North Carolina warns on charity solicitation schemes
Raleigh AP says Welfare Commissioner Clifton Craig cites letters claiming polio survival and government charity as pleas for sympathy as violations of NC solicitation laws. He targets Gorman's of La Verne California for shipping unsolicited merchandise and an engraved Praying Hands necklace to solicit funds, noting ongoing violations despite department warnings.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Clifton Craig
Gorman's
la Verne
Calif
Craig
Gorman’s
Geeenneeeanenee
Tion
Gorman
Welfare Department
The World's Week Arising Vietnam Fight and Book Controversy
The week featured Vietnam warfare as a major headline and Mrs. John F. Kennedy clashing with The Death of a President publishers over personal passages. U Thant urged ceasefire talks while Westmoreland warned no lull in 1967. Pope Paul VI appealed for goodwill amid holiday reflections.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
United States
U.N
U Thant
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Paul VI
Thresteertt
War and Battle of Book Truce to Peace Talks
American troop strength in Vietnam rose to about 375000 as a weekly casualty report listed 88 more US deaths, total 6407. The week marked five years since Spec. 4 James T. Davis was killed in 1961. Johnson's aides met with nine Democratic governors at Johnson City to discuss antipoverty and education policies. Abroad, Greece and Jordan faced government shifts, Rhodesia’s situation worsened, and Britain struggled to hold prisoners. A prison inquiry found escapes, 13 more felons freed. A Leningrad currency case saw Gilmour fined, Wortham jailed. US CPI rose 0.1 in November, and Americans bet a record 4.654 billion on horse racing in 1966. Quote from Bob Hope at Cam Ranh Bay. A Windsor Ontario bus tragedy killed eight. Salt Lake City ex-convicts charged with murder. Christmas traffic deaths projected 650 to 750.
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Vietnam
U.S
James T. Davis
Livingston, Tenn
Windsor
Ont
Salt Lake City
Utah
National Safety Council
Coin-Checking Ritual Sets New Assay Commission
President Johnson named 19 civic and industrial leaders to the Assay Commission to examine 1966 coinage. Members include Brent Hughes of Falls Church and William Spilman of Waynesboro. The ritual marks a long American tradition dating to 1792.
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Austin
Tex
U. S
Johnson
Phila
United States
Philadel
Alphia
Denver
San Pahute Mesa
Francisco
Vegas
Nev
Commission Energy Commission
Brent
H. Hughes
Falls Church
William 3B
Spilman
Waynesboro
Sizeing Corp
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Stephanos Stepanopoulos
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Salisbury
Yan Smith
Rhodesia
Britain
Earl Mountbatten
Little Island
Leningrad
Craddock M. Gilmour
Buel Ray Wortham
North Lite Rock
Ark
America
Hiroshima
Bob Hope
Cam Ranh Bay
Lyndon
Hertz
Into
At & A.M
George and
Helen Gantsoudes
the Golden Nugget Restaurant
J. T. Townes Printing CO
Union
Pation St
High Point Furniture Outlet
Morraco
Cosmopolitan
Tell City
Boxwood Farms
Sandlewood
Bassett
Piney Forest RD
Brewster Hie
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Lone
Nor-Don Shopping Center
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