Instruments Of Crime Radar Detectors in Virginia Provoke Debate
The Virginia law penalizes possession of radar detectors with up to $100 fine and ten days jail plus confiscation. Proponents argue it curbs speeding, a major cause of fatalities, while critics call it outrageous and warn of federal preemption issues. Congress is urged to amend the Communications Act or ban interstate sale of detectors.
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Virginia
Highway Patrol
National Drivers Association
Congress
Plan to form youth task force on school sex discrimination
The Cabarrus County Council on the Status of Women proposes a youth task force to document sex discrimination in schools and advise on discriminatory situations in textbooks athletics and other activities. The editorial warns this as unwelcome interference and urges restraint and parental oversight.
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Cabarrus County
Council
Council On the Status of Women
Cabarrus County Commissioners
Boards of Education
HUD study sees mixed signals for downtowns across America
A Department of Housing and Urban Development study finds center cities decay while suburbs grow, yet downtowns remain vital within cities and metros. It cites Charlotte and Winston-Salem as examples, urges public private cooperation, better housing, and jobs, and debunks the idea that low income or minority residents spark decline.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
America
Center City
Charlotte
HUD
Queen City
Winston-Salem
Center Cities
State vehicles speeding at limit on Interstate 85 prompt citizen action
A Burlington Times-News staffer vented frustration at state owned vehicles speeding while private drivers stay within the posted limit. He has begun logging license numbers including a House member and submitting them to the governor, arguing state workers must obey traffic laws as others do.
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Highway Patrol
House of Representatives
Somoza compared to Idi Amin in Latin tyrant portrait
The piece likens Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza to Idi Amin describing his autocratic rule, wealth, and vanity. It details his control of industries, foreign assets, and lavish birthday celebrations funded by officials and subordinates amid public hardship.
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Washington
Uganda
Idi Amin
Western Hemisphere
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
U.S
Somoza
Mimado
Pentagon
State Department
The
Treasury
Amin
Managua
Rio
el Cesar
Romance With The Car Began In 1893 at Duryea Workshop
In April 1893 the Duryea brothers unveiled America’s first successful automobile in Springfield Massachusetts after a tense test run. The one cylinder 4 hp vehicle covered 25 feet then 200 feet, guiding with a tiller and two forward gears one in reverse. The piece surveys early models and key names like Baker, Detroit Electric, Stanley Steamers, Armadillo, and White Steamers, tracing the rise of mass production led by Ford and the Model T while previewing a final installment.
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Duryea
Springfield
Mass
Charles
Frank Duryea
America
Assn
F.O
F.E. Stanley
Newton
J.J. Hamlin
Stanley
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Washington Post
Kannapolis
Winston-Salem Sentinel
Burlington Times-News
S. Somoza
Ruben Dario
National Guard
Las Mercedes
Panjandrum
Dinorah Sampson
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Soctat
Senate
Holt McPherson
Henry Ford
United States
Baker Vehicle Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit Electric
J.F. Hayden
A.E. Alexander
Stanley Brothers
Ormand Beach
Fla
Jacob German
Lexington Avenue
New York City
White
White Company
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