Prices On Fur Coats Climb Amid Inflation and Demand
Prices for fur coats rose sharply from 1970 to 1975 with average mink coats near 6500 dollars, raccoon around 2500, rabbit 200 to 300, and sable 25000 to 30000. Demand, labor costs, and foreign buyers at auctions fueled the spike. buyers are urged to heed labeling rules and check pelts for uniform color density and texture to avoid poor quality investments.
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Visitation Blocked for Ben Chavis in Prison Hospital
Central Prison officials in Raleigh refused a group of nine visitors for imprisoned civil rights activist Ben Chavis. He remains on a hunger strike in the prison hospital, with access limited to his lawyer, minister, and immediate family during what authorities call a Wilmington 10 Day observance context.
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State Traffic Toll Near 1975 Pace in Weekend Toll
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports ten fatalities from weekend traffic accidents, keeping the year’s toll at 881 versus 900 at the same point last year. Names include James Edward Muse Jr. of Robbins, 68, killed in a head-on crash on NC 27 near Carthage, and David Epps, 3, of Winston-Salem who died after darting between parked cars into a vehicle. Others: William Caudill, 16, of Lansing. Richard Edge, 21, of Fayetteville. Leo Kelland, 18, of Fayetteville. Oscar Johnson, 34, of Pendleton. Joyce Fox, 31, of Bear Creek. Claude Hardy, 41, of Yadkinville. Martha Ohlsen, 55, of Asheville. and David Stone, 20, of Burn Level.
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Yadkinville
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Sanford
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