Reader Q and A on military benefits and local traffic changes
The Enterprise reports reader inquiries about Army allotments for disabled soldiers and guidance to contact the Army Recruiting Office in High Point. It also details traffic changes near Griffin Junior High, where Day and West streets are one way and parking rules were adjusted to allow resident parking from 4 pm to 8 am to ease congestion and reduce accidents.
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Army
Army Recruiting Office
High Point
Griffin Junior High
Underhill
West Street
R.W. A
They Have Them But Why No Screen Doors At ER Entrance
A reader questions hospital sanitary conditions and a missing air conditioning unit in the staff dining area. The column explains screen doors were temporarily removed for a large renovation and notes ongoing work under less than ideal conditions.
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Anon
N. B. Clark
Sign replacement urged for dangerous Greensboro Road curve
A reader reports a bad curve on Greensboro Road in High Point where a sign reading Center lane for left turn only was knocked down. The sign has since been reinstalled and the City Traffic Engineer urges citizens to report such hazards for prompt action.
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Clara Cox
Greensboro
High Point
Dressmaking as home occupation allowed in A districts
City code permits dressmaking from home in A residence zones and allows advertising. Do not use signs to promote unless you follow guidance, so inform neighbors if you choose to advertise.
Laird Seeks End to Draft Calls by 1973
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said the Pentagon aims to end draft calls by the end of fiscal 1973. Nixon to announce further U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam, with a year end zero draft target while the Selective Service remains for emergencies.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Laird
Department of Defense
Military Services
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Comate
Nixon Makes Political Trip To Connecticut
President Nixon visited Connecticut amid a key Senate contest. Air Force One landed at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. a Hartford motorcade drew crowds as Nixon lined up Republican candidates to appear with him. A Columbus Day visit to Stamford planned a community center dedication.
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Hartford
Conn
Nixon
Connecticut
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S. Senate
Air Force One
Bradley International Airport
Windsor Locks
Maine
Virginia
Stamford
Civil rights commission faults federal enforcement leadership
The U S Civil Rights Commission releases a 1115 page study blaming presidents leadership for civil rights gaps. It cites limited staff and funds across agencies and calls for tighter surveillance and a Philadelphia style hiring goal plan to achieve representative minority staffing. The report covers over 40 federal agencies and urges bold remedial actions.
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Austin Scott
Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Commission
Civil Service Philadelphia
Sloane
White House
U S Toughens Stance as Talks May Spark Arms Rise
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird warned that failure in SALT and related talks could force a major rise in U S defense spending within a year. He cited new arms programs held up awaiting SALT results and said delays beyond 12 months are untenable. Secretary Rogers urged private diplomacy despite Moscow's public attacks.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
William P. Rogers
U.S
Indochina
Middle East
Rogers
Moscow
Mideast
Court weighs how to define racially identifiable schools
A black civil rights lawyer urged banning racially identifiable schools in districts with a history of segregation while a NAACP lawyer opposed fixed racial ratios. The Charlotte Mecklenburg case, plus Mobile County and Clarke County, prompts a fresh look at desegregation duties and constitutional rights for black students. The exchange focused on disproportional concentration versus strict balance and what constitutes identifiable schools.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Julius LeVonne Chambers
Naacp Legal
James B. McMillan
Charlotte
Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A
Blackmun
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Chambers
Tobacco group questions ACS dog cancer report hoax
The Tobacco Institute accuses the American Cancer Society of faking a beagle lung cancer study after reporting 12 affected dogs. Officials say two cancers are described as human-like and note no journal publication. they demand access to methods and data and cite retractions of the full study.
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Washington
Tobacco Industry
American Cancer Society
Horace R. Kornegay
The
Tobacco Institute Inc
Congress
Cancer Society
Cure Cancer Society
Kornegay
Journal of the American Medical Association
New England Journal of Medicine
E. Cuyler Hammond
Tobacco Institute
Hollings Wife Secures Mexican Divorce After 24 Years
Mrs. Ernest F. Hollings obtained a Mexican divorce from Sen. Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina last week following a brief formal separation. The couple, who wed March 30, 1946, have four children. she is in Odessa Texas with relatives. The senator, a Citadel and USC Law School graduate, served in the South Carolina House, became lieutenant governor, then governor, and was elected to the U S Senate in 1966.
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Washington
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Hollings
Patricia Salley
Columbia
S.C
Odessa
Tex
Citadel
University of South Carolina Law School
State House
South Carolina
U. S. Senate
Olin Johnston
Five Explosions Hit Rochester In 25 Minutes
In Rochester, two government buildings, two storefront churches, and a private home were damaged by dynamite blasts within a 25 minute span. Damage to the county building is pegged at about 100000 dollars and one man was injured by glass. Police tied the incidents to a broader pattern of bombings linked to the Weatherman group, with no suspects identified and officials declining to speculate.
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Rochester
N.Y
John A. Mastrella
FBI
New Bethel C. M. E. Church
Bethlehem Pentecostal Church
Richard T. Clark
William Harkin
Clark
International Union of Operating Engineers
Radical Weatherman Group
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