Auto transmission safety and sales tax questions answered
An Anon asks if changing gears while moving is harmful to an automatic transmission. The answer: do not use gears as a braking substitute. shift only in forward range with the car stopped. In a separate inquiry, tax is due on the full gross price of the new article before any trade-in deduction. trade-ins are exempt from tax.
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Anon. A
Ray Coleman
GTI
Thomas Corns
N. C. Department of Revenue Office
High Point
How to register to vote and where to vote in city counties
The reader learns 18 year olds register at the County Election Board registrar or at the courthouse sheriff to locate registration. Voting is available in all elections. For social services a visit to Guilford County Department of Social Services at 258 S Main is advised for eligibility checks and medical aid.
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Mike
County Election Board
Thomasville
City
Guilford County
North Carolina Senate Approves Higher Education Bill
In Raleigh the Senate advances a bill to create a 32 member central governing board with strong planning and budgeting powers over state universities. Gov. Scott pushes the reform amid debates on initial board size and later reduction to 108 members with regional representation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Senate Today
Russell Kirby
D-Wilson
Senate
Kirby
Senate Higher Education Committee
Bob Scott
L. P. McLendon Jr
Dguilford
Gordon Allen
D -Person
University of Northlina
Herman Moore
D-Mecklenburg
Julian Allsbrook
Halifax
Pat Taylor
Reso
House Committees On Higher Education
House
Nixon shocked by spectacle on U N floor
White House said U S support for the United Nations and foreign aid could be affected by what it called a shocking spectacle on the U N General Assembly floor after the two China votes. Press Secretary Ziegler described delegates as showing personal animosity and glee toward U S policy.
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Washington
White House
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Ziegler
U.S
Pol
U.N
Congress
Americans and Cubans endure hotel stay amid hijack drama
A hijacked American Airlines 747 landed in Havana with 236 Americans aboard who spent a second night at a city hotel while Cubans who refused to leave New Orleans enjoyed American hospitality. The Cuban delegation, denied visas, flew to New Orleans for a sugar conference, with pilot Ray Marina resisting orders to depart. Kosygin’s visit to Cuba followed by Havana Radio confirming Fidel Castro among the crowd.
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Associated Press
Havana
New Orleans
American Airlines
New York
San Juan
P.R
Sky
FBI
Jose Marti Airport
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Cuba
United States
Ray Marina
U.S. State Department
Francia Herre
Long Kosygin
Four Issues On Deck In North Carolina Session
The General Assembly plans action on four issues besides higher education reform. A compromise delays the effective date of moving primary elections to Tuesday until July 1, 1973, keeping next year's election on Saturday. The measure would allow counties to pay indigent nursing home expenses above the $14 daily cap. A technical fix clears the way for issuing 42.3 million in state bonds for institutional improvements. Wilmington’s city charter would be amended to permit hiring policemen living outside the city.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Wilmington
Joe Hege
R-Davidson
Allen Barbee
D-Nash
House
Barbee
W. S. Harris Jr
D-Alamance
Liston Ramsey
Madison
Harris
Woman Robs Charlotte Bank In Note Cash Grab
A woman in her 20s robbed a Northwestern Bank branch in Charlotte on Tuesday. She handed a note to a teller demanding money, the teller complied, and the suspect fled through a small wooded area with an undisclosed amount.
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Charlotte (Ap
Charlotte
Northwestern Bank
Congress Opens Phase 2 Economic Legislation Debate
Secretary Connally told Congress that extending wages and prices powers is crucial to Nixon’s stabilization plan as Phase 2 would start after the 90 day wage price rent freeze ends November 13. He urged a full year extension to avert uncertainty and preserve the overall program.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Congress
Nixon
Connally
Cost of Living Council
House Banking Committee
Charlotte Liquor Vote Goes On As Scheduled
Mecklenburg County Elections remains commitment to the November 5 vote on liquor by the cup in Charlotte and Mecklenburg despite a judge limiting sales to public facilities. Supporters plan an appeal to the state Supreme Court while urging the referendum proceed.
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William K. McLean
Charlotte
Mecklenburg An
Byga
Ovens Auditorium
Charlotte Coliseum
Douglas Municipal
Civic
State Supreme Court
Raymond E. Jr
Mecklenburg Citizens For Progress Committee
Sam C. Hair
County Elections Board
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Medicare
Downs
Dover Downs
Dover
Delaware
Ocean Downs
Ocean City
Maryland
Jefferson Downs
J. M
Portland
Maine
Batavia
Batavia Downs
N.C
Norman Joyner
K- Iredell
Hargrove Bowles
D -Guilford
Scott
Sen
L. P. McLendon
D-Guilford
U. N
China
Taiwan
Federal Aviation Administration
Miami
FAA
State Department
Fidel Castro
Dispu
Castro
Charlotte Bank
Charlotte Liquor
Allen A. Bailey
Charlotte the Forces
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