North Carolina Braces as March Snowstorm Hits Mountains
A late March snowstorm dumps up to 10 inches on NC mountains and blankets ski resorts. Sugar Mountain reports ten inches while Boone and Laurel Springs see six to nine inches. lower elevations see mixed rain and snow as travel warns go out.
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North Carolina-Tennessee
Gatlinburg
Beech Mountain
Banner Elk
Irving Writing Book On Hoax And Worrying
Clifford Irving, awaiting sentencing for conspiracy and grand larceny, works on a memoir about the Howard Hughes autobiography hoax in Westport Connecticut. He, his wife Edith, and researcher Richard Suskind face up to 13 years in prison and $11,000 in fines. Irving hopes his book will help pay debts of about $1.5 million and finish 120,000 words by June 15.
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Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Hope
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Edith
Richard Suskind
New York City
McGraw-Hill, Inc
New York
Switzerland
North Vietnamese push into Quang Tri Province sparks heavy fighting
Massive enemy force crosses DMZ into South Vietnam with three North Vietnamese divisions and SAM units involved. South Vietnamese forces report several bloody battles, thousands of enemy killed, bases abandoned, and near-encirclement of Quang Tri combat base. U S forces deploy air and sea support as leaders converge to assess crisis.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
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U.S. Air Force
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U.S
Vietnam
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Kontum City
Dmz
Hue
McGovern Predicts Wisconsin Victory
In Milwaukee campaign stops Democratic hopefuls vie for Wisconsin votes with athletes and allies. McGovern campaigns with Athletes for McGovern endorsed by Ray Schoenke. Proxmire backs him. Muskie, aided by Maine supporters, warns rivals and proposes defense cuts totaling at least 18 billion in savings while Nixon may lose 11 billion.
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George McGovern
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Ray Schoenke
Washington Redskins
William Proxmire
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Washington
West Allis
Nixon
Meany Calls for Savings Pass-Through Amid Price Talks
AFL-CIO President George Meany urged the Price Commission to require firms that cut labor costs under Pay Board contracts to pass the savings to consumers. He said the AFL-CIO has submitted suggestions, which Grayson has not acted on, as Proxmire plans to press Meany on his Pay Board walkout. Fare hikes and meat price pauses followed as the Cost of Living Council lifted airline controls and major chains froze or cut meat prices.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
The
Price Commission
Meany
Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Grayson
William Proxmire
Pay Board
Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
Cost of Living Council
International Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Winn-Dixie
Food Fair
Student Dies At Convention At North Carolina Fiddlers Event
East Carolina University senior William Van Middlesworth 21 of West Long Branch New Jersey was found dead in his tent at a fiddlers convention in Union Grove Iredell County sheriff deputies said autopsy ordered to determine cause of death Middlesworth captained ECU tennis team and the university is on spring break.
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Union Grove
N.C
East Carolina University
West Long Branch
William van Middlesworth
North Carolina
Foothills
Iredell County
Boyle Convicted Of Fund Misuse In Labor Probe
United Mine Workers president W A Tony Boyle was found guilty on all 13 counts for conspiring to spend 49250 in union funds on Democratic and Republican campaigns in the late 1960s. Secretary treasurer John Owens and chief lobbyist James Kmetz were acquitted. A sentencing date was not set and appeals are expected.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
John Owens
James Kmetz
Labor Department
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Len Hubert Humphrey
Loch Ness Monster Hoax Traced to April Fools Seals
A nine foot long bull elephant seal, claimed to be Nessie, was seized from English zoologists near Inverness. Experts confirmed it as a young seal, not a monster, and police labeled the episode an April Fool's Day joke. The Flamingo Park Zoo team faced investigation after their claims.
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Loch Ness
Scotland
Dunfermline
Michael Rushton
Edinburgh Zoo
Inas McKay
Inverness
Farmingo Park
Scarborough
Flamingo Park Zoo
Invernesshire Lake
Harrisburg 7 Jury Tries For Verdict
The Harrisburg Seven jury, after two days of deliberation, seeks a verdict on whether Rev. Philip Berrigan and six others plotted to kidnap Henry Kissinger and to blow tunnels in Washington and vandalize draft boards to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The judge says not all seven must be proven to conspire for a conviction. Ramsey Clark leads the defense as jurors press for a legal definition of conspiracy.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Draft Board
United States
Vietnam
U.S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
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