No Lines Planned At Mansion For White House Tours
The National Park Service will test a plan to reduce lines for White House tours by letting visitors relax on Ellipse bleachers with free color coded tickets for timed tours. From Oct 7 to Nov 1 a 2000 seat setup and volunteer musical acts from high schools colleges and military bands will entertain as tours begin between 10 am and noon Tuesday through Saturday. Depending on success the pilot could run during next year’s bicentennial season.
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Washington
National Park Service
White House
South Lawn
Jack Fish
National Capital Parks
Fish
Religious Strife Shatters Tripoli as Lebanon War Spreads
Abdul Razak and his guerrilla group seize control in Tripoli, wielding an AK47 and a pistol as the city endures 11 days of fighting that has claimed about 130 lives and disrupted water, shops, and daily life. The conflict pits Muslim fighters against Maronite Christians in a religious and social clash.
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Edward Cody
Associated Press
Tripoli
Lebanon
Abdul Razak
Razak
She-Bear
Zagharta
Beirut
Suleiman Franjieh
Rashid Katami
Antonios Khreish
Laureate's Birth Date Marked in North Carolina
Wilkesboro honors James Larkin Pearson on the 96th anniversary of his birth born Sept 13 1879 in a Berry's Mountain log cabin near Wilkes Community College where a memorial building is planned. Pearson, named poet laureate by Gov. Umstead on Aug 4 1953, is a writer editor and author of seven books.
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Wilkesboro
N.C
North Carolina
James Larkin Pearson
Pearson
Berry’s Mountain
Wilkes Community College
William B. Umstead
Audit delays slush fund claim in Southern Bell case
North Carolina Utilities Commission ordered an independent audit of Southern Bell Telephone Co.’s North Carolina records focusing on the 1974 test year for a rate increase amid prior allegations of a 1972 slush fund. The audit by Touche Ross & Co. found no 1974 evidence and flagged internal controls, while warning that records from 1972 were not inspected. A hearing on the $62.5 million rate hike is planned, and officials say the audit does not preclude further book scrutiny.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Co
North Carolina
Southern Bell
State Utilities Commission
Marvin Wooten
John J. Ryan
Ryan
Wooten
Touche Ross & Co
Charlotte
Senate to Probe Needy Overpayments From SSI Funds
A Senate panel will investigate alleged 400 million dollars in overpayments to needy aged, blind and disabled under the Supplemental Security Income program. The probe, announced by Senator Magnuson and Senator Brooke, will tie to a supplemental appropriations bill this session.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Frank Church
Didaho
Senate Committee On Aging
General Accounting Office
Magnuson
Brooke
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Betty Ford
Barbara Jordan
D-Tex
Treemonisha
Scott Joplin
Rep
Jordan
Executive Mansion
Mrs. Ford
Farouk Mokaddem
Social Security Administration
SSI
Coats & Jackets
Clarence Walton
Remington
B.F. Goodrich
REGAL
DELCO
Burrow Tire
Clarence Walison
High Point, N.C
Leankamericard
Pete
Cimaralle
Eastchester DR
John Robert Doe
U.O.U
Tel
Perpetual Savings and Loan
Main
High Point
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Archdale
Westchester Mall
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