Winter Road Damage Leaves $12 Million Unrepaired
North Carolina faces a harsh winter with $12 million in unrepaired potholes from last year's pounding. Floyd J. Bass of the Highway Division says damage cost taxpayers $31.6 million beyond normal maintenance, with $6.1 million drawn in April and $12 million added in July. Crews in North Wilkesboro, Sylva, and Asheville, plus outside contractors, are patching the damage ahead of winter.
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Raleigh
Floyd J. Bass
State Highway Division
Bass
North Carolina
North Wilkesboro
Sylva
Asheville
Readers urge action on dangerous Radford and College Drive corner
A reader reports drivers ignore the Radford College Drive intersection risking head on crashes and requests Action Line highlight the issue. A traffic engineer notes a No Left Turn sign may be missing and will check its presence.
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Radford
College Drive
Anow
Man. A
Carter says US and USSR near significant arms agreement at UN
President Carter told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States and the Soviet Union are within sight of a significant agreement to limit strategic weapons. He proposed reductions of nuclear arsenals by 10 to 50 percent if the Soviets match, and also addressed Middle East peace and Israel's security. He noted two upcoming meetings with Egyptian and Israeli foreign ministers and referenced ongoing SALT talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Carter
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
South Africa
Albania
Farouk Kaddoumi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
Israel
New York
Ismail Fahmy
Moshe Dayan
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Russians Can Attack Satellites
Defense Secretary Harold Brown said the Soviet Union now has an operational anti-satellite capability that could be used against some satellites. He called the development somewhat troubling and declined to specify which satellites would be vulnerable. Reconnaissance satellites and warning space vehicles are among those most at risk.
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Washington
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
Soviet Union
Russia
U.S
United States
Indira Gandhi Freed in Delhi Court
Indira Gandhi was released by Magistrate R Dayal after being brought to court on corruption charges. Police used tear gas and clubs on demonstrators outside, while supporters and opponents clashed chants inside. The government will continue evidence collection and pursue trial, though no date was set. Sanjay Gandhi accompanied his mother as she left for home.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
R. Dayal
Gandhi
Sanjay
Iowa man presses case at international conference
John Lamberts an Urbandale auto dealer who escaped Soviet Latvia in 1944 seeks to bring his niece Ilma Gierkena and her daughter Zinta from Riga to Iowa. He hopes the 35 nation conference on European security in Belgrade will spotlight their visa denial amid human rights concerns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Soviet Latvia
John Lamberts
United States
Belgrade
Via
Case
U.S
Helsinki
Finland
John Culver
Lamberts
Latvia
Ilma Gierkena
Zinta
Riga
Sweden
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