Warning on gimmick pen sale linked to charity scam
A reader reports telephone solicitors in Greensboro selling a $2.98 ballpoint pen claiming funds aid needy children. BBB Greensboro says the organizer, Mr C B Parker, fronts as Bible Mission League and Tri City Handicapped Workers but operates for personal profit. Parker allegedly repeats the scam in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Bible Mission League
Greensboro
Better Business Bureau
Guilford County
A. Bbb
Tri-City
BBB
Parker
Norfolk
Eastwood Park to Open by June with Amenities
Ray Kiziah notes Eastwood Park spans 3.4 acres at Rosecrest and Whitman Place in a new northeast development. By June 1 municipal plans include a tennis court a bridge and security lights for the park.
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Eastwood Park
Eastwood
Ray Kiziah
Rosecrest
Whitman Place
Parks & Recreation
Insurance Quest For Airman In Vietnam
An airman asks for help locating High Point insurance agencies to secure car coverage for a Base Exchange purchase bound for Charlotte next month. A firm insurer has promised to write the policy, with family urging responsible driving and a safe homecoming.
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Air Force
Vietnam
Charlotte
High Point
Sgt. M
Sarge
Lennon Sisters Exit Welk Show Leave Cast for Home Life
The Lennon Sisters have left the Lawrence Welk Show to focus on home duties. They will appear less frequently on guest spots, choosing varied television opportunities only when it suits them, reflecting a slower trend in show business.
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Q. 1
Lennon
Lawrence Welk
Welk
Missing policy search service offered by life insurance Institute
The Institute of Life Insurance offers a free missing policy search service for insured individuals and beneficiaries. It explains many insurers hold uncollected funds and spends heavily to locate policy owners or beneficiaries, with most major companies as members benefiting both insurers and claimants.
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Institute of Life Insurance
Madison Ave
New York
N.Y
No site agreed for preliminary Vietnam talks in Vientiane
The State Department said no agreement on a site for initial peace talks with North Vietnam. In Vientiane U.S. Ambassador Sullivan met with Nguyen Chan for 30 minutes as Hanoi pressure for Warsaw as a venue persisted. Johnson administration signals prolonged, hard negotiations. officials cite Poland’s push as shaping the dispute.
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State Department
Vientiane
Laos
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Nguyen Chan
Ambassador Sullivan
White House
Robert J. McCloskey
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Warsaw
Poland
South Vietnam
Saigon
Mexican release in Ray inquiry after arresting Kennedy
In Hermosillo a U S citizen Daniel David Kennedy was questioned over resemblance to James Earl Ray but released without charges after authorities concluded he did not resemble Ray. Kennedy said he is from Baltimore on a walking tour of Sonora and denies any link to King’s death.
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Mexico City
Martin Luther King Jr
Daniel David Kennedy
Baltimore
Sonora
King
FBI
Mr. Smith
Kennedy
James Earl Ray
Hermosillo
Pearl E. Kennedy
Ray
Caborca
Fletcher
Arizona
Phoenix
John Mull
Air Defense Dispute Over Soviet Bomber Threat
Washington reports a rift between Air Force leaders and civilian analysts over Soviet bomber risk for the 1970s. McConnell urges 2 000 mph interceptors while McNamara backs a missile upgrade using the F106 to save about 1 billion dollars.
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Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
U.S
John P. McConnell
United States
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Columbia Students Block Classrooms In Prolonged Demonstration
New York AP report on a three day Columbia University protest where students block entrances at Hamilton Hall and other buildings while demanding boycotts of classes. Police entered grounds as tensions rose with about 50 people remaining in the president’s office and hundreds of Black students occupying Hamilton Hall.
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New York
Columbia University
Hamilton Hall
Grayson Kirk
Low Memorial Library
Malcolm X University
Columbia
Prisoner Escapes Hospital After Riot Wounds
RALEIGH AP A prisoner wounded in a Central Prison riot last week overpowered a guard and fled Wake Memorial Hospital. H. L. Pope administrative assistant to Central Prison.
Boumedienne Survives Assassination Attempt in Algiers
In Algiers President Houari Boumedienne escaped a drive by shooting outside the government palace. He suffered a minor cut from shattered glass as machine gun fire struck his car. Guards killed two attackers and a chauffeur was wounded. A second such attempt in under three months.
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Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Fugitive Billy Bracey Sought After Prison Riot
Officials pursue Billy Bracey 23 after a riot left six prisoners dead and 77 wounded. Bracey, who fled barefoot in pajama bottoms after overpowering guard R R Decker and seizing a .38 pistol, was last seen near U S 64 on Raleigh east edge. Debra Perry and Lois Perry sighted him as police hunted with bloodhounds and prison personnel. Bracey, sentenced in Mecklenburg County to 12 years on armed robbery counts, was hospitalized with a skull fracture as authorities planned a return to Central Prison if possible.
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Billy Bracey
U.S. 64
Raleigh
Bracey
Mecklenburg County
Pope
R. R. Decker
Decker
Wake Memorial Hospital
Fred Briggs
Central Prison
Humphrey Calls For Education Guarantee
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged a nationwide guarantee of an educational minimum wage including preschool and year round schools. He listed six ingredients for each child such as preschool training, health and nutrition services, high teacher salaries, year round schooling, community involvement, and vocational education overhaul. He spoke in Jackson after stops in Huntington and Oxford.
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Jackson, Tenn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nation Today
Huntington
W.va
University of Mississippi At
Oxford
Humphrey
University of Mississippi
America
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