09 May 1973
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1973
Page
1
This week outlines free submissions for Kingsport area public activities. Send written notices to the City Desk at least three days before the event, time permitting.
Zoning Appeals Board meets at 7 pm in City Hall council room. Sullivan Elementary hosts pre school round up May 11 from 8 am to 3 pm with birth certificates and health records. Bays Mountain Park Ecology Seminar May 10 at 7 30 pm features Park Director Jack Gross on life in space.
Members of the Kingsport Art Guild display a show at the Fine Arts Center main gallery from 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Georgia Neely presents a One Woman Show at the First National Bank Sullivan County main office during regular banking hours. Dobyns-Bennett students Johnny Burdine Dennis Sams David Keen and Terry Biggs show work in the lobby office entrance through May 11.
A garbled list shows multiple individuals with alleged driving violations and fines, including addresses and monetary forfeitures. Names such as Paul Sensapauan James Mowers Jaiis Surigat Glensa Cinkous and locations like Lavonia and Church Hall appear alongside amounts from 10 to 17 dollars and various miswritten terms.
Ken Laker of Oak Park says he sent Flora M. Thorpe a $75 gift to paint and weather prove her home, after Thorpe, a 59 year old widow in Cleveland, was jailed for failing to meet housing code costs. He defends small contractors against crook stereotypes and hopes to spark help.
Washington reports the Nixon administration urging unprecedented power to alter tariffs without full Congress approval to open foreign markets. Treasury Secretary Shultz defends the trade bill before the House Ways and Means Committee as unions and industries fear more foreign competition.
The countdown began at Cape Kennedy for the Skylab launch on Tuesday with astronauts Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz aboard the Apollo Saturn 4 rocket. The eight month mission aims to study weightlessness and perform 89 experiments including solar observation and Earth resource monitoring. The first three Skylab astronauts are due to fly to Cape Kennedy on Sunday.
The Mississippi River remains flooded for 59 straight days and is expected to recede slowly this week. The U S Corps of Engineers notes flood levels will persist through June, with crests at Vicksburg and Memphis observed and the flood surpassing 1844 records. Flooding has affected over 200000 acres of Tennessee farmland.
A Greene County fish kill prompted Volunteer Oil Company to face a 7454.90 damage assessment for 6000 gallons of gasoline spilled by a tank truck on U S Highway 11 W into a Little Chucky Creek tributary. Investigations were led by state water quality and health agencies, plus the Game and Fish Commission.
Nashville sponsors of the Miss Gay America benefit at a local nightclub report several groups, including the Nashville Rescue Squad and Vanderbilt contagious disease department, have offered to accept the proceeds after initial refusals by the United Givers Fund and others. The event features young men in gowns and sportswear judged on poise, talent, and makeup.
Communist troops moved the offensive away from Phnom Penh attacking along two highways and village clusters north of the capital. U.S. jets bombed Rebel positions near Kompong Cham and Takeo as ground forces cleared areas along Highway 7 and 5 amid monsoon weather.
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