Bald Head Island dispute fuels Raleigh environmental debate
The Raleigh debate over Bald Head Island intensifies as Governor Scott pushes for state ownership amidst funding questions. Interior Department interest looms as hearings examine a possible pier project, while proponents tout ecological value and critics warn of irreversible development.
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Raleigh
Bald Head Island
Rob Scott
Rhor
Raleigh News & Observer
Belore
Ore
Ofnterior Morton
Carolina Cape Fearne
Bald Head
Interior Department
Baldee
Bob Scott
Bill Henderson
Carolina Ca
The Poet James Larkin Pearson Month Declared
The governor proclaims April as James Larkin Pearson Month in salute to North Carolina's official poet laureate. The piece highlights Pearson's Fifty Acres, his Wilkes County hill allotment, and his monthly The F Killer where many poems first appeared.
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James Larkin Pearson
Pearson
Fifty Acres
Wilkes County
Senators oppose Railfax funding over missing routes
Senate leaders and several senators from West Virginia Arkansas Wyoming and North Dakota oppose funding for Railfax National Railroad Passenger Corporation until additional routes serving underserved states are added. Railfax projects a 100 million deficit in year one against 340 million in funding. more routes would worsen the deficit and threaten self sufficiency.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Hugh Scott
Robert C. Byrd
Democrats
West Virginia
Harley Staggers
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Newspapers Face Growth, Decline, and a Tech Promised Future
The 1971 outlook for the U S newspaper industry shows steady growth despite ads declines and labor cuts as forecasts predict about 4 percent annual gains through 1975 with receipts near 8 5 billion. Analysts discuss distribution costs congestion and new tech like cable TV and facsimile shaping future reader access.
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United States
McLuhanesque
Department of Commerce
Agency
Industrial Outlook
New York Times
the Times
Business Week
Ben H. Bagdikian
Washington Post
Mitchell to Leave Justice to Head Nixon 1972 Campaign
Attorney General John Mitchell plans to resign this fall to run Nixon's 1972 reelection effort from behind the scenes. He will return to the Mudge Rose law firm on Pennsylvania Avenue opposite the White House, as Murray Chotiner moves into offices above. The move follows Democratic attacks over alleged political interference in prosecutions.
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Washington
John Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Murray Chotiner
Reeves and Harrison
Mudge, Rose
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Adlerteals
Thad Dulski
D-N.y
House Post Office Committee
Flying Tiger Line
Tokyo
House Post Office
Happy Dulski
John Martiny
Air Transport Association
Post Office
State Department
Dulski
Murphy
Manhattan Democrat
Bellevue Hospital
Laird
Phil Hart
Michigan
Senate
Hart
Bob Byrd
DW. Va
Bobby Baker
Byrd
Sen
Ed Muskie
D-Men
Remembering the Florida Country Doctor Ray Whyte
Holt McPherson recalls Ray Whyte, Hoosier poet turned Florida figure, a family doctor who served Fort Lauderdale for decades. The tribute highlights Whyte’s humble, lifelong patient care, his role in the community, and the deep affection of families he helped across generations.
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Ray Whyte
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Indiana
Deep South
Tia Heck
Bourne
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Dan Brewster
San Francisco
Joseph
Arch Moore
Texas
James Collins
Alabama
Bill Dickinson
Spears Service, Inc
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