Action Line Q and A on taxes and local queries
A reader asks why clerks overcharge sales tax in High Point and cites NC tax brackets. The column confirms rates: 1 cent per dollar up to 35, 2 cents to 70, 3 cents to 1.16, and 4 cents from 1.17 to 1.49, urging accurate collection. The page also covers inquiries about Tweetsie on weekends, police investigations on private property, unsolicited charge cards, subscribing to the High Point Enterprise for a relative, Florida divorce timelines, and when a dog's tongue can aid healing, with brief answers and guidance.
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High Point
North Carolina
T. A
Caesar
Postman announces overseas parcel mailing windows
A postal notice informs servicemen and civilians overseas of mailing periods for Christmas parcels. It lists four service lines with date ranges from October 18 to December 7, covering APO/FPO shipments, SAM airlift, POW mail, and standard air mail, thanking listeners.
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APO
FPO
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
Postman
Nixon Blocks Railroad Strike To Save Nation
President Nixon signed an emergency board order to study the rail dispute for 60 days, with 30 days for board recommendations and 280 days for bargaining. The move averts a nationwide shutdown by six railroads amid a four-union strike threat and union leaders urged compliance with the law.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
National Railway Labor Conference
Ronald L. Ziegler
Eerenet
William W. Winpisinger
Winpisinger
Atlantic City
Afl-Cio
George P. Shultz
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Illinois Central
Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio-Baltimore & Ohio
Erie-Lackawanna
Shultz
Senate Hearings Detail Army Probe Into Graft and Turner's Blocks
Senate investigators heard that Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner allegedly whitewashed a wide graft inquiry into William Wooldridge and others at Army clubs. CID witness Reis Kash said Turner halted the case after consulting Gen. Harold K. Johnson, while Col. James C. Shoultz said as many as 30 agents are now probing Wooldridge and allies.
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Turner
Harold K. Johnson
Army Chief of Staff
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Jack Pruett
Kash
CID
Ft. Benning
Wooldridge
Europe
South Vietnam
U.S
William 4. Cunningham TE
24Th Infantry
Augsburg
Germany
James C. Shoultz
Gener
Paper Gold launched by IMF SDRs plan outlined
Washington AP reports the International Monetary Fund launches its paper gold. SDRs are international money backed by nations' cooperation and accepted for world trade on trust. Initial three year distribution totaling 9.5 billion begins with 3.4 billion in 1970. Major nations favored. debate over aiding developing countries noted.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Fund
World Bank
South Africa
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
United States
Paris
Emilio Colombo
Italy
Germans edge toward SPD FDP coalition despite CDU opposition
Deputies from the Social Democratic and Free Democratic parties vote on a new coalition in Bonn as CDU leaders fight to stop the union. Brandt and Scheel announce policy agreement and a possible Oct 20 21 chancellor vote with Brandt as chancellor and Scheel as foreign minister.
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Bonn
Germany
Social Democratic
Free Democratic
Christian Democrats
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Welter Scheel
Free Democratic Party
FDP
Social Democratic Party
SPD
Kiesinger
Brandt
Scheel
Bundestag
Spd-Fdp
S. Christian Democrats
The
Free Democrats
Prediction of 40000-Troop Pullout Before Christmas
Senator George Aiken says President Nixon will order a new withdrawal of 40000 troops from Vietnam before Christmas and that most ground troops will be out by year end 1970. He estimates total 100000 troops this year, with actual departure around February 1970. Mansfield and McCarthy critique war policy amid ongoing debates.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Senate
Nixon
Vietnam
Vermont
Aiken
Clark M. Clifford
Mike Mansfield
Montana Democrat
United States
Mansfield
Eugene J. McCarthy
Haynsworth Denies Asking Withdrawal
Washington AP report says Judge Clement F. Haynsworth denied seeking to withdraw his Supreme Court nomination. He called the idea "dreamed up" by others while White House officials and several senators disputed the withdrawal reports amid ongoing confirmation speculation.
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Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Nixon
White House
Associated Press
White
House
U.S
School Board Seeks Extension for Desegregation Plan
CHARLOTTE AP The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board asked U S District Court for an extension until February 1970 to file a desegregation plan for the next school year. The board needs time to finish a computerized system for redrawing attendance zone lines after District Judge James B McMillan ordered a plan due by Nov 17.
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Charlotte
Charlotte - Mecklenburg
U. S. District Court
James B. McMillan
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Tweetsie
D. A. Tweetsie
Kmart
Traffic Division
J. EV. A
High Point Enterprise
B. A. Golly
Florida
California
P. A
Nevada
D. A
Fayetteville
Viree
Army
Carl C. Turner
William ©. Wooldridge
Reis R. Kash
Criminal Investigation Division
Col. Shoultz
Wouldridge
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Ap Na Cai
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