National Energy Council urged to guide policy and coordination
A presidential study team led by William C. Doub finds federal energy regulation fragmented and lacking a national policy. It calls for a National Energy Council to set objectives, improve agency coordination on licensing and data, and possibly preempt local siting in major energy facility decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Barnes
Associated Press
Washington
National Energy Council
William C. Doub
Atomic Energy Commissioner
Nixon
Federal Power Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Senate votes on pay bills and roll call clash
The North Carolina Senate rejected Sen. Jim Hughes request for a roll call on a pay raise bill and persuaded Sen. Reid Poovey to withdraw an objection allowing simultaneous tentative and final approval. After a voice vote the measure passed with many senators requesting recorded no votes while Sen. McNeill Smith urged higher pay to attract youth, and Poovey defended restraint. The Senate also approved a 7 percent pay raise for Governor Holshouser and other state officials, pending House action.
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Senate
Jim Hughes
R-Avery
Hughes
Reid Poovey
R-Catawba
Poovey
Sen
McNeill Smith
Douilford
Council of State
Ralph Scott
D-Alamance
Jim Holfhouser
State Department
Jim Hunt
House
Man crucified in Good Friday ritual in Philippines
In San Fernando Philippines laborer Juanito Piring 43 reenacted Christ’s crucifixion for a Good Friday sacrifice. He wore a crown of thorns and a white loin cloth as Medina Pamposa played the Roman soldier. A crowd of about 4000 watched the brief ritual amid a carnival atmosphere and self-flagellation by flagellants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fernando
Philippines
Juanito Piring
Medina
Marco
Jesus Christ
Piring
Christ
Officials Anticipate Federal Changes To Desegregation Plan
North Carolina state universities expect federal revisions to the desegregation plan for 16 campuses. John Sanders warns that rejecting the plan could jeopardize $60 million in federal funds. HEW likely to rule by early summer with a plan submitted under court order. Three hundred percent of the description omitted.
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Raleighap
North Carolina
John Sanders
University of North Carolina System
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Sanders
Board of Governors
HEW
UNC
North Viets Overrun Arvin Base Near Saigon
North Vietnamese troops and tanks overran the Tong Le Chan ranger base 50 miles north of Saigon after a 4 hour barrage. About 250 to 300 rangers were besieged. fate unknown. Government says strike aimed at disrupting infiltration toward Saigon and Loc Ninh. air support was hindered by clouds. Viet Cong claim bombings caused heavy damage and dozens killed or wounded near Loc Ninh, which Saigon officials deny. Cease-fire talks in the area around the base were rejected for casualty evacuation and inquiry by the International Commission.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh
Tong le Chan
An Loc
Phan Hoa Hiep
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Jury hears key testimony in Yablonski murder case
Former UMW official Turnblazer testified that Boyle issued the kill Yablonski order at a June 23, 1969 meeting in the UMW building hallway in Washington. Yablonski’s death followed his failed bid to unseat Boyle as union chief.
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Boyle
Sprague
William Turnblazer
UMW District 19
Kentucky
Tennessee
Turnblazer
Yablonski
Kill Yablonski
UMW
Washington, D.C
Caulfield Points to Acree as IRS Contact In Watergate
Lawrence L. Knutson reports in Washington that the Senate Watergate committee named Vernon D. Acree as the former White House tax data contact. Acree denied wrongdoing, saying the information mirrored standard practice and not a deliberate effort to influence audits.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
John Caulfield
Nixon
Vernon D
Mike” Acree
U.S. Commissioner of Customs
IRS
Acree
Caulfield
Exxon Greensboro Names New Downtown Car Center Manager
H Brunell Wise Jr. has been named manager of Exxon's Downtown Car Care Center at 600 W Market St Greensboro. Wise, a High Point native, brings 11 years in the automotive business including service, office and store management with Goodyear Tire in Akron and as a Goodyear commercial salesman. He attended High Point College majoring in business administration and serves as a member and youth council chair at Green Street Baptist Church in High Point.
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H. Brunell Wise Jr
Exxon
W. Market St
Greensboro
Wise
High Point
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Goodyear
High Point College
Green Street Baptist Church
Food Town Stores reports record growth in sales and earnings
Food Town Stores Inc reports 52 weeks ending December 29 sales of 71.37 million, up 42 percent from 1972’s 50.25 million. Net income from operations is 1.655 million, versus 1.397 million in 1972. Earnings per share rise to 1.91 from 1.66. Jerry Conrad named VP at Claude Harrison and Co Roanoke advertising. Eugene H Bohr elected VP of Southern Broadcasting Co Winston Salem and remains WGHP TV general manager.
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Food Town Stores, Inc
Jerry Conrad
Claude Harrison and Company
Roanoke
Burris Manufacturing Co
Consolidated Burris International
Alderman Studios
Eugene H. Bohr
Wghp-Tv
Channel 8
Southern Broadcasting Co
Winston- Salem
WGHP
Bohi
New Wage Law Expands Coverage for Minimum Pay
The act raises minimums for farm workers with staged increases from 1.60 to 2.30 by 1978 and expands coverage to government domestic retail and service industries, including certain nonagricultural roles. It also sets 20 hour limits for full-time students and mandates 85 percent pay for student workers.
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Agriculture Telegraph Agency
Jaworski Authorized To Investigate Taxes
Washington AP The special Watergate prosecutor Jaworski was authorized to probe tax matters involving more than a dozen people. Attorney General Saxbe said Jaworski inquired if his mandate covers tax issues and noted tax liens against Nixon. DeMarco, Nixon’s former tax preparer for 1969–72, said he has had no contact with Jaworski or the Justice Department.
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Washington
Atty
William B. Saxbe
Frank DeMarco
Saxbe
Justice Department
Leon Jaworski
DeMarco
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Joint
Congressional Committee
Saxhe
Jaworski
Tax Return Requests Highlight Watergate Figures
Saxbe said he authorized Jaworski to seek tax information on about a dozen to fifteen Watergate figures, with data going directly from the IRS to Jaworski. DeMarco, contacted by phone, said he has not been approached by the attorney general or the special prosecutor and has only dealt with the IRS.
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Acree
Caulfield
White House
John Wayne
IRS
Jaworski
Saxbe
Justice Department
DeMarco
San Francisco
Attorney General
Special Prosecutor
Copper Costs Signal Penny Shortage Across Nation
The Mint warns Americans may face a copper penny shortage as copper climbs to 1.20 per pound, making production cost higher than the coin’s material value. Banks in California ration pennies, while the Mint shifts to stockpiled copper to meet demand of 8.0–8.5 billion pennies this year.
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Washington
U.S. Mint
California
Los Angeles
Roy C. Cahoon
Congress
Hearst fiancé doubts kidnapped heiress alive or safe
Steven Weed, Hearst's fiancé, told a KQED interview that if no positive word from Patricia Hearst arrives in a week, it may indicate she is dead or being exploited. He noted the SLA claim and her tape renunciation as possible coercive steps to save her life, amid her Berkeley kidnapping. Randolph Hearst heads the San Francisco Examiner.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Steven Weed
KQED
Weed
University of California
SLA
FBI
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Berkeley
Randolph A. Hearst
The
San Francisco Examiner
Bank Robbery at Stokesdale Bank
Three armed men wearing ski masks robbed the Central Carolina bank at Stokesdale this morning. Witnesses described a submachine gun pistol and sawed off shotgun. They fled east on NC 158 in a car. The amount stolen was not disclosed. It was North Carolina's 10th bank robbery of the year.
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Stokesdale
N.C
Central Carolina
Highway Patrol
Greensboro
North Carolina
Blacks Support Wallace In Re-Election Rally Attendance
In Alabama Wallace draws small but steady black support as Tuskegee mayor Johnny Ford predicts Wallace will carry Macon County next month. Voters include Willie Dubose and John D. Robinson who cite Wallace’s aid to the poor, while rival Gene McLain argues the race will hinge on all voters, black or white.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Johnny Ford
Tuskegee
Wallace
Macon
Willie Dubose
Troy
Dubose
University of Alabama
John D. Robinson
Robinson
Ford
Gene McLain
Huntsville
McLain
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
AP News
Boce Earrier
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising
Medina Pamposa
Jesus
Bowman Gray
University of North Carolina Medical School
Duke Medical
Arvin Base
Tony
Carlock
Nancy I. Planté
Woonsocket
Miss Plante
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
AP Wirt
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