On a drizzly March afternoon in 1953, the citizens of 46 Eastern North Carolina towns were on high alert, as a group of determined spokesmen prepared to take on the State Utilities Commission in Raleigh. Their mission: to expose the truth behind a brazen phone scam that had been running rampant across the region.
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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