North Carolina budget slashed as revenues fall short
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina legislature faces a 232 million dollar general fund shortfall for the biennium with highway funds also underperforming by about 109 million. The Joint Economy Committee warned of a severe recession likely to bottom out late 1975 with a gradual recovery in 1976 and 1977, prompting talks of school cuts and reconsideration of bottle deposits tax measures.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Joint Economy Committee
House
Senate
Kenneth Howard
The
William Watkins
Granville
Rep. C. Kitchin Josey
Josey
Chris
Mamie Eisenhower’s Health Improves at Augusta Hospital
Mamie Fisenhower’s condition improves as she increases activity while recovering from an intestinal ailment at Fort Gordon’s medical center. Doctors state her general condition is very good and she remains hospitalized since March 25 at the base, following internal bleeding at her winter home.
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Augusta
Mamie Fisenhower
George Foster
U.S. Army Medical Center
Ft. Gordon
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Waldheim Boumedienne State Meet interrupted trip
UN chief Kurt Waldheim will cut a European trip to meet Algerian President Houari Boumedienne in Algiers next weekend. He will also see Italian leaders and visit Austria and Prague before continuing. In Raleigh, the House approved Rep. Dan Lilley’s bill extending the no ceiling on first mortgage home loans until June 30, 1977.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Waldheim
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Senate
House
Dan Lilley
D-Lenoir
General Assembly
North Carolina
Lilley
UFO Sighting Reported Across Southeast North Carolina
Police across Robeson Hoke Sampson Bladen and Columbus counties report a V shaped UFO with a bright front light and red and blue side lights. The object, about the size of a small plane, streaked at roughly 200 mph at low altitude between 100 and 300 feet, observed between 145 and 150 a.m. by multiple officers.
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Lumberton
N.C
North Carolina
Robeson
Hoke
Sampson
Bladen
Columbus
Showdown ERA Vote Set For Wednesday
North Carolina House faces ERA action as Rep. Herbert Hyde says Rep. Hartwell Campbell will allow a debate on ERA at the committee meeting next Wednesday. If a favorable report appears, Campbell may set ERA as a special order for April 15. Campbell had canceled this week’s committee meeting.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Herbert Hyde
D-Buncombe
Hartwell Campbell
D Wilson
Hyde
Campbell
Era
Constitutional Amendments Committee
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