Burial at National Cemetery Free for Veteran and Spouse
A veteran and his wife may be interred in a national cemetery without a plot cost if space is available. Open and close of graves and government headstones are free, but other burial costs fall to survivors. Availability is first come, first served, with data and forms handled by the funeral director and cemetery superintendent.
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National Cemetery
Salisbury
W.E.B. A
Veterans Administration
War costs per American reach 490 dollars says Fulbright
Senate hearing cites Library of Congress study showing war in South Vietnam total budgeted cost about 120 billion dollars and per capita 600 dollars with more than 98 billion in defense outlays deemed unnecessary. Fulbright warns the conflict may undermine US democracy and divert funds from domestic problems.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Haircutting at Home Violates North Carolina Law
The practice of barbering in this state is regulated by Chapter 86 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Anyone practicing without a license is subject to prosecution by the State Board of Barber Examiners. For license or complaint details, contact 409 Raleigh Building, Raleigh NC 27601.
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Anon
North Carolina
State Board of Barber Examiners
Raleigh Building
Raleigh
N.C
Old Oakes glass jar mystery from Tipton Indiana
A five quart Oakes Manufacturing glass jar marked Cat No 70 likely dates to earlier times. Tipton Chamber of Commerce notes the firm became part of FMC Corp in 1952 and did not make jars but produced metal equipment and poultry waterers using glass jars. The jar may have housed chicks for water or warmth.
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Oakes Manufacturing Company, Inc
Tipton
Indiana
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Benta
Blaze Destroys Henderson Funeral Home Owned by Missing Councilman
Fire crews battled a blaze at White Funeral Home in Henderson from after midnight until about 6 am. The two story building, 60 years old, was gutted leaving only walls. a brick chapel adjacent suffered smoke and water damage. The home belonged to a city councilman who had disappeared two months earlier.
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Henderson
N.C
White Funeral Home
America
Cambodia
U.S
Kompong Trach
Air War Escalates with B52 Raids North of DMZ
U S B52 bombers intensified raids below the DMZ while a U S photoplane dodged three surface to air missiles 45 miles north of the line. The RF4 reconnaissance craft and escort remained undamaged and did not attack missile sites.
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North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Rebels Attack Moroccan Palace Amid King Hassan II Coup Attempt
Rebel army cadets stormed Rabat’s summer palace during Hassan II’s birthday celebration killing several and wounding many. The king survived and later asserted control as loyal forces retook Rabat Radio and sources reported a shaky security situation with Libyan support claimed by rebels.
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Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II
Hassan
Marcel Dupart
Libya
U.S
Washington
State Department
Stuart Rockwell
Moulay Abdullah
Allies Examine U S War Policy After Pentagon History
Diplomats from Canada India Britain Australia New Zealand South Vietnam compare Pentagon Vietnam records with their wartime briefings and withhold judgments until Johnson memoirs appear. France Italy and West Germany dispute being misled while six other governments weigh the evidence.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Vietnam
Pentagon
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Canada
India
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
South Vietnam
Korea
Thailand
Philippines
Formosa
France
Italy
West Germany
Poland
Geneva
Soviet Union
Contractors Overcharge Reported in 1971
The Renegotiation Board said private space and defense contractors charged the federal government excess profits exceeding 65 million dollars in fiscal 1971. It made 149 determinations totaling 65,236,921 with many refunds or price cuts already arranged or under orders, and 17.5 million more under negotiation. The total exceeds 1970 and reflects Vietnam war buildup as chair Lawrence E. Hartwig noted.
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Washington
Lawrence E. Hartwig
Duke Center for the Study of the Aging Highlighted
A Duke University seminar on aging outlines the Center for the Study of the Aging and Human Development led by Dr. E W Busse and Mrs Dorothy Heyman Its work ties physiological psychological and social aging factors to national and international knowledge and trains students for careers in aging research and practice
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Duke University
University
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation
Center
Dorothy K. Heyman
Duke University Council of the Aging
E. W. Busse
Duke University Council On Gerontology
Piedmont
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Bronx
Robert Brown
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Lion Country Safari
West Palm Beach
Fila
Blaze
Lost Man
Thomasville
ABC
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Editorial
Women’s News
Republic
Casablanca
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S. War
A. Howard White
Durham
White House
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