Six Die In Marion Collision
A pickup driven by an unidentified all year old girl collided with a car on U S 70 near Marion late Tuesday. The driver Cecil Ray Lewis 21 of Marion and four Marion residents Morris Lister 17 William Wyatt 17 Michael McAllister 19 died. The Burnsville parents Frank Banks 35 and Shelva Banks 24 survived with serious and satisfactory injuries respectively. Their infant Bridgett Banks died in the crash.
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Frank Banks
Burnsville
Memorial Missions Hospital
Asheville
Shelva Banks
U S-70
Marion
R.C. Jones
Cecil Ray Lewis
Lewis
Morris John Lister
William Mark Wyatt
Michael Dean McAllister
Ricky Lane ‘Wilson
Rabbit hides and fur care in old Enterprise queries
Reader questions on curing and preserving rabbit hides for fur coats prompt taxidermist guidance. Archdale expert Albertson cites Clearfield Taxidermy for tanning and deodorizing, notes rabbits are fragile and not tanable by one firm. Post office stamp lines and Montreal Olympics ticket procedures also summarized.
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A.C.C. Albertson
Archdale
Clearfield
Albertson
Martin defends Saigon evacuation amid antiwar influence
Former U.S. ambassador Graham A. Martin told a House subcommittee that American aid to Saigon was driven by broad public pressure, not a single group, calling the antiwar movement a powerful propaganda force and naming the Indochina Resource Center as a focal point. He defended his handling of the evacuation as a difficult but necessary action to prevent panic and retaliation.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Congress
Saigon
United States
Graham A. Martin
Indochina Resource Center
Center
Martin
House
Fromietnam
Henry Kissinger
Subcommittee
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Sea Martin
Kissinger Still Presses Angola Aid Despite Congressional Rebuff
Washington AP Secretary of State Henry Kissinger refused to concede defeat after Congress voted 323 to 99 to end U.S. military aid to pro-Western forces in Angola. Kissinger said a detailed statement would come at his Senate testimony and defended continued U.S. stance as not a victory of one branch. Ford urged resolve, while opponents warned against mirroring Soviet support and delaying negotiations.
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Washington
U.S
Angola
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
House
Ford
Senate
United States
Kissinger
Carl Albert
Albert
Sai
John J. Rhodes
Vietnam
Nine N C congressmen oppose Angolan aid vote
In Washington the House passed a 323 to 99 measure to prohibit funds for Angola military involvement. Nine of North Carolina’s eleven congressmen backed the majority including Democrats Andrews Fountain Hebner Henderson Jones Neal Preyer Rose and Republican Broyhill. Democrat Taylor did not vote and Republican Martin voted against the measure.
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Washington
North Carolina
House
Angola
Andrews, Fountain
Hebner
Henderson
Jones
Neal
Preyer
Rose
Broyhill
Taylor
Martin
Disaster strikes Southerland family with cancer trials
Raymond Southerland, a 37 year old Dade County police officer, has faced repeated tragedy as his children battled leukemia and cancer. His 15 year old son Stephen gained notoriety in 1974 after befriending Ted Kennedy Jr following leg amputation for bone cancer. Doctors at NIH in Bethesda will examine Raymond’s brain tumor to determine malignancy while the family remains under National Cancer Institute study.
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MIAMI
Raymond Southerland
Southerland
Dade County
Stephen
Ted Kennedy Jr
Young Kennedy
Sen
Edward Kennedy
D-Mast
Jeffrey
Michael
National Health Institute
Bethesda
National Cancer Institute
Ford Losing First 1976 Veto Battle
President Ford appears likely to lose the first 1976 veto clash as Congress moves to override his veto of a 45 billion dollar health and welfare funding bill. The House voted 310 to 113 to override, with support from 2 Democrats and 49 Republicans, signaling Senate opposition may follow.
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Washington
Presiae Ford
Congress
Senate
House
Ford
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
Appropriations
Labor Department
Communi Services Administration
Allpoverty
Carl Albert
Ford Administration
Mexican Jail Abuse Cited In State Department Findings
The State Department substantiated about 250 complaints by Americans saying they were mistreated or denied access to U.S. officials while held in Mexican jails. About 130 complaints were found substantiated, with roughly 400 not clearly proven. The panel cited difficulties confirming claims and noted pattern credibility, including allegations of physical abuse used to coerce statements.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Bureau of Security and Consular Af
Mexico
Leonard
Shapp Outlines Dual Budgets For Education and Rail
Gov Milton Shapp proposes two budgets a operating budget for day to day costs and a long term investment budget to fund slum clearance energy research education railroad modernization sewer projects and housing He estimates a 13 billion railroad plan and a 50 billion a year educator program funded initially by borrowing with future self funding from user fees and higher tax revenue.
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Harrisburg
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
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Jerry Shaver
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Montgomery Ward
Quebec
Canada
Roger Roisseau
Louis J. Fisher
Viet War
Graham Martin
N.C
Stevie
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