Witness testifies to $5,000 murder plot in Oxford case
Theodore Hood testified in the Chavis and Grant conspiracy trial that he was offered $5,000 to kill Teel during Oxford unrest in May 1970. Hood said Grant paid $150, plus a note and Montreal bookstore address, as the group fled to Canada to avoid federal charges.
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Raleigh
Hood
Washington
Ben
James Grant
Oxford
Theodore Alfred Hood
Chavis and Grant
U.S. District Court
Teel
Robert Gerald Teel
Larry Teel
Henry Marrow
Teels
Chavis
Wilmington
Grant
Walter David Washington
Canada
Montreal
Interstate 85
North Carolina
More Aid For Students Proposed By Case And Hollings
Senators Case and Hollings seek an additional 294.6 million dollars for student aid to fund educational opportunity grants 130.2 million college work study 75.4 million and national defense student loans 89 million by amending a supplemental appropriations bill They warn current funding will deny aid to hundreds of thousands of students and say passage is unlikely before fall treatments of bus and other issues delay House action
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
Ernest F. Hollings
Case
R-N.j
Hollings
D-S.c
Case and Hollings
Case-Hollings
Mother Bound Over for Trial in Child Death Case
A 29 year old mother Doris Lee Basden of Beulaville was bound over for trial in Duplin Superior Court on charges of killing her 10 year old son Alvin Green Basden and attempting to kill two other children Amos Lee Basden, 12, Doris Louise Basden, 7. Sanity tests at Cherry Hospital indicated she could stand trial.
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Kenansville, N.C
Duplin Superior Court
Doris Lee Basden
Rt. 2
Beaulaville
Cherry Hospital
Goldsboro
Duplin
Alfred Basden
Basden
Alvin Green Basden
Amos Lee Basden
Doris Louise Basden
Blue Cross Reports Net Loss in North Carolina
The North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield unit posted a $6 million operating loss for last year, the third straight annual deficit, bringing total losses to $13 million. President John Alexander McMahon blamed rising health care costs and higher benefits use, noting hospital daily costs rose from $55.11 to $71.68 and payment per case from $369 to $455 over three years.
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Durham
North Carolina
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
John Alexander McMahon
McMahon
Fire Ant Spraying Cancelled in North Carolina
North Carolina will not conduct aerial Mirex spraying for fire ants this year. Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham said he accepted the Pesticide Board recommendation to cancel aerial plans for one year and to continue ground applications funded by the saved money.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Jim Graham
North Carolina Pesticide Board
Graham
Hobby Speaks Out Against Asian War in North Carolina
Wilbur Hobby Democratic candidate for governor plans a peace rally at North Carolina State University and a march to the state capital. He recalls wartime losses and urges national leaders to end the Southeast Asian conflict while denouncing rivals Bowles and Taylor.
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Hobby
Raleigh
Wilbur Hobby
North Carolina State University
State Capitol
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro College
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Pat Taylor
Hargrove
Bowles
Durham
Hickory
Young Democrats Club
Jefferson-Jackson
Chapel Hill
Increased Efficiency Called For
Democratic candidate Jim Hunt urged higher government efficiency to ensure programs are necessary. He praised the 1971 fiscal research office as a good first step and proposed standing committees review between sessions. He spoke to a Winston-Salem Rotary and Rutherford Jaycees about specialized deputy secretaries for economic and environmental affairs.
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Winston-Salem
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Rutherford Jaycees
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Moderation in Senate bid stressed by James C. Johnson Jr
James C. Johnson Jr, Republican hopeful for the U.S. Senate, argues a moderate candidate with statewide appeal can defeat the Democrat in November. He contrasts himself with Jesse Helms, praising moderation and youth outreach while noting past conservatives failed to win in North Carolina elections. Johnson, 37, claims younger voters relate to him better than to ultra conservatives.
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Concord
N.C
James C. Johnson, Jr
U.S. Senate
Johnson
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Helms
East
J. Beverly Lake
Barry Goldwater
George Wallace
Bowles Runs Through Eastern North Carolina on Campaign Swing
Democratic candidate Bowles continued a campaign tour in eastern North Carolina with a Greenville TV appearance and stops in Pitt County after visits to Beaufort Pamlico counties. He urged vocational and technical education, road projects and frequent public listening sessions across three to four counties. A five year old girl gave him a good luck rabbit’s foot which he kept for motivation during the race.
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Greenville
N. C
Skipper Bowles
North Carolina
Pitt County
Whiteville
Beaufort
Pamlico
Bowles
Paula Copeland
Pantego
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Bradley PL
Ward & Prospect Sts
Senate
Roger Mikeal
The
Associated Press
Carolinas
Porter Bros., Inc
Shelby, N. C
High Point Lawn and Garden Equipment CO
N. M. Tel
Oses Southgate
South Main St
High Point
E. Russell St
Silver Knit Industries
Furniture Exposition
YMCA
Mens Orion
Orton and Cotton Crew
Mores
Imib Sarbaer
ED Rowland
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