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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
7
The Roanoke Rapids City Commission discussed a planned taxi ordinance after consulting taxi owners. Proposals include driver licensing with photos, city licensing fees, and cab posted zone maps showing maximum fares to curb price variation while preserving some market leeway. The paper urges enactment to improve service for public and companies.
North Carolina moves toward a second peace time draft with selective service offices approved and boards named. Halifax County prepares to register next month and welcomes the three member draft board chosen by local officials as they assume a crucial duty to select who serves in the armed forces.
Chicago hosts a Counter Intelligence Corps gathering this month with 43 members from the Chicago association joining former CIC veterans. Kenneth Crowell notes dual aims to renew bonds and sharpen national intelligence while sharing field experiences from World War II. The group stresses secrecy and lessons learned in sabotage prevention and counter espionage.
It Works GRAND RAPIDS Mich U P An ordinance like New York City council proposed to forbid motorists to leave keys in ignition locks while autos are unoccupied has been in effect here for two years and reduced car thefts by more than 50 percent.
A traveler recalls a long talk with a country man in a hotel lobby as they swap stories about family and farm. The stranger, amused by the word retire, jokes about being ready for bed at 1 a m and about a social worker visiting a prison wardens term.
The Army and Air Force will assign recruits different initial titles before basic training ends. New grade names replace older ranks with seven pay grades. Tech and Staff Sergeants disappear while Sergeant becomes Corporal and other designations shift to First Class, Master Sergeant, and related titles.
The armed forces will remove the categories of appointed ranks in the enlisted ranks including technician fifth, technician fourth, and technician third grades. Personnel in these grades will receive pay titles appropriate to their current grade under the new system.
Fort Wayne Indiana teens at a baby sitters clinic proposed guidelines for parents. Panelists urged parents to rate sitters by seven qualifications and to provide soft drinks cookies and magazines for the sitter during evening care.
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