Clearing South Main Street to curb urged by city
Taxpayer complains sides walk blockages on South Main Street. Officials say many owners neglect to cut to the curb and must be ordered by City Council if voluntary cleaning fails. Wills notes major thoroughfares face littering despite cleaning efforts and cites curb-to-sidewalk responsibility. A store operator recounts where a customer dumped ash into a car window as instant retaliation.
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South Main St
Wills
S. Main
Ginger Pounds North Carolina Inland After Coastal Hit
Hurricane Ginger, one of the oldest and widest on record, slammed Morehead City and coastal areas causing outages and flooding. By 11 a.m. about 2,500 sought shelter in 15 Red Cross sites while evacuations continued and inland forecast warned of sustained gale winds as the storm moved toward Rocky Mount and beyond.
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Morehead City
NAC
Ginger
North Carolina
Atlantic
U.S. Weather Service
Norfolk
Beaufort
Rocky Mount
N.C
Virginia
Weather Service
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Fla
Cicero Jones
National Guard Armory
Dennis Tundel
Atlantic Beach
Tundel
Cape Lookout
Bogue Sound
Paul M. Cox
New Bern
Civil Defense
Craven County
Trent
Neuse
U S and Soviet Sign Two Disarmament Side Agreements
U S and Soviet Union plan to sign two disarmament side agreements in Washington on modernizing the Washington Moscow hot line and avoiding accidental nuclear war. Rogers and Gromyko to sign after a State Department ceremony then hold a working lunch at the Soviet embassy. Nixon and Gromyko noted progress in SALT and hope for further moves when talks resume in Vienna in November.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
Washington-Moscow
State Department
United Nations
Nixon
Gromyko
Ronald L. Ziegler
Helsinki
Vienna
Ziegler
White House
Berlin
European
Mideast
Vietnam
Wax removal and local nuisance concerns prompt advice and updates
Reader requests wax dissolvers for floors while another calls about a neglected burned house at 408 Tate St and pest problems. Building Inspector Hill notes demolition occurred late August and suggests Public Works for any remaining lot issues. A question about Lisa Todd on HeeHaw and Liz Taylor's daughter is clarified as false.
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Tate St
Health Department
R. S
Freeman Hill
Essex Automobile Production Span
The Essex was produced by the Hudson Motor Company in Detroit from 1918 to 1932, marking its first manufacture in 1918 and its final year of production in 1932.
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Hudson Motor Company
Detroit
Money plant caller notices with contact numbers
Several individuals seek buyers or exchanges for money plants and invite calls after 4 PM except Wednesdays. Names include S. B and Mrs E T with phone numbers 431 4057 and 685 2648. Additional contact C C offers to discuss and provides 431 9860.
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Money Plant
Connally Offers To Remove Surtax If Barriers Lowered
Secretary Connally said the United States would drop its 10 percent import surcharge if other governments progress in dismantling trade barriers and allowing realistic currency rates. He opposed direct dollar devaluation in gold terms and warned removal of the surcharge without substantial progress would not fix the balance of payments.
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Washington
U.S
Connally
Nixon
Connally signals openness to freer trade and currency flows
In a conciliatory address Connally suggests that if governments plan to remove trade barriers and allow market realities to guide exchange rates during a transitional period, the U S would consider removing the surcharge. Dutch Finance Minister Nelissen proposes a lowered dollar value pegged to open market rates as a compromise to rising gold prices and currency fluctuations.
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Connally
U.S
R. J. Nelissen
Nelissen
Withdrawal Approval Expected
The Senate set to approve a Mansfield withdrawal amendment calling for U S forces to leave Indochina within six months attached to a $21 billion military bill. Supporters expect House rejection and plan to water down the measure in conference. A separate Eagleton move seeks to strike $35.3 million added by the Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
House
Senate House
Mansfield
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dollar Devaluation and SDRs explained for general readers
World money managers in Washington discuss Special Drawing Rights and a possible dollar devaluation. The article explains how SDRs would be a bookkeeping tool to balance trade, while a weaker dollar could raise vacation costs and affect imported goods. A stable trade balance could boost jobs and profits for foreign-linked industries.
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New York
World Money Managers
Washington
Autro
Detroit
Asar
Nigeria
Eac
United States
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