Democrats Plan Legislative Program Meeting
CHARLOTTE Nov 23 The GI Democrats organization in North Carolina plans a December meeting to draft a legislative program. Frank Parker of Asheville announced that over 50 representatives are expected to attend sessions with the executive committee and county chairmen. Plans include a state convention in the spring to name officials.
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Charlotte
GI Democrats
Pinehurst
Frank Parker
Asheville
Parker
Pittsburgh Streets Will Stay Lighted
Pittsburgh keeps Christmas lights burning as diesel power generators from the 27 day city power strike will run downtown department stores and offices if needed. Heating plants, installed by some buildings during the strike, will also be available to keep lights on despite dimout restrictions.
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Pittsburgh
Tailless Schipperke: A Dog Relative to Pomeranian
The Schipperke is the only naturally tailless dog, a small breed related to the Pomeranian.
Our Baby Album Celebrates Young Birthdays in 1975 78
The page features young children with family notes. Ronnie Boyers of 2820 English Street turned four in November 1978. Beverly Jean Wafford of Archdale marked her third birthday in November 1975. Dianne Cowart, daughter of Roy and Mrs. Cowart, from Thomasville, turned one in October. Rebecca Jane Hepler, daughter of Paul and Mrs. Hepler, turned one in November 1988.
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Ronnie Boyers
Virginia Boyers
English Street
Beverly Jean Wafford
B. W. Wafford
Archdale
Center
Dianne Cowart
Roy Cowart
Guilford Street
Thomasville
Rebecca Jane Hepler
Paul Hepler
East Commerce Street
Chinese Communists Recapture Two Rail Towns in Shantung
Chinese government sources report a successful Communist push in Shantung recapturing Pingtu and Changyi on the Tsingtao Tsinan railway while assaults on Lantsun were repelled. Pingtu is 54 miles north of Tsingtao and 10 000 troops were cited in the attack. A major battle was reported south of Harbin in Manchuria as Gen Tu Li Ming met with Chiang Kai shek’s staff in Nanking.
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Shantung Province
Pingtu
Changyi
Tsingtao-Tsinan
Lantsun
Chih Shih Jih Pao
Tsingtao
Hsin Min Pao
Manchuria
Harbin
Tu Li-Ming
Nanking
Blue Baby Saved From Death Returns Home For School
Nine year old Patricia Weider is set to return to school in Canton Ohio after a delicate heart operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Md. Doctors saved her from a rapidly approaching death by correcting a congenital heart condition that deprived her blood of oxygen. Her mother Mrs Kenneth Weider accompanied her home after the procedure, with Patricia pronounced cured.
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Patricia Weider
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Kenneth Weider
Patricia
Greeks to File Complaint Over Frontier Violations
Athens reports Greece will take the issue to the United Nations Security Council over alleged northern frontier breaches. Prime Minister Tsaldaris plans to present the case personally. Foreign office denies Yugoslav break relations and notes a moderate Yugoslav protest over Greek air incursions during the Skra battle.
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Constantderic
United Nations Security Council
Tsaldaris
Russia
Foreign Office
Bern
Yugoslavia
Greece
Belgrade
Ofice
Skra
Eleven Die in Raleigh Week of Highway Crashes
The state highway patrol reported 11 people killed and 61 injured in 130 highway accidents during the week of November 10 to 16. Through September, 739 deaths and 4,460 injuries occurred in 7,388 crashes nationwide in the patrol’s records.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
Poland President Says Catholics Enjoy Freedom
President Boleslaw Bierut told Rzeczpospolita that Catholics in Poland have full rights but these depend on whether the clergy accept the state of affairs. He argued church freedom is absolute yet relations suffer when priests turn pulpits into political warfare and accused the Vatican of befriending Germans.
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Poland
Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierut
Hhud
Bierut
Rzeczpospolita
Vatican
Rainfall Drives Erosion Costs Across U S Farmlands
Helpful raindrops fuel soil erosion causing an estimated annual damage of about 3.844 billion dollars across United States farms and lands.
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United States
Largest Chinese Imperial Cookbook Volumes Report
The Chinese imperial cookbook is described as the largest cookbook in the world with 96 volumes weighing a ton. An abridged edition of the same work comprises 18 volumes.
Belgian Women To Cast Votes In First Postwar Elections
Belgian women vote in town and village elections for the first time since liberation. The Catholic party hopes feminine support will help recoup after losing in February parliamentary elections where women could not vote. A leftwing coalition currently governs.
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Brussels
Women of
Belgium
Catholic Party
Leopold
Ewing to Serve as Committee Chairman
Oscar R. Ewing of New York will act as chairman of the Democratic national committee during Robert FE Hannegan's absence. Hannegan rests under doctor's orders and is due back January 15. reports say he may resign then. Ewing has served as assistant and vice chairman.
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Washington
Oscar R. Ewing
New York
Democratic National Committee
Robert FE. Hannegan
Hannegan
Ewing
Smallest Ruminant Dik-Dik Named Royal Antelope
The royal antelope known as the dik-dik is Africa’s smallest ruminant. It stands about 12 inches high and is a native of Africa.
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Africa
Synthetic perfume odor replaces natural violet oil
A historical note explains that natural violet oil required about 25 tons of violets per ounce, producing a strong floral scent. It then states that today the odor is generated synthetically, ending the era of vast violet harvesting for fragrance.
Telegraph Poles Made of Iron To Resist White Ants In India
In India engineers choose iron for telegraph poles to prevent damage by white ants. The decision highlights material durability and anti termite construction in early communications infrastructure.
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India
Teens confront stay at home date problem in advice column
A reader describes a shy boyfriend who never suggests outings and always stays home. The columnist advises light excuses to prompt him to take her out, and suggests she withhold hospitality to motivate him, noting he should contribute and plan entertainment occasionally.
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Mon
Elinor Williams
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