Reagan Speech Draws Funds Despite Low TV Ratings
Ronald Reagan's national TV address drew between 450000 and 500000 dollars in campaign contributions despite a dismal Nielsen rating. The half hour program ranked third in audience, but supporters flooded the campaign with wires and letters. Funds will bolster the Texas primary and southern western races as the campaign contends with a light overall money position and mounting debts.
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Chain Letter Spreads through North Carolina towns
A $25 U.S. Savings bond chain letter has surfaced in Wadesboro and spread to Wingate Marshville Salisbury and Charlotte. Officials say the scheme violates state anti lottery laws though it is circulated by hand. Participants pay $37.50 for two bonds and receive a letter with a bond and names. The top name receives a bond and the chain continues with two more bonds attached.
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Marshville Salisbury
Charlotie
Shepherd Buckhart
Mecklenburg County
Morgan seeks funding to reimburse landowners for New River protection
Sen. Robert Morgan urged the Senate Interior Committee to amend New River legislation so the Interior Department must reimburse property owners if North Carolina cannot pay market value for the 26.5 mile stretch placed under federal protection. Conservationists and state leaders oppose the Blue Ridge hydroelectric project, fearing farmland and homes would flood. Republican Sen. Jesse Helms introduced a competing bill.
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Robert Morgan
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Jesse Helms
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Clarification Sought On UNC Open Meetings Law Case
A suit filed by six law students and the Student Bar Association seeks to force UNC Law School to open faculty meetings. Dean Robert Byrd says the case could define whether the school is a government body under the North Carolina open meetings law. The plaintiffs argue private sessions violate the law. the university contends the law may not apply.
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University of North Carolina Law School
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UNC
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Orange County Superior Court
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