High Point weighs role of electric cooperatives in city power future
City faces six months to a year to assess Electricities PECA and EPIC as it buys from Duke Power and distributes locally. Officials note shared benefits from Electricities and PECA, while EPIC remains a risk venture with potential large returns but legal hurdles delaying clear ruling. Since 1967 the city has invested about 254000 in these groups and roughly 57000 in EPIC, averaging 35000 annually, with no current burdensome costs.
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High Point
Piedmont Electricities Assn
PECA
The
Carolinas
EPIC
Duke Power Co
High Point Council
North Carolina
Electricities
Piedmont
Duke
Pema
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Tame Ee
New River Dam Fight Tests NC Influence in Congress
North Carolina faces a mounting setback as Appalachian Power seeks to dam the New River valley in Ashe and Alleghany counties, risking 40000 acres of land. A Senate designation of the river as a national wild and scenic area could block the plan, while Rep Roy Taylor advances a House bill, but faces Interior Committee inaction amid Watergate distractions.
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North Carolina
U.S. House of Representatives
Appalachian Power Co
Virginia
U. S. Senate
New River
Power Company
Roy Taylor
House
Subcommittee On
Interior Committee
Appalachian Power
Federal Power Commission
Congress
James Haley
Florida
Senate
Holshouser
Taylor
Befuddled Forecasters Shape Uncertain Economic Path
The piece notes forecasts faltering amid double digit inflation and fuel shortages, challenging postwar rules. It cites government and business planners relying on forecasts for long range decisions, as auto makers raise prices multiple times in 1974 and demand shifts alter production plans.
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U.S
Detroit
Washington Merry-Go-Round tape tampering claims spark controversy
Washington notes claim white house tampered with Watergate tapes and documents. Butterfield memo altered to shift blame, gaps in the 64 conversations, and questions about who altered the records persist. Separate items report pranks at a federal office, officials changing duties, and a musician suing over a controversial album cover.
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Washington
White House
Supreme Court
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
Alexander Butterfield
Morton Halperin
National Security
Defense
Clark Clifford
Life Magazine
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
H. R. Haldeman
Hoover
Jeb Magruder
Clifford
Magruder
Butterfield
al Haig
Haig
Henry Kissinger
Haldeman
Watergate
Camp David
Rose Mary Woods
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Petersen
Burger Court ruling praised for restraint in Nixon tapes case
Speaker notes praise Chief Justice Burger for narrow ruling on executive confidentiality in United States versus Richard Nixon. The decision limits fishing expeditions, preserves judicial role, and frames evidence handling as a matter for the judiciary to decide.
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Supreme Court
United States
Richard Nixon
White House
Pat Buchanan
Nixon
Franklin Pierce
Burger
Congress
Washington
Jefferson
Secretary of the Treasury
Hamilton
Justice Burger
John Locke
Mr. Nixon
Leon Jaworski
John Simica
House Judiciary Committee
Sirfen
Daniel Elisberg
Jaworski
Capital Viewpoint The Politics Of Energy Conservation
A columnist laments the energy policy maze harming small businesses. He highlights conflicts among agencies, scarce energy loan access, high interest rates, and tax assessments that negate savings. He notes the high cost of conservation versus new energy, and calls for practical reforms.
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United Feature Syndicate
Oval Office
Secret Service
James Dwight
Southern California Trojans
Gerald L. Radcliff
Pentagon
Joe Gonzales
Treasury
Jean-Pierre Jumez
Jumez
ABC Records
Lamont Cranston
Grand Jury
Burger Court
Johnson
Johnson-Roche
Sirica
John Marshall
Ray Cromley
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