Restructuring urged as states weigh school finance changes
The piece surveys how court rulings like Serrano v. Priest push states toward reevaluating school funding. It compares California and North Carolina, noting state versus local shares, and predicts broad restructuring may require state overhauls beyond higher education funding.
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North Carolina
Supreme Court of California
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
California
North
Greece under the colonels marks five years of dictatorship
Athens reports Greece endures the longest military rule since 1967. George Papadopoulos leads the regime as arrests, torture, and a vast police network suppress dissent. Opposition leaders like Karamanlis and Papandreou weaken while debate over monarchy and a presidential republic grows.
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London
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Mario Modiano
Athens
Papadopoulos
Xenophon Peloponnisios
Constantine
Simerina
Karamanlis
Papandreou
Pentagon Bosses and VIP Rides Spark Chauffeur Controversy
The Air Force top brass allowed luxury rides for officials and friends, with Defense Secretary Mel Laird using a fleet of cars and back up limousines. A staff sedan even picked up lobbyist Jack Mills for travel to Andrews AFB for a Caribbean junket amid questions of improper use of Pentagon transport resources.
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Washington
Air Force
Joe Alsop
Pentagon
Alsop
Defense
Mel Laird
Laird
Pentagon Panjandrum
Pentagon Motor Pool
Jack Mill
Andrews Air Force Base
Caribbean
Mills
Pentagon car waste fuels high octane critique
A critical look at the Pentagon motor pool reveals lavish use of high octane gas and rental limousines. Officials and top aides are cited using military cars for personal trips and social events, with costs estimated around two million dollars for high‑test gas and extensive limousine rentals for inaugurations and games.
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Mills
Brit Hume
Motor Pool
Ft. Belvoir
William Westmoreland
Pentagon
Dulles
Friendship
Air Force
Robert Naka
Los Angeles
Edward Sheridan
Defense
Siamese Twins Chang and Eng tale revisits High Point history
The piece recounts the visit of Chang and Eng to Jarrell Hotel in High Point, recalls Pauline Wertz’s notes on their stay, and notes their Civil War era fortunes, marriages to Irish farmers’ daughters, and a dramatic Mount Airy life ending with Eng and Chang’s deaths in 1874. It also covers Nico Qubein radio program and local political notes on insurance commissioner race and health care proposals.
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Chang and
Eng
H. G. Jones
The
Enterprise
Jarrell Hotel
Pauline Simmons Wertz
Manliff Jarrell
Chang
Jarrell
Seborn Perry
Main Street
Fayetteville
Salem
Jarrell Hall
P. H. Whittemore
Mount Airy
Sallie Yates
Addie Yates
Sallie
Addie
Barnum
High Point
Dr. Hollingsworth
Nico Qubein
WNOS
WMEFR
Twilight Civitan Club
High Point Sertoma Club
Qubein
W. Green
Richardson Preyer
House
Subcommittee On
Congress
Preyer
Kennedy Forecast as Democratic Noncandidate Dominates Debate
The Alican National Committee’s Monday issue highlights Teddy Kennedy as the frontrunner in a chaotic Democratic race while Kennedy positions himself as a noncandidate. Republicans, led by Robert Dole, argue he benefits from the spotlight without full responsibility, as Wisconsin voters previously favored Muskie Humphrey and Jackson over McGovern or Wallace.
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Alican National Committee
Wisconsin
McGovern
Wallace
Teddy Kennedy
Robert Dole
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
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le Monde
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C. M. Woodhouse
Observer
CIA
Woodhouse
America
Spiro Agnew
Sen Soaper
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Holt McPherson Enterprise
Bunker
Archie Bunker
Edwin Lanier
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