Nonpartisan Probe of N C Highway Department Slated
In Raleigh AP dispatch Senate Roads Committee chair J J Monk Harrington announced two subcommittees to study the State Highway Department in a nonpartisan inquiry. One subcommittee led by Sen Herman Moore will probe pris and urban roads, while another chaired by Sen Dallas Alford will examine the highway commission’s makeup and powers. Reports are due in 30 days as Harrington aims not to overhaul immediately but to address select issues. Transportation Secretary Bruce Leitz told highway commissioners they have no control over engineers and stressed citizen input guiding future plans.
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Raleigh
Senate Roads Committee
J. J. “Monk” Harrington
D-Berlie
State Highway Department
Harrington
Holfhouser
Lentz
Bruce Lentz
Jim Holshouser
Secretary of Transportation
State Highway Commission
Herman Moore
D-Mecklenburg
Brother Moore
Brother Stallings
Dallas Alford
D-Nash
Highway Commission
Highway Department
GOP
General Assembly
Ofds
Kllow
Bruce Leitz
Seitz
Commission
Wolk
Court wipes out extensions on air pollution standards
A federal appeals court ordered nationwide compliance with clean air standards by May 31 1975, revoking two year extensions for 18 states. The ruling requires interim controls toward full standards, sets new deadlines for transportation plans and maintenance plans, and directs review of state plans to ensure post completion sustainability.
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Washington
Natural Resources Defense Council
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
David Hawkins
NRDC
EPA
Supreme Court
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Ruthelshaus
Johnson Names Lady Bird Executor Of His Estate
Former President Lyndon Johnson names his widow Lady Bird Johnson as executor of his estate in a probate filing. The will leaves personal effects to Mrs Johnson and papers to the LEY Library at the University of Texas. It sets specific bequests to family and friends and places remainder in two trusts for daughters Lynda and Luci. If all descendants die, assets go to the Johnson City Foundation. Hearing to verify the will's validity is expected.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson
LEY Library
University of Texas
Lucia Alexander
Q.P. Bobbitt
Sam Houston Johnson
Mary Rather
LBJ Ranch
Zephyr Wright
Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti
Jack Valenti
Marie Fehmer
Lynda Johnson Robb
Charlottsville
Luci Baines Johnson Nugent
Johnson City Foundation
Texas Broadcasting Co
J. H. Watson
North Carolina housing agency abolition delayed four weeks
The House State Government Committee, at the request of the Holshouser administration, deferred action on abolishing the North Carolina Housing Corporation for four weeks. Secretary William Bondurant will study the agency with housing and bond experts, aiming to determine state role and potential remedial legislation.
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Raleigh
Holshouser
House
State Government Committee
North Carolina Housing Corporation
William Bondurant
Bondurant
Corporation
Urant
Sam Johnson
D-Wake
Mohn
Donslow
Corporation Board
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Eugene Gullidge
Housing Corporation
North Carolina
Johnson
Housing Authority
Housing , Corporation
Joe Eagles
EES
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D-Orange
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Deluxe Color TV
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