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...American prisoners-Pfc. Donald G. Smith, SP4 Thomas N. Jones, and SP4 James W. Brigham, all 21. After a short Viet Cong propaganda speech (during which Smith mumbled, "By God, let's get all this over with and get out of here"), the Americans issued the Communists a receipt for the prisoners and whisked them off by helicopter. The three had been in enemy hands for periods ranging from four to eight months. They said that they had been reasonably well treated during their captivity, and U.S. doctors found them to be in "satisfactory to good" physical condition...
...application was turned down almost upon receipt; he suspects they didn't even read it. His local board in Buffalo reclassified him 1-A, despite the fact that he was still a full-time student. This was in May, 1967, before the new draft law abolishing graduate deferments was passed. The lawyer Ferber contacted told him that this was a blatantly illegal move, since there was no basis for stripping...
...slip proof that the purchase has been "exported," a buyer can get his discount fairly simply if he has his purchase shipped directly home. But if he wants to take the goods with him, he may have to pay the full price, later haggle with customs agents for a receipt to send back to the store, which, he hopes, will then forward the amount of the discount. On the other hand, a shopkeeper can risk giving the discount to a buyer right away, in hopes that he will send back the customs slip when he leaves...
Cambridge has already announced its receipt of a federal Community Development Program Grant, of $261,000, to finance a two-year planning study for City housing, health, welfare, and employment. Hayes had said at the time that Cambridge's shortage of low and middle-income housing would be a special concern of planning under that grant...
...Tretyakov). Americans who drop into GUM, the mammoth department store, must be prepared for elbowing crowds and the Soviet system of shopping: the customer prices the item he wants, then pays for it in advance at the cashier's desk, returns to the display counter with receipt in hand to claim his purchase. Much better bargains are available to Americans at the "dollar shops" (called Beriozka), which accept foreign exchange only, in return offer large discounts on everything from black caviar (81? an ounce) to folk...