North Carolina voters to decide on governor succession
Raleigh AP reports bills in both houses have enough sponsors to pass a constitutional amendment allowing governors and lieutenant governors to seek consecutive terms. Supporters say it would strengthen the state’s voice in Washington and enable longer progress on programs, with a November 1978 ballot possible.
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Senate
Tom Gilmore
D-Guilford
Gilmore
Jim Hunt
General Assembly
Jimmy Green
Carl Stewart
South
Hunt
Washington
Elvis Presley Resting Well in Memphis Hospital
Elvis Presley is reported resting well at Baptist Hospital in Memphis while undergoing tests for intestinal flu and fatigue. The 42-year-old entertainer was admitted after cancelling a Baton Rouge show at the Louisiana State University Assembly Center. Dr George Nichopoulos says the illness is intestinal flu common on tour.
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Elvis Presley
Baptist Hospital
Presley
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Assembly Center
George Nichopoulos
Carter reshapes Democratic National Committee postures
At the DNC meeting President Carter's handpicked Kenneth Curtis guides a new, diverse at large slate and reform minded party leadership. A voice vote adopted a rule requiring White House and DNC staff to consult local leaders before political appointments. Local input for fundraising missions was also sought amid patronage complaints.
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White House
Carter
Kenneth Curtis
Curtis
National Committee
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Ntional Committee
National Party
North Dakota
Property Tax Breaks for Elderly and Disabled Citizens
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina House passed a bill to raise the local property tax exemption to 7,500 for elderly over 65 or disabled individuals with income up to 10,000. Rep Davenport argued the measure shifts the burden to others, noting the average factory wage is 8,300.
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Raleigh
John Ed Davenport
D-Nash
Davenport
North Carolina
Castro in Algiers Declares Continental Liberation Struggle
Fidel Castro ends Africa tour in Algiers and asserts a long liberation struggle will succeed. He praised solidarity with Boumedienne as rain and cloudy Piedmont skies forecast until Sunday.
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Piedmont
Hunt Promises Battle Over State Utility Plan
Gov. Jim Hunt faces opposition from legislative leaders and the attorney general over his plan to reorganize the state Utilities Commission. Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten opposes two provisions, while House Speaker Carl Stewart and Rep. Horton Rountree voice resistance. Hunt pledges a vigorous fight to secure approval as the plan would place an executive director over most staff and alter public representation before the commission.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
State Utilities Commission
Hunt
Atty
Rufus Edmisten
Carl Stewart
Edmisten
Horton Rountree
Pitt
House
Jimmy Green
Senate
Utilities Commission
Commission
Attorney General
Associated Press
Attorney General's Office
People’s Representative
Wesley Webster
Dockingham
George Miller
Durham
Wilmington 10 Bond Release Requested
A defense attorney for the Wilmington 10 asked for nine imprisoned members to be released on bond pending a post conviction hearing. The motion was filed in Pender County Superior Court. State opposition would await the motion review. bond pending a post-conviction hearing is considered unusual. The group’s Rev. Ben Chavis and nine others were convicted in 1972 for arson and conspiracy tied to the 1971 firebombing of a grocery store in Wilmington.
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Burgaw
N.C
Wilmington 10
Pender County Superior Court
Andrew A. Vanore
Vanore
Ben Chavis
Wine Cocktails Seek Nod From North Carolina Board
The North Carolina three member Board of Alcoholic Control heard wine industry pleas to allow wine cocktails in restaurants. They warned such drinks would edge toward liquor by the drink, with chairman Marvin Speight urging no mixing behind the counter to maintain control.
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Raleigh
Board of Alcoholic Control
Marvin Speight
Rhodes Criticizes Carter For Damaging Global Human Rights
Rep. John Rhodes accuses President Carter of harming human rights worldwide and failing to fulfill campaign promises. In Winston-Salem he links a low voter share to discrediting Carter as a world moral authority while criticizing Congress and planned spending.
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John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Carter
United States
Rhodes
House
Stokes County
Winston-Salem
Gerald
U S says base issue would end strategic arms talks
Secretary said Gromyko pressed for closing U S military bases in Vance and Paris talks would not alter the rejected plan. He warned that pressing the base issue would undermine the START treaty framework as Washington seeks to cut strategic missiles and bombers from 2,400 to 1,800–2,000.
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Gromyko
Paris
White House
U.S
London
United States
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