War death and casualty totals across major U S conflicts
Civil War Union Army deaths 359,528 of 2,129,000 served. WWI deaths 119,956 of 4,057,000. WWII deaths 318,274 of 10,420,000. Korean War deaths 37,133 of 2,834,000 served. Vietnam deaths through Feb 7 1970 40,466 with 34,065 KIA 4,454 died of wounds 1,930 missing. 7,396 other noncombat deaths. Highway fatalities 1967 total 53,100. North Carolina 1969 1,790.
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Ft. Bragg
Pentagon
Air Service
AAF
U. S
U. 5
RVNAF
N. C
Social security questions and school enrollment clarified
A reader asks if a couple both working past retirement age collects more Social Security than a husband who worked alone with a nonworking wife. An expert notes outcomes depend on earnings. if both earn little but one couple has higher earnings, the second may gain, while equal earnings favor the first. In another item, first grades total 1,216 students with 49 teachers, averaging under 25 pupils per teacher.
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High Point
Bold Alive Market Opens With Modern Home Furnishings
At the spring furniture market in High Point, Henry Foscue of Globe Furniture Co. and panelists urged homeowners to enjoy a vibrant, consumer friendly home environment. Experts highlighted modern materials and usability, predicting stronger demand as manufacturers expand offerings across the eight day event.
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Henry Foscue
Globe Furniture Co
Southern Furniture Exposition
Heckler
Foscue
High Point
Lenoir
Drexel
North Carolina
Leo Heer
Frances Heard
House Beautiful Magazine
Writers Hall of Fame
Republicans OK 1970 Platform in North Carolina
The North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans approved its 1970 platform in Durham despite a bid to strike the 18 year old vote plank. The federation adopted 10 planks and approved several constitutional changes. Delegates elected Phil Kirk of Rowan County chairman, a post he held by executive appointment for about a year.
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Durham
North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans
Federation
Phil Kirk
Rowan County
Apollo 13 En Route To Moon After Early Engine Cutoff
Apollo 13 speeds toward a lunar encounter as the spent second and third stages are cast away. Astronauts James Lovell Fred Haise and John Swigert maintain a nose to nose link with the moon lander while Earth watches via television. The craft heads 246 524 miles from Earth at over 24 000 mph.
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Moon
Space
Haise
Lovell and
Swigert
Odyssey
Lovell Haise
Mission Control
Earth
Lunar
The
Lovell and Swigert
SALT Negotiators Head For Vienna
President Nixon sends final instructions to the six member U.S. delegation led by Gerard Smith as SALT talks move to Vienna and Brussels. The White House cites secrecy to aid progress while the team seeks a step by step nuclear arms accord amid a balanced U.S. Soviet force. J Graham Parsons named to join the delegation to replace Llewellyn Thompson.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vienna
Ronald L. Ziegler
Helsinki
White House
Gerard Smith
Ziegler
Senate
United States
Brussels
Smith
NATO
J. Graham Parsons
Foreign Service
Senators crack down on Mitchell over Justice Department moves
Republican senators led by Marlow Cook and John Sherman Cooper scolded Atty. Gen. John Mitchell for policy clashes with Congress. They accused the Justice Department of delaying judicial nominations and ignoring Capitol Hill requests, saying such abrasiveness harms White House and Senate relations. Clifford Case backed Clyde Ferguson, but Ferguson's nomination remains stalled.
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Washington
Carswell
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Congress
Sen
Marlow Cook
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
White House
Capitol Hil
Cook
Mitchell
Nixon
Justice
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Clyde N. Ferguson
U.S. Court of Appeals
Ferguson
Contempt Fines Kept On Kirk Over Manatee Schools
U S District Judge Ben Krentzman holds Claude Kirk Jr in civil contempt for blocking a January desegregation order in Manatee County. Kirk faces a $10,000 daily fine starting April 11 unless he complies. Two Kirk aides are fined $1,000 daily. sheriff Weitzenfeld is contempt but not fined.
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Kirk
Manatee County
U.S. Dist
Ben Krentzman
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Krentzman
United States
Tallahassee
Richard Weitzenfeld
U.S
Manatee
Supreme Court
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