History of Badin and Tallassee Power Company Traced
Q and A describe Badin North Carolina as the site of the Tallassee Power Company which built the lake dam and power plant later becoming Carolina Aluminum and then Alcoa. The note asks if Badin still exists and traces corporate evolution. A separate item requests traffic relief on West Green Drive and Surrett Drive near interchanges with I 85, noting delays and that officers cannot be stationed and light installation is unjustified.
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California
Badin, N. C
Tallassee Power Co
Badin
H.T. A
Tallassee Power
Aluminum Company
West Green Drive
Surrett Drive
E.F. A
S. Main Extension
Fraley Road
W. Green
Surrett
John Staley
Franchised Business Opportunities Catalog Issued
A 64 page booklet from Pilot Books lists over 700 franchisers with estimated cash requirements. Available at bookstores, Pilot Books, 47 Fifth Avenue New York 10016 for $2.00. Check libraries for more resources.
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Nenarenans
Pilot Books
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Meaning of fustian and salt superstition
Fustian refers to pompous inflated talk or bombast, i.e., plain claptrap. Salt over the shoulder stems from beliefs in salt’s warding powers and preventing decay, used to keep evil spirits or devils at bay after a spill.
Health care terms and a road sign mystery explained
A rest home offers custodial care while a nursing home provides nursing care with a registered nurse in charge. Intensive Care Units are hospital units with high nurse ratios and emergency equipment. Also answered is the meaning of a detour like arrow sign and Kareem Abdul Jabbar's address at the Milwaukee Athletic Club.
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Anon. A
W. R. Peters
H. P. Hospital
Lew Alcindor
D. A
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Broadway Street
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Nixon desegregation bill clears committee without anti busing clause
The House Education and Labor Committee approves Nixon's 1.5 billion school desegregation measure 24 to 3, dropping the proposed ban on busing funds. The bill would authorize 500 million this year and 1 billion next year to districts under court orders or implementing approved desegregation plans.
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Washington
Nixon
House Education and Labor Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Department of Ith, Education and Welfare
Nixon to reveal Phase 2 economic plan Thursday
President Nixon will unveil his Phase 2 economic program in a 7:30 p.m. EDT TV radio address from the White House. He has studied recommendations from the Cost of Living Council as the wage price freeze nears expiration on November 13.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Cost of Living Council
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon admin to reimburse school lunch funds to states
The Nixon administration conceded defeat in a bid to hold the line on school lunch funding. It will reimburse states an average of 45 cents per meal for free or reduced price lunches, one cent below the Senate’s 46 cent proposal, costing about $135 million more.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Vietnam Feels Acknowledged Rigging In Thieu Victory
Saigon reports a protest by Ky accusing brazen rigging in the South Vietnamese presidential election in which Thieu won re election by a claimed 90 plus percent margin. Four opponents seek nullification with the Supreme Court citing irregularities and ballot tabulation concerns.
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Trinh Quoc Khanh
Committee Against Dictatorship
Nguyen Ngoc Loi
Saigon
Duong van Long
Interior Ministry
House Passes Nixon Tax Cutting Package Amid Labor Opposition
The House approved a $15.4 billion three year tax cut plan tied to President Nixon’s program despite AFL CIO objections and a last minute labor warning. The Ways and Means panel reshaped the bill reducing business tax gains while boosting individual relief with sizable year by year savings across income brackets. The measure also revives a 7 percent investment tax credit for new equipment and repeals auto excise taxes, offset by tighter depreciation rules.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Ways and Means Committee
Afl-Cio
Treasury
Nixon entangled by girl as he meets GOP fundraisers
In Greenville Delaware a five year old girl became entangled with a button on President Nixon suit during a fundraising visit. Page Evans daughter of RNC cochairman Thomas Evans Jr remained close as Nixon checked the situation and reassured her family.
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Greenville
Del
Nixon
Petite Page Evans
Miss Evans
Thomas Evans Jr
Cochairman
Republican National Committee
Senate committee approves conditional federal pay hike
A Senate committee endorses a bill allowing government workers to receive pay raises up to six percent, matching private sector limits under Nixon’s post freeze program. The move comes as Nixon ordered a six month delay on the federal raise and the Senate faces a Thursday deadline.
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Washington
Senate
Feleres Onone
Nixon
Post Office and
Civil Tire Administration
Gale McGee
Dwyo
House
Gueserre
Nixon Faces Deadline On Dock Strike Board Action
A four man inquiry panel works toward today’s deadline to decide whether to seek an 80 day courts injunction halting West East and Gulf coast dock strikes. Morris L Myers withdraws from the panel. 200 wage price freeze settlements noted in coal talks. miners 100000 idle. The ILWU and INA wage dispute tied to ILA jurisdiction and benefits.
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Washington
Nixon
Gulf
Cer
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
United Mine Workers and the
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Cross Infection Problem In Hospitals
The article discusses nosocomial infections and their unclear scope in hospitals. It cites experts including Dorothy Golden and Bertha Litsky, noting the lack of reliable records on infection rates or attributable deaths and the need for better tracking standards.
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Dorothy Golden
R.N
Ohio State University Hospitals
Columbus
Bertha Yanis_ Litsky
Amherst
Mass
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Abracadabra
Mr. Jabbar
Thieu
Pease
Supreme Court
Bac Lieu
Col
Hoang Duc Ninh
Young Lady Tangle
Mike Doan
Associated Press
Morris L. Myers
San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Association
New York
East
C. G. McDaniel
Financial
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