Action Line column offers disposal tips and transit debate
Readers ask about proper disposal of empty aerosol cans citing safety and landfill burial. The column notes a curbside approach while warning against burning and urges action on weed clearance at a corner, plus discussion of bus service funding and school transport inequities and possible legal action.
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Carl Wills
Action Line
Consolidated
High Point School Board
John Clinard
K Dollar Bill Value Debunked
A reader contends a so called K dollar bill is valuable. the reply notes the K is issued mainly in Dallas Texas and is scarce here but carries no greater value than current exchange.
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Dallas
Texas
Definition and types of nol pros in criminal practice
Nol pros comes from nolle prose qui meaning no prosecution. It is entered by the solicitor when not prosecuting a case further often due to lack of evidence. Two forms exist: nol pros and nol pros with leave. the latter can be reopened, the former only by judge permission.
Senate votes 87 0 for election reform bill passage
Senate approved a broad election reform package 87 to 0 and sent it to the House where similar bills have stalled. The measure would require detailed campaign gift and spending disclosures, tighten reporting up to 10 times per year, extend coverage to primaries conventions and intrastate committees, and lift old spending limits.
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House
Senate
Johnson
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Congress
Clark
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Robert T. Ashmore
D-S.c
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Ence
Eastern GOP Moderates Chase Three Way Tilt for Nomination
Eastern Republican moderates hedge their bets on the 1968 presidential race as they weigh Romney against Rockefeller and Percy. They praise Romney's drive but cite Vietnam remarks as a possible setback while keeping options open if Romney falters.
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Washington
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Vietnam
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Thunderous artillery duels rage along DMZ front
American and Communist forces battled along the demilitarized zone in Vietnam with six Marines killed and 109 wounded in 24 hours of heavy fire. Con Thien repelled a dawn attack by 150 North Vietnamese regulars as B52 strikes and jet bombers pounded targets. One USAF Phantom was shot down, with crew rescued. the loss counted as the 204th U S combat plane in South Vietnam.
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Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Air Force
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
Dmz
South Vietnam
Southern Governors oppose National Guard reorganization
ASHEVILLE N C AP On the final day of the 1967 conference 14 southern governors voiced opposition to a proposed National Guard reorganization and agreed to send a committee to President Johnson. Gov Dan Moore was named conference chairman for 1968 with Gov Robert McNair as vice chairman.
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Asheville
N.C
National Guard
Johnson
North Carolina
Dan Moore
Robert McNair
South Carolina
McNair
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Paul Johnson
Mississippi
Southern Regional Education Board
South
Department of Defense
Five Stranded Aboard Sailboat Are Rescued
Five people aboard the 42 foot ketch Voile d Or were evacuated by the Coast Guard cutter McCulloch after 30 foot seas and 25 mph winds. The group from Larchmont and New York City included William Schnirring 68 and wife Alice 57 both bruised, nephew Lee Van Perk 24 and wife Suzie 21, and skipper Ivan C Fox of Bermuda en route to Bermuda when they radioed for help Monday.
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New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
McCulloch
William Schnirring
Alice
Schnirring
Lee van Perk
Suzie
Ivan C. Fox
Bermuda
Doria
Durham Motel Porter Held Hostage by Armed Man
Geoff Seng a 17 year old motel porter was held at gunpoint in a Durham motel room for two hours by Henry Patton Caldwell 24 of Raleigh on Tuesday evening Seng calmly described the ordeal to reporters noting his confidence Caldwell would not kill him FBI agents surrounded the motel and Caldwell surrendered after agreeing to let his parents come from Asheville He was arraigned on a federal interstate transportation of a stolen auto charge and jailed in Durham with bond set at 2000
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Durham
Geoff Seng
Henry Patton Caldwell
Caldwell
Raleigh
Seng
FBI
Donald Neelon
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Asheville
Leng
Richmond
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