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Equal Rights Amendment Clears First Hurdle In NC Legislature
The North Carolina House defeated an attempt to send the ERA to a referendum 83-32, while sponsors plan to push ratification in committee. Debates centered on whether the legislature should decide or defer to the people, with strong language from both sides. The issue moves to Senate committees as sponsors vow further action.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
House
ERA
Thomas Sawyer
D-Guilford
U.S
Willis Whichard
Dourhham
Olorwards
Senate
Charles Deane
Richmond
Senate Committee
Whichard
Harry Truman
C. Dempsey McDaniel
R-Forsyth
Ernest Messer
D-Haywood
North Carolina General Assembly
House Education Committee
Lane Brown
Stanly
Senate Education Committee
McNeill Smith D-Guillard
House Appropriations Committees
Jim Mashburn
R Davidson
Mashburn
Julian Fenner
Dash
J. M. Mellon
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Fenner
State Board of Educations
Senate Finance Committee
Bob Farmer
D-Wake
State Property Tax Study Commission