Humphrey Sees U S Aid to World Food Effort
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told a UNC audience that the United States is helping Africa Asia and Latin America form cooperatives and self help programs to feed their people He defended U S policy in Vietnam and recalled past crises while insisting the free world stands strong. Gov Dan Moore joined him on the flight between Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill and back.
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United States
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Humphrey
Raleigh-Durham
Chapel Hill
Memorial Hall
University of North Carolina
U.S
Vietnam
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Europe
Korea
Cuba
Bob Powell
Dan Moore
Raleigh
Halt Called To Purge By Mao
The Hong Kong Star reports Mao Tse-tung granted Premier Chou En-lai full executive power to halt the cultural revolution purge and restore China's economy. Hong Kong notes Red China exports to Hong Kong fell by more than 8.2 million in January, with trade circles blaming the upheaval and forecasting further declines.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Star
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Mao
China
The
Star
Statewide hearing set March 14 on liquor issues in North Carolina
A public hearing on brown bagging and liquor matters is scheduled for March 14 at 1 30 p m in the State Legislative Building auditorium. The session is limited to lawmakers, agendaed participants, media, and invited legislators to hear differing opinions on liquor policy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. V. Henkel
D-Iiedell
State Legislative
Henkel
Senate
House
Jack Euliss
Alamance
Euliss
John Burney Jr
New Hanover
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Hope For Peace Prisoner Says VC Morale At Low Point
Lt. Truong Hiep of the 3rd Company 85th Independence Battalion, captured by Korean forces in Phu Yen Province, says Viet Cong morale is at an all time low after the failed lunar new year truce. He notes Viet Cong fear of B52 raids and F105 Thunderchiefs, and hopes for peace through direct negotiations involving Russia and China. He was interrogated in a wire cage by Korean troops in the central highlands 290 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Phuoc Thanh
South Vietnam
Truong Hiep
85Th ‘Independence
Russia
Red China
Central Highlands
Saigon
Truong
Hanoi
Phu
Half Dollars Circulating Again With Shortage Still Possible
Washington AP Half dollars are circulating again but the Treasury cautions the shortage may not end soon Assistant Secretary Robert A Wallace says 50 cent pieces will remain tight for the year If production remains at a record 24 million monthly the shortage should ease gradually He notes the Kennedy image on the coin affects circulation and will be common for about 25 years once people accept it.
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Washington
Treasury Department
John F. Kennedy
Wallace
Kennedy
Gardner Pushes Substantial Social Security Increase
Secretary John W. Gardner told the House Ways and Means Committee that the Johnson administration seeks at least a 15 percent rise in retirement payments for the aged and related programs. He said the first year would lift 1.4 million seniors from poverty and allocate about 1.5 billion dollars in benefits to five million people over 65 living below the poverty line.
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Washington
Johnson
Secretary of Welfare
John W. Gardner
Congress
Gardner
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pen Pals and Welfare Reform Opinions in Illinois
A Southern Illinois University classified ad seeks a male SIU student to correspond with a small housing resident. Meanwhile Gardner cites that public assistance payments are too low and uneven, urging states to update welfare need findings by July 1, 1969 to meet needs in full under new legislation.
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Southern T Illinois
JDB
Gardner
Advisory Council On Public Welfare
Fourth Plan Redistricting Bill Offered
North Carolina legislators introduced a fourth congressional redistricting bill in the 1967 session. The identical Senate and House measures align two Republican incumbents against Democratic congressmen, reshaping districts 4 5 8 9 and 10. The plan marks a rewrite after a federal court ruling deemed the prior map unconstitutional.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Senate
House
Fred Mills
D-Anson
C. Frank Griffin
D-Union
Jim Gardner
L. H. Fountain
Charles R. Jonas
Basil Whitener
Whitener
James Broy
Nick Galifianakis
Wake
Orange
Randolph
Chatham
Gardner
Nash
Wake County
General Assembly
Johnson Tightens Vietnam Pressure With Cautious Steps
President Johnson authorized the U S military to intensify actions against North Vietnam. Long range artillery, waterway mining, and limited escalation are framed as strategic pressure to force Hanoi toward negotiations, with careful presidential approval for each move. The aim is to replicate Kennedy era leverage without a broad war expansion.
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J. F. Ter Horst
Washington
Johnson
U. S
North Vietnam
White House
Haiphong Harbor
Russia
Vietnam
Harold Wilson
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Alexei Kosygin
Wilson
London
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Fire Damages Carolina Building in Elizabeth City
A four story Carolina Building in downtown Elizabeth City suffered extensive fire damage and a power outage disrupted the area. Fire Chief Alfonzo Poole said the blaze began likely near attorney Russell Twiford’s office on the top floor and the roof lost about a third. The Carolina Theater also endured heavy smoke damage while downtown commerce operated only by candlelight.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Carolina Building
Alfonzo Poole
Russell Twiford
J. Holland Webster
Carolina Theater
Wedding Invitations Go Out For Rockefeller Percy Event
About 2,000 invitations are mailed for the April 1 wedding of Sharon Percy and John D. Rockefeller IV. Sharon, 21, newly a Democrat, is the daughter of Sen. Charles H. Percy. Rockefeller, 29, is a West Virginia legislator and nephew of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller.
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Chicago
Sharon Percy
John D. Rockefeller IV
Luci Johnson
Patrick Nugent
Sharon
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
West
Virginia
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
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