Memos Claim Lobbyists Inflate Roles in Washington
A set of mock memos satirically depict lobbyists exaggerating influence in policy. The letters to executives from Stan Fixer, Bear Goldfinger, and Daphne Sears describe meetings with top officials, stock phrases, and hints of impropriety, ending with requests to destroy the documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jack Anderson
Harley Brace
Croakly Products Inc
Stanley Fixer
Harley
Supreme Court
Warren Burger
Crookly
Justice
Byron White
Bill Douglas
Bill Brennan
Potter Stewart
Bill Rehnquist
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun
White House
Cal Winkleman
Ioundustries
Bear Goldfinger
Cal
Baby
Camp David
Pat
Tricia
Bebe
JOU Industries
San Diego
California
Defense Department
Three Get Active Sentences In Local Court Roster
Judge Byron Haworth imposed active terms on Euell Robert Sexton 80 days on two counts of public drunkenness and reckless driving. Richard Dixon 26 received a six month suspended sentence made active for larceny and probation violations. Robert Harrison Tesh 46 drew 180 days for DUI after waiving prelims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Haworth
Euell Robert Sexton
Clara Cox
Richard Dixon
Harrison Street
Robert Harrison Tesh
Rt. 1
Madison
Superior Court
James Mason McLoud
Blair Street
Beverly David Horlick
Tanglewood Avenue
R. L. Brinson Sr
Hayworth Circle
George Stanley Ashby
Irvin Jesse Craven
Greensboro Road
Glenn Ray Bledsoe
Greensboro
Thomas Scott Armfield
Larry Eugene Wiley
Jamestown
Dorothy Allen
Redding Street
Tight Simmons
Loflin Street
Bobby Franklin Marion
Rt. 2
Mount Airy
William Frank Tise
Johnson Street
Jerry Beasley
Oakmont Street
Albert Ellison
Ronnie Williams
Charles Dickson
Cassell Street
Blackwelder’s Essex Stirring Again In Spring
Concord residents enjoy spring as Oscar Blackwelder’s 1921 Essex awakens from winter. The royal blue car with red spokes and a running board returns to traffic after storage. It has a crank start, folds into old-time touring lore, and traces its owner’s long history with the Essex through mining and peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Oscar
Oscar Blackwelder
Pete
Blackwelder
Charles Porter
Harrisburg
Washington, D.C
American Automobile Association
AAA
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Horseless Carriage Club
Antique Automobile Assn. of America
Albermarle
Sandhills
Georgia
Pinehurst
Essex
Cape May
N.J
New Jersey
Armed Robbery At East Green Curb Market Leads To Gunfire
At 12 45 a m the night manager fired at an armed robber who mugged East Green Curb Market on Whiteoak Street. Bernard Mayhew pursued and shot at the bandit who fled after a fall. The suspect, black, 5 8, wearing a toboggan and scarf, fled with about $1000. No injuries reported among about seven customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Green Curb Market
Whiteoak Street
Bernard Mayhew
Mayhew
Rufus Allen Farmer
Roanoke
Florida
Gubernatorial Candidates Rally Across State
Democratic hopefuls HoltBowles Hawkins and Hunt pushed reform and education plans at Raleigh and Wadesboro events. Hobby urged no fault auto insurance to cut legal costs and aid accident victims. Bowles backed a limited no fault approach with drivers’ breaks. Hawkins criticized racism in prisons and called for better Black professional staffing, while Hunt urged state funded educational opportunities for mentally retarded children. Gardner attacked wasteful spending and criticized C&D leadership amid GOP infighting.
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Wilbur Hobby
North Carolina
Raleigh
Jim Gardner
Gardner
Conservation and Development
Democratic Party
Eugene Simmons
C&d
Scott
Simmons
Department of Natural and Economic
Reginald Hawkins
Hawkins
Nwo
Jim Hunt
Wadesboro
Agents Endorse No-Fault Insurance For Motorists
The Carolinas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents urged adoption of no fault auto coverage for North Carolina. They called for open competitive ratings, division reorganization of the Insurance Department, licensing law revisions, a surcharge on assigned risk drivers, and a $2000 minimum medical limit with optional higher limits to ensure prompt payments to accident victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
Carolinas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Governor’s Study Commission On Automobile Insurance
Insurance Department
Archdale Council Votes Nonpartisan elections Poster Ban
Archdale officials push nonpartisan elections and ban political posters and meetings in City Hall. Mayor York proposed use for civic groups only on bulletin boards while Fire Chief Wear seeks a city fire prevention code. Taxi service approval awaits a required public hearing and a forthcoming ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wrenn
Archdale
Archdale City Hall
Henry York
City Hall
Archdale-Trinity Jaycees
Gail Rand
F. Garland Wear
Don Miller
Nine hurt in city traffic crashes.
Friday saw nine people sustain minor injuries in multiple city traffic accidents. Drivers faced charges for safety violations including failure to yield and safe movement, among other details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Johnson Jr
Arlington Street
Sam McCombs
Marrion Court
Jennie Hearne
E. Farriss Avenue
Rose Lang
Jerry Thomas Lang
Tipton Street
English Road
Westchester Drive
Barbara Butler
John Henry Weeks
Brenda Faye Weeks
Hilltop Street
E. Commerce Street
Wrenn Street
Grace McPherson Rhodes
Rt. 4
Thomasville
Janice Walker
Salisbury
Jerry Stephen Heath
Greensboro
Holiday Inn
W. Green Drive
Heath
Steven Curtis
Skeet Club Road
James Arthur Wirsching
Edgedale Drive
N. Main Street
Westwood Avenue
Wirsching
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Roscoe Mulligan
Worldwide Telephone Service Inc
Daphne Sears
Roscoe
New York
John Connally
Martha Mitchell
PTA
Richard Kleindienst
Hal
Worldwide
Hialeah Race Track
Agnew
Country Club Drive
Mark Austin
Farmer
High Point
Bruce Duvall Gaskin
Montlieu Avenue
Beile Lottie Gill
West Street
Ethylene Freeman Cole
N. Hamilton Street
Gerre Bryan Chandler
Joseph Garris Jr
Radford Street
Lloyd
Hobby
Afl-Cio
Hargrove
Bowles
General Assembly
Jim Holfhouser
Bob Scott
Holfhouser
Asheville
Kolshouser
Richard Nixon
South Carolina
Miami
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
High Point Enterprise
Ancapanes
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
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