One Killed In Housing Project Family Dispute
A woman was killed and three others injured in a dawn gunfire exchange at the Chesterfield Apartments public housing project in Kings Mountain North Carolina. Victims include Beverly Mauney 22 the dead woman Sgt. Johnny Belk shot and wounded, Ernest Mauney 57 and Herman Queen 25. Police say the incident stemmed from a dispute over how a child was being treated with past racial tensions noted.
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Kings Mountain
N.C
Chesterfield
North Carolina
Cleveland County
Bennett Masters
Beverly Ernestine Mauney
Kings Mountain Hospital
Johnny Belk
Ernest Mauney
Herman Queen
Illinois man seeks custody of Topeka abandoned boys
Dennis W. Best of Edwardsville arrives in Topeka to prove he is the father of two boys abandoned by their mother and now in SRS custody. A judge will decide if Best can legally claim Ben 33 months and Charlie 21 months as his sons after birth certificates and a marriage license are reviewed.
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Topeka, Kan
Illinois
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Topeka
SRS
Jim Gill
Ben
Charlie
Best
Bill Honeyman
Associated Press
Eleanor and
Franklin
Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan Macy
Helen
Lash
America
Sidney Poitier
Bahamas
Poitier
Hollywood
Balck
Whitney
W.A. Swanberg
William Collins Whitney
Dorothy
William
Flora Payne
Willard Straight
Elizabeth Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Ted
Kennedy
Max Lerner
Area Food Stamp Recipients Rise With Troubled Economy
Kansas City area officials warn the federally funded food stamp program may run dry as recipients surge amid a weak economy and looser rules. In Wyandotte County stamps rose over 400 percent from 1600 to 7000, with 9 percent in Johnson and roughly 100 percent in Clay and Platte. Officials note some recipients may be undeserving and call for stricter verification.
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Kansas City, Mo
Dave Lancaster
Mountain Plains
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Wyandotte County
Johnson County
Clay
Platte
Harvey King
Department of Agriculture
Western
Missouri
Paper Strike Persists Across Abitibi Mills in Canada
Eastern Canada faces ongoing paper strikes as CNTU and Consolidated Bathurst resume talks in La Baie Quebec. A larger 13 mill stoppage by Abitibi Price across Quebec Ontario and Newfoundland shows no clear resumption date, threatening newsprint supplies in Canada and the U.S. Northeast.
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Montreal
Abitibi-Price
Canada
U.S
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Consolidated Bathurst
la Baie
Quebec
CNTU
Ontario
Newfoundland
Canadian Paperworkers Union
Wall Street rises before Independence Day weekend
The Dow edged up in early trading and held a moderate gain by noon as gains outweighed losses among NYSE issues. Banks cut prime lending rates to 11.5 percent, responding to lower funds costs. Norton Simon led active lists, Exxon fell while Texaco and Kennecott rose, Colgate Palmolive slipped after selling Helena Rubenstein unit. NYSE composite up to 67.26. AMEX up to 307.83 with 18.40 million Big Board shares traded.
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New York
Norton Simon
Exxon
Texaco
Kennecott
Colgate Palmolive
Helena Rubenstein
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
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T.W. Harper
Kings Mountain Housing Authority
Harper
Greg Hambright
J.D. Barretta
Belk
Ms. Mauney
Dennis W. Best
Edwardsville
The
Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
James Wann
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
CTV
Hugo
Pont
Fenton
Verase
Gue
Beetle Bailey
Walt
Wall Street
Re Ie Bank
Kansas
Tornbeck
Ottawa
Joseph P. Lash
Lerner
New York Post
Ottawa Herald
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