamestown
North Carolina
B. Jeglinski
Greensboro
N. C
AGC
Dodge
Salem
High Point
Aberdeen Road
Don W. Padgett
City Hall
East Commerce Street
Carolina
City of
Department of Traffic Engineering
Department of Inspections
Lee Wilson
Division of Collections
William S. Bencini
City Lake PA
One Deposit Insurance Corporation
Davidson Names Rusk As Trustee at Davidson College
Dean Rusk former secretary of state has been elected as an at large trustee of Davidson College. The Presbyterian related ranks and Rusk’s current teaching at the University of Georgia are noted in the report.
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Davidson
Rusk
N.C
Dean Rusk
Davidson College
University of Georgia
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Abyss
Mercury
Goodness
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Ragsdale Road
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Joe W. Johnston
Charles L. Harris
L. L. Rogers
John K. Kendrick
L. Moore
Marie H. Creech
W. C. Campbell
Cheves & Warden Coast. Co
Carl J. Zirkel
Fidey J. Brown
John E. Tilley
Theodore Reid
Theodore Reid " Forrest R. Jones
Forrest R. Jones
John R. Doss
Samuel H. Strickland
Williard Moore
Jerry L. Orge
C. N. Cromer
Wm. D. Marlowe
Alan F. Johnson
L. M. Hodgin
Frank W. Holt
Southridge
Charles S. Harris
L.L. Rogers
Robt
Cheves & Warden Const. Co
A . Jones J ‘ S . Samuel H. Strickland Ry L. Dr. Tak
Catherine W. Harrington
Northridge
Edward Street
City OF High
Aely
Bobby G. Sams Sanford S. Hamer
B. Graves
Kerr B. Graves
Kerr E.B. Stafford
Samuel H. Stric
Chas. B. Turner
Bobby R. Glover
Ronald P. Russ
Wm. C. Patters
Lonnie J. Borla
Billy R. Staley
Wayne B. Cox
Boyde van Cole
Alice C. Brown
Henry L. Goins
B. Graves Kerr
H. P. College, Inc
Ervin L. Jones
Charles B. Bear
Brookine
Bobby G. Sams Sanford S. Ham
Ee B. Graves
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E. B. Stafford Eee
Samuel H. St
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Torat
G. C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
R. Jeglinski
A. R. McMullan
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