Five NC highway deaths push weekly toll above trend
A North Carolina traffic week ends with at least five fatalities, raising the year’s toll to 345, 41 more than last year. Victims include Velma Elizabeth Adcock, 11, near Havelock on U S 70. Ernest Mills, 72, near Chocowinity on U S 17. Russell Lewis Sanders Jr., 24, near Reidsville on U S 158. Henry Cory Harrison, 27, near Wilmington on U S 421. and Robert Louis Marlin, 25, near Sanford on U S 421.
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Ft. Fisher Air Force Base
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Wilmington
Weather continues cold with storms across northern states
A storm system brought rain freezing rain sleet and snow from the Upper Great Lakes to the northern Great Plains. Another low pressure moved off the East Coast after snow from South Carolina to Virginia with gale winds and high tides threatening beach erosion. Unseasonable cold plunged to 44 in Palm Beach while much of the central and southern Rockies saw 80s and 90s in the afternoon.
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Virginia Assembly Debates Fines and Reapportionment
The Code Commission weighs replacing jail for unpaid fines with suspension under financial responsibility rules requiring liability insurance or a $50 annual payment. Mitchell presses reapportionment, with Halton forging ahead and Miller plus Troy supplying data. Opposition from a Washington lawyers group and the Negro Virginia Crusade for Voters challenges early approval as the climactic session nears.
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Vietnamese and allied forces clash across DMZ and Laos
Reports detail the 2nd Regiment of the South Vietnamese Infantry moving into a fire base near the DMZ as U.S. troops withdraw. North Vietnam moves men and artillery into the DMZ while U.S. sources note a 30 percent rise in DMZ activity. In Laos and Cambodia, government forces retreat and clash with enemy units as Meo troops suffer wounds amid rocket strikes and a suspected April drive on Long Cheng.
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Indian Parliament weighs aid to East Pakistanis
Report notes Mrs. Gandhi and Swaran Singh signaling possible Indian aid to East Pakistanis amid calls for recognizing Bangla Desh. Parliament members urge quick recognition as radio accounts confirm continued turmoil and martial law with barricades and border crossings. A guerrilla rumor context emerges with Awami League factions active in rural areas.
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Inflation Talk Tied to Construction Wage Oversight
The article notes inflation concerns in the construction sector and reports on remarks by Houthakker regarding potential actions. It highlights Nixon's Construction Industry Stabilization Commission recommendation for executive order wage guidelines, craft boards, and a stabilisation board, while noting the president and advisers’ past aversion to wage and price guidelines.
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Nixon
Construction Industry Stabilization Commission
Mansfield Warns Laos Invasion Worsens War Strain
U.S. Senate Democrat Mansfield warns the Laos invasion deepens the Vietnam war impact. He cites rising casualties and costs, increased enemy activity in central Laos, and risk to Luang Prabang. He says the Laotian operation affects the Laotian government and king, and presses for broader U.S. policy reflection.
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Vientiane
Military Cost Of Viet War Near $120 Billion
Washington AP report notes Pentagon figures place Vietnam war costs near 120 billion dollars. McGovern calls figures potentially more complete than prior published totals. Pentagon spending through last June 30 totals 104.5 billion. 1969 peak was 23.9 billion.
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Nixon Jawboning Twin Strike Signals Policy Shift
The inflation alert weighs Nixon's embrace of jawboning to curb wage and price rises. He has already pressured a steel firm to cut a large price increase by half, signaling closer use of White House publicity pressure in economic policy.
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