A Lesson In Figures On City Population Shifts
The mid decade census shows most large cities losing population with Sun Belt gains limited. Georgia towns mostly drop while North Carolina cities and High Point gain modestly. Experts predict growth will shift to smaller cities 50,000 to half a million as pollution and urban woes drive change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Sun Belt
Atlanta
Dallas
North Carolina
Louisiana
Virginia
Nort Carolina
Florida
Georgia
High Point
University of Illinois
Pierre DeVise
More Controls Needed to Regulate North Carolina Lakes
A proposed bill by Senator Bobby Combs would empower the Wildlife Resources Commission to set speed zones and prohibition areas on rivers and lakes including the Yadkin and Catawba. Current enforcement requires a slow, costly process via local and state boards before posting any rules. The piece argues for timely rules to protect docks, boats, and lakeside installations as crowds grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. Wildlife Resources
Snapero
Yadkin
Catawba
Bobby Combs
Board of County Commissioners
Wildlife Resources Commission
Tragic Dunn NC Parking Lot Shooting Over Unpaid Gas
A 19 year old from Delaware was fatally shot after a car of three pulled into a Dunn service station and drove away without paying. The owner of the station has been charged with murder as investigators note the incident over four dollars of unpaid fuel. The case sparks debate on force and punishment in protecting property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Dunn
Delaware
Arene
Religion questions prompt dialogue on church union and doctrine
Readers are given answers on church mergers, Ten Commandments numbering differences between Catholic and Protestant traditions, the stance on homosexuality from Leviticus, and Catholic Disciples dialogue plans. The column explains homiletics as the study of preaching.
North Carolina Faces Archives Shift From Lake Junaluska
North Carolina fears losing the World Methodist Archives as the United Methodist Church plans to relocate the archives, prioritizing Nashville New York Dayton and finally Lake Junaluska. Local leaders urge a NC hosting facility to keep the historic collections national archives in state hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Commission On Archives and History
The
United Methodist Church
Lake Junaluska
Commission
World Methodist Archives
Presbyterian and Reformed
Montreat
Salem College
Guilford College
German Reformed Church
Catawba College
Salisbury
Wake Forest University
World Methodist
Commission of Archives and History of
Nashville
New York
Dayton
Ohio
Larry E. Tise
Division of Archives and History
State Department of Cultural Resources
United Methodist
Disciples of Christ
New York Times
David Preus
American Lutheran Church
National Council of Churches
James Armstrong
Robert Coleman
Asbury Seminary
Wilmore
Latin dictators resist Carter on human rights critics
A number of Latin American regimes reject U.S. pressure on human rights as they withhold military aid. The piece centers on Enrique Rodriguez Larreta a Uruguayan journalist whose son vanished in Argentina and whose torture ordeal illustrates deteriorating conditions under generals in Argentina and Paraguay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Enrique Rodriguez Larreta
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Larreta
Margarita Michelini
Buenos
Aires
Leon Duarte
Carlos Santucho
Santucho
Montivideo
Thomas
Tip’’ O'Neill
Fred Richmond
D.N.Y
U.S
Robert Hill
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Joe Brown
Chamber of Commerce
Carlyle Adams
United Church of Christ and
Christian Church
Disciples of 1
United Act of Christ General Synod
Christian Church General Assembly
Kansas City
Disciples
Indianapolis
Disciples’ Council On Christian Unity
Paul A. Crow
Francis R. Shea
Evansville
Ind
Our
Adams
Methodists
Holt McPherson
U.S. News and World Report
America
Pew
Merry-Goround
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Tin America
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
NEA, the
White House
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