Prisoner Leader Teaches Daughter About Escape Plans
The Boston Post reports a graphic exchange between Theodore Green, an inmate controlling a hostage situation, and his 16 year old daughter Toby. Green discusses buried cash and escape prospects while criticizing prison conditions.
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Teddy) Green
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Costa Rica and Rebels Swap Claims Over Border War
Costa Rica accuses Nicaragua of arming training and supplying rebels while a five nation OAS commission visits Managua. Rebels claim 200 troops landed near Limon. Air power shifts with F51 fighters due to arrive today as casualties rise on both sides. Teodoro Picado Jr is reported killed, disputed by rebels and his wife.
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Snowbound State Braces For Frigid Weekend
Heavy snow hit the state with inches of accumulation and little melting before Friday. Temperatures hovered near freezing with a high around 32 degrees later today. Courts closed. a snow belt stretched from south of Charlotte to Elizabeth City. Ice lay under snow up to one half inch in Mecklenburg County areas. Charlotte Airport nearly shut down since early morning. The forecast calls for gradual end to snow today with clearing west to east and continued cold. Tonight will be colder and clearing. tomorrow outlook sunny but chilly across most of the state.
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Snow Dampens Furniture Show Market Open
Snow limited early market volume but orders picked up in the next half hour as exhibitors reported strong interest in bargain dinette sets. Buyers favored pastel solid colors, with pinks and greys in bedroom suites and elongated low living room styles. Despite snow keeping some buyers away, hotel rooms filled and officials noted potential for further orders if clear weather continues.
Briefings on Revenue and Appropriations Proposals
Lawmakers reviewed revenue options as Tax Research projected raised income from a two percent sales tax and exemptions. Figures show 6.03 million more yearly with gas and interstate sales exempt, rising to 21 million at 2 percent and 34 million at 3 percent under limited exemptions. Welfare funding for the aged faces erosion, with NC possibly slipping to 48th in old age assistance and grants averaging 30.88 dollars. Rep Stimons Valentine Jr proposed open meetings for county boards.
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Jerry M. Rogers
Haywood
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Diphtheria Epidemic Strikes Minabad Village
Keyhan reports a diphtheria epidemic near the Soviet border in Minabad Tehran area has claimed twenty five children. The government is rushing doctors to the village to treat the affected population and prevent further deaths.
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Houston Woman Reports Husband’s Suicidal Struggle
Mrs E McCloskey told Detective W F Hart she saw her husband kneeling in a bedroom yesterday and again half an hour later. He was found dead with a cotton sash cord looped around his neck and the door hinge. An inquest verdict returned death by own action.
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