Ambassador Laboulaye Returns to Washington as Envoy
Francois Laboulaye, born in Washington, will arrive Nov. 5 as France's ambassador to the United States aboard the Concorde. He aims to align French and American policies on trade, Africa and human rights while maintaining ties with Washington figures such as Zbigniew Brzezinski and Katharine Graham.
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Paris
United States
Francois Rene Antoine Lefebvre de Laboulaye
Washington
London
Claire
Massachusetts Avenue
Laboulaye
France
Carter
New York
Africa
Antoinette
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Washington Post
Katharine Graham
Foreign Ministry
Francois
Maurice Couve de Murville
Herve Alphand
Judge To Hear Anti-Porn Law Challenge in Fayetteville
U S District Court Judge Franklin Dupree agreed to hear a challenge by owners of adult bookstores against North Carolina's new anti pornography law. The state argued Dupree lacked jurisdiction. The law lets authorities close such businesses as public nuisances via civil suits.
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Fayetteville
U.S. District Court
Franklin Dupree
Dupree
Carson Stout Named to North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission
Carson Stout former High Point mayor and High Point Housing Authority chair was named to the state Marine Fisheries Commission by Gov. Jim Hunt and elected vice chair by fellow members. He aims to balance fishing industry needs with pollution control, noting efforts to relocate clams from polluted waters.
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Carson Stout
High Point
Stout
Commission
Marine Fisheries Commission
North Carolina
Morehead City
N.C. Baptist Hospital
Gardner- Webb College
Chamber of
Birth of Standard Time in America
A historical overview recounts how railroads standardize time across the nation on November 18 1883 by introducing four zones Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific and how an 1884 international conference adopts the system. It notes Daylight Saving time origins in World War I and U S enactments up to 1966 and 1974.
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Congress
Washington, D.C
Germany
England
United States
Atlantic
Mountain
Pacific
Yukon
Alaska-Hawaii
Bering
YMCA Trip to New York City Over Thanksgiving
Thomasville Family YMCA offers a Thanksgiving plane trip to New York City from November 24 to 27 with three nights at a hotel and three tour plans. Call for details. Santa's Workshop class runs Thursdays through December 8 from 9 11 a.m. and 7 9 p.m. turning household items into decorations. All Saints Day service honors three High Point College doubles as memorials for Wesley Gaynor Mary Spurrier and Vera Idol in the Hayworth Chapel.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Family Ymca
New York City
YMCA
High Point College
All Saints
Charles E. Hayworth Sr
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Bernie
Bernie’s
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Continuing
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Certified Public Accountant
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National Association OF Accountants
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