Perot Offers $100 Million to Buy POW Freedom
H Ross Perot proposes a $100 million nonmilitary exchange to secure the release of American prisoners held by North Vietnam. He would supply facilities food and medicine for North Vietnamese civilians in return for POWs, and would finance the effort from his own resources.
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Washington
H. Ross Perot
Texas
North Vietnam
Perot
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Pham van Dong
ABC
Hanoi
Pham
United States
Bangkok
Thailand
Vientaine
Laos
Copenhagen
Moscow
Vietnam
Naval Academy
Payments To Farmers Delayed By Nixon Administration
The Nixon administration will not provide advance payments to Tar Heel farmers in the feed grain program this year, likely affecting cotton and wheat programs too. February and March advances previously delivered about 21.5 million dollars to North Carolina farmers, aiding planting cash flow and program participation.
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Raleigh
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Jack S. Forlines
State Office
the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Two-Car Crash Kills Four In North Carolina Weekend
The Associated Press reports four people died in a two car crash on Interstate 95 in Robeson County as winter weather snow sleet and freezing rain created hazardous driving conditions. A separate three vehicle wreck on N C 103 near Mt Airy killed two more. Additional weekend fatalities included ten other victims across various towns and a pair of Ft Bragg WAC soldiers killed in a car overturning on a military reservation.
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North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Robeson County
Raul Bacavasque
Ft. Bragg
Salome Smithwick
Ernest Pridgen Jr
Rt. 2
Whiteville
Whiteville, and His 44-Year Old Wife, Were Killed, As Were Bacavasque
Smithwick
Pridgens
Bacavasque
el Paso
Tex
N.C
Mt. Airy
Charles L. Martin
Rt. 3
Clarence R. Nunn
Arcola
Warrenton
Aaron Richardson
Curtis Alston
Cleve land Sellers Trial Opens in Orangeburg Riot Case
In Orangeburg South Carolina AP Cleve land Sellers a Negro activist and SNCC official faces trial on conspiracy and rioting charges linked to 1968 racial disorders that killed three black students at South Carolina State College and wounded 27 others. The solicitor expects a 10 a.m. General Sessions trial though motions could delay.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Cleveland Sellers
Sellers
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
South Carolina State College
Julian Wolfe
General Sessions Court
Offer Extended to Others After One Too Many Refusals
A narrator recalls borrowing the dryer and deciding to repeat an offer to others after an initial rejection. The piece notes a shift toward broader proposals to multiple people.
Just Say Charge It Pay Once, Then Cancel Anytime
An offer proclaims a simple pricing promise with a flat three dollar figure and a note that customers may cancel at any time. No specific company or dates are provided.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
THE
James T. William
Decatur, Ga
Die Lee Saddler
Rt. 1
Statesville
Eula Carswell Alexander
Charlotte
James Monroe Griffin
Deep Gap
Michael J. Tippett
Zebulon
James Coy McPhail
Clinton
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
Dial
Rome
Ann Page Rich
Sultana
Golden Rise
Jane Parker
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