Tax Reform Hopes Fade In North Carolina Session
Persistent calls for tax changes appear stalled in Raleigh as Gov Hunt opposes tax increases and lawmakers show little momentum. Sen McNeill Smith pushes higher income tax and removes the vehicle sales tax cap while cigarette tax hikes loom in neighboring South Carolina.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
W.S. Harris
Alamance County
James B. Hunt Jr
Assembly
Sen. McNeill Smith
Raleigh
South Carolina
James B. Edwards
Carter faces tough sell on illegal alien amnesty plan
President Carter plans to propose amnesty for some illegal aliens along with new ID checks and penalties for employers. Labor groups push for action, while business and many others oppose the plan as it becomes a major national issue amid high unemployment.
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Jimmy Carter
Mexico
Carter
Industry
Daylight Saving Time Returns On Schedule This Spring
Daylight Saving Time resumes next Sunday for most areas, with Hawaii Arizona and parts of Indiana exempt. Congress has not altered the DST law this year after a history of changes from 1973 to 1975 and a prior year-round trial. The six month cycle runs from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, with clocks moving from 2 to 3 a.m. at the switch.
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Hawaii
Arizona
Indiana
Congress
Chicago Mayoral Primary Shapes Daley Succession
Chicago voters head to the polls in a pivotal mayoral primary as Acting Mayor Michael Bilandic faces challengers including Alderman Roman C. Pucinski and State Sen. Harold Washington. The Daley era looms over the race with Richard M. Daley possible successor.
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Daley
Michael Bilandic
Chicago Daily News
Mike Royko
Bland
Bilandic
Anthony R. Martin-Trigona
Ellis Reid
Daley Machine
Democrat
Harold Washington
Roman C. Pucinski
U.S. Senate
Edward Hanrahan
Chicago
Richard M. Daley
High Point Native Virginia Gray Leads LA Times Home Focus
Virginia Gray a High Point native and writer for the Los Angeles Times returns home to influence the Southern market. She helped shape Home magazine supplements and will feature furniture trends from the West Coast and East markets in upcoming Times issues.
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Virginia Gray
High Point
Los Angeles Times
United States
C. L. Gray
High Point College
Ginny
Virginia
Family Circle Magazine
Los Angeles
America
ITT expansion and political ties reshape global business
ITT has surged into top international ranks by acquiring others rapidly and building political links in governments worldwide. In Washington an ITT office near the White House coordinates congressional relations while scrutiny grows over campaign contributions and a Chilean influence controversy.
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Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
White House
Congressional Liaison
Congressional Relations
Dow Jones
Nixon
Chile
Salvadore Allende
Harold Geneen
Allende
Interfaith Center For Corporate Responsibility
Securities and Exchange Commission
Carter
Gerald Ford
Internal Revenue
Donald Alexander
Ford
Letter to the Editor on zoning in Randolph County
A reader questions Guilford County officials power to zone in Randolph County criticizing the board for dictatorship and lack of local representation. The letter argues High Point City actions bypass voters and compares to Florida and past annexation tactics by Mayor Washburn.
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Gaston Faison
Guilford County
Mr. Faison
High Point Enterprise
Randolph County
High Point
Ogden Deal
Dade County
Florida
Fidel Castro
City of
Washburn
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Madison Wis
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Detroit
Coleman Young
New York
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la Beame
Richard J. Daley
High Pointer
Dallas
Jim Hawkins
Richard Barrentine
Furniture Factories Marketing Association of the South
Convention and Business Bureau
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
Bob Gruenberg
Southern Furniture Market
Paris
Sherwin-Williams Company
Baker Road
Roy Culler
Chamber of Commerce
Phil Phillips
Sherwin- Williams
R. C. Tillotson
Ed Brown
Amet
Ron Barrow
Sherwin-Williams Furniture
Greensboro
Holt McPherson
Senate
Robert Byrd
D.w.va
Page Jackson
Energy Research and Development Administration
Richard Velde
Democrats
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
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