Question and answers about charity solicitations and public aid
Charity scams are discussed including a NC Law Enforcement Officers Assn drive for a Boys Home with 60 percent to Florida vacation promoters and 40 percent to the project. Officials warn campaigns may lack registration and urge checking with authorities. A separate case describes social service denial and Budget help options via Model Cities and Consumer Credit Counseling. A vacant Wise Avenue house slated for demolition and lot cleanup is noted.
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Boys’ Home Fund
N.C. Law Enforcement Officers Assn
Florida
Boys’ Home
P.B. A
Better Business Bureau
Boy
Raleigh
Laurie Pritchett
N. C. Law Enforcement Officers Assn
Lake Waccamaw
Officers’ Association
Pritchett
B. A
Consumer Credit Counseling Service
Church Street
Condemned Corner House On Lake and Tate Reviewed
The second corner house toward Marsh was condemned in early April 1972 per Building Inspector Hill. Officials aim to avoid full legal demolition but must follow ordinance rules, potentially taking up to 90 days. If the owner acts, repair to code within the period is possible.
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Lake
Tate
Marsh
Hill
Best Time to Fertilize Spring Bulbs
After bulbs finish blooming. Use a fertilizer high in phosphorus and bone meal is beneficial for bulb health.
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Anon. A
Raleigh sniper leaves three dead in shopping center attack
Police say 22 year old Harvey Glenn McLeod killed three people and wounded eight before shooting himself at North Hills Shopping Center Raleigh during U S Senator B Everett Jordan visit. Family notes McLeod had recent mental strain and arson records. Hayden, Jordan aide, injured in back. Authorities cite unclear motive.
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Raleigh
E.C. Duke
U.S
B. Everett Jordan
Harvey Glenn McLeod
McLeod
Jordan
Wes Hayden
Wake Memorial Hospital
Willie McLeod
North Hills
D-N.c
Hayden
Jackie Wharton
James G. Henry
Woodstock
Melvin O. Harrison
New Bern
Alabama
George Wallace
Laurel
Robert Goodwin
Broughton High School
J.E. Burke
Ligon Senior High
C.H. Haswell
Ralph Moody
Second Debate Looms Between Humphrey and McGovern in California
In California, Senators Hubert H. Humphrey and George McGovern prepare for a second televised debate on welfare and Vietnam policy. The fight centers on campaign finances and the California primary as 271 nominating votes come into play.
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McGovern
Humphrey
Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
California
Vietnam
Minnesota
New Hampshire
National Broadcasting Co
Meet the Press
Senate hearings open on WV dam collapse and blame
The Army Corps of Engineers declares the Buffalo Mining Co Dam No 3 unsafe from the start and names the Bureau of Mines the state and Buffalo Coal Co as responsible. A Senate subcommittee begins two days of testimony as it reviews the disaster that killed at least 118 people after heavy rains on February 26.
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Washington
Army Corps of Engineers
West Virginia
Senate
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Buffalo Coal Co
Corps
Bureau
National Guard
Buffalo Mining Co
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Valley
Saunders
Lorado
Nixon Arrives in Tehran for Iran Overnight Visit
President Nixon lands in Tehran to a massive welcome as 250 000 to 400 000 Iranians greet him for talks with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi on Gulf oil security. The visit follows his Kiev stop and precedes discussions on regional balance and U S backing.
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Tehran
Nixon
Iran
Mehrabad
Farah
Kiev
Nixons
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Baghdad
Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
United States
U.S
India
Iraq
Moscow
Gulf
Copters Must Avoid Panicky Refugees
In Kontum Vietnam an American CH 47 helicopter lifts with wounded aboard while a crowd of refugees—women children and old men—presses for passage. Guards deny access to all civilians and only allow Americans and wounded Vietnamese to board.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Kontum
Vietnam
Pleiku
Rail Yards and Bridges Hit in North Vietnam Air Strikes
American fighter bombers struck the Yong Bi yard near Hai Phong and damaged 16 bridges across North Vietnam. A Marine A6 jet was shot down but rescued at sea. pilots logged over 250 strikes in 24 hours. In South Vietnam, An Loc relief efforts slowed as heavy shelling continued along Highway 13 and across the delta.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Coral Sea
Yong Bi
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U. S
Ome
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Wise Avenue
G.C. A
Freeman Hill
Eral
Carol Lynn Sutton
Cary
Jessie B. West
Carol Ann Homavac
Terri Sue Henry
David E. Waby
Leroy Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Goodwin
Financial
Shah
Alexander Lyushko
Ukraine
Air Force
Lyashko
Fiast
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