North Carolina Medical Society pushes easing abortion law
At its Pinehurst annual meeting the House of Delegates voted to simplify the abortion law to require only written consent of the expectant mother, with conditions limited to before 20 weeks and in a licensed hospital by a licensed physician. The piece notes broader ethical questions about viability, rights, and the societal role in abortion debates.
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North Carolina Medical Society
General Assembly
North Carolina
Medical Society
Pinehurst
House of Delegates
Women’s Liberation Movement
Women reshape North Carolina politics in 1972 primary
The article notes rising female candidates and votes in the May primaries. It highlights how women won nine May ballot races, secured county offices, and influenced state races, signaling an active new voice in government despite not forming a bloc vote. It also discusses black and younger voters as influential, but women stand out.
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Guilford County
Margaret Harper
Roy G. Sowers
Im Hunt
County Board of Education
Katharine Kirkman
Patricia Byrne
James Miller
Dorothy Brame
Mark Stewart
Register of Deeds
Transpo 72 Promises Spectacular Yet Haywire Traffic Chief
Transportation showcase Transpo 72 at the 360 acre Dulles site attracts 1.4 million visitors amid nine lane highway expansion and 50 000 parking spaces with 500 state troopers. Notable exhibits include Apollo XII module and turbo trains while Concorde and TU 144 miss the show with air performances by Thunderbirds Blue Angels and Red Arrows.
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Virginia
Dulles
Washington Redskins
Transpo
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Tommy Walker
Disneyland
Air Force
Thunderbirds
Navy
Blue Angels
Army
Golden Knights
Britain
Red Arrows
Venezuela
Los Jaguares
Confederate Air Force
Brezhnev Relays Anecdote To Nixon At Camp David
Brezhnev shared a favorite joke with Nixon during a Moscow meeting and private message delivered by Anatoly Dobrynin at Camp David. The tale: a traveler asks a grizzled farmer how long to the next village. the farmer shrugs and then calls out fifteen minutes as the traveler departs.
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Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Nixon
Anatoly Dobrynin
Camp David
Brezhnev
Dobrynin
Communist Party
Brezhnev Nixon summit doubts amid pressure and Mafia probe
The article describes Brezhnev risking a canceled Moscow summit after Moscow opposition and intelligence warned of the need for a successful meeting with Nixon. It also exposes Mafia run companies selling tainted groceries through major chains and Senate hearings planned to curb this crime syndicate influence.
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Brezhnev
Nixon
Senate Commerce
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
A and P
City moves to contract TOPICS projects by year end
Mayor Pro Tem Roy B Culler Jr leads a push with Highway Commissioner T Lynwood Smith to secure 453350 for seven TOPICS improvements in NC. Projects include Prospect Street widening, Ward Avenue left turn lanes, Park and Kearns radii, Green Drive one way, US 70A at Centennial, Montlieu Centennial lanes, and Ward Ward Avenue curve upgrades.
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Roy B. Culler Jr
T. Lynwood Smith
Prospect Street
Ward Avenue
Ward
Russell Avenue
Russell
Green Drive
Oak Street
Park Street
Green
Wrenn
Hamilton
Mangum
East Green
West Green Drive
Elm Street
Centennial Street
Lexington Avenue
Culler
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the of Transportation
William J. Bird
Cosa Nostra Cleaner
Suds
Kremlin
Hanoi
Peking
Haiphong Harbor
Crime Syndicate
Magnuson
National Guard
113Th Tactical
By Jack Anderson
Holt McPherson Enterprise
South Main and
Fairfield Road
Sherman Road
Albertson Road
Prospect
Kearns Avenue
Centennial
Montlieu Avenue
Montlieu
Wrightenberry Street
Johnson and
Louise
North
Johnson
City Hall
Soviet Union
Zennon Hansen
Mack Trucks
Russia
Hansen
Tom Haggai Associates Foundation
Tom Haggai
Emerywood Country Club
James H. Millis
Robert J. Brown
High Point
White House
Bob Brown
Edward M. Knox Jr
Veterans’ Organizations
Veterans Memorial
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Richardson Preyer
Floral Garden
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