Plains Real Estate Booms as Foreign Buyers Move In
A Toronto couple bought a 125 by 420 foot lot for 22500 across from President-elect Carter's Plains home. A second Toronto family paid 58500 for the Carter birthhouse site. Realtors note rising values and private deals as Plains shifts from quiet town to a real estate rush with five houses on the market and a 1000 acre peanut farm.
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Plains, Ga
Toronto
Canada
James Dalton
Plains
North Georgia Mountains
W.o.cochran
Cochran
Palmetto
Dalton
Americans Buy Homes Rapidly Despite Prices
Americans push home ownership to a bright spot in a slowing economy. Sales of existing and new homes may top three million this year, supported by lower mortgage rates and rising home values. The median price for a new home reached 45 200 in September, while existing homes average 38 700.
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Washington
Kenneth J. Kahin
The
National Assn. of Realtors
National Assn.of Realtors
Census Bureau
Realtors Assn
HUD Contacts and Midwifery Training in North Carolina
Public inquiry column provides HUD area director contact in Greensboro North Carolina and outlines no formal midwife training in NC, noting existing granny midwives by apprenticeship and professional nurse midwives with programs via American College of Nurse-Midwives. Consumer protection guidance cites federal and state avenues including CPSC FDA BBB and Attorney General office.
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HUD
Director of Housing and Urban Development
A.B.B. A
R.B. Barnwell
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
N. Edgeworth
Greensboro
N.C
Department
M.M. A
Division of Health Services
Raleigh
Ann Huizenga
North Carolina
Bay
Huizenga
American College of Nurse-Midwives
P.O. Box
C.B. A
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Toy Manufacturers Association
Better Business Bureau
Consumer Protection Division
Office of the Attorney General
Dept. of Justice
P.O
N. C
Office of Consumer Affairs
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Consumer Information Center
Pueblo
Colorado
Postal officials fear Christmas delays from UPS strike
With a 15 state walkout against United Parcel Service the U S Postal Service fends off a surge in parcels. Officials urge early mailing by December 3 for gifts and December 10 for cards to blunt peak periods.
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United Parcel Service
Springfield
Mass
UPS
U.S. Postal Service
Arthur B. Morin
New England
Oscar B. Sloan
Charlotte
N.C
James Donovan
Albany
Teamsters Union
Maine
South Carolina
East
Postal Service
Washington
Associated Press
Low-Tar Cigarettes Emit More Dangerous Gases
Reader's Digest study shows some low-tar and nicotine filter brands like Merit King and Fact King produce higher levels of hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen oxides than certain high-tar and nonfilter brands. Carlton Filter 70 and New Filter King have the least gas emissions. Kool Filter 100s and S&M Filter King the most.
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New York
Foster D. Snell, Inc
Merit King
Fact King
Camel
Carlton Filter
New Filter King
Kool Filter
S&m
Supreme Court to Hear Nixon Tape Case on Records Control
The Supreme Court agreed to review a Washington federal ruling upholding the Presidential Materials Act giving the GSA control over about 42 million pages of Nixon administration documents and 888 five inch tape reels Nixon argues GSA access violates privacy The act requires GSA to draft public access regulations and submit to Congress for approval citing prior Senate rejection and withdrawals.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Richard M. Nixon
White House
General Services Administration
Nixon
Executive Branch
GSA
Congress
Senate
Rosalind Russell Dies at 63 in Beverly Hills
Hollywood mourns Rosalind Russell who died Sunday at 63 from cancer with arthritis. Cary Grant Lucille Ball and George Cukor laud her courage and humanity. Her husband producer Frederick Brisson was at her side as she succumbed after a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Rosalind Russell
Cary Grant
Miss Russell
Lucille Ball
Roz
Rosalind
George Cukor
Martin J. Cline
Cline
Beverly Hills
Frederick Brisson
Rosalind Russel
Stewart Named as Speaker Nominee for 1977 House
State Rep. Carl Stewart of Gastonia is expected to be nominated speaker by the Democratic caucus in Raleigh. Stewart, 40, a Duke graduate and former chairman of the Appropriations committee, seeks a second term as speaker to align House leadership with other branches. Rep. William T. Watkins has conceded but may contend in 1979.
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Raleigh
Carl Stewart
Gaston
House of Representatives
Stewart
Gastonia
William T. Watkins
D-Granville
Watkins
House
Senate
Executive Branch
General Assembly
House Appropriations Committee
Duke University
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Macon
Americas Insurance
Ted Brown
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