O Herron Unveils Plan to Cut State Payroll
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed O Herron outlined a plan to reduce the state payroll by 4500000 yearly from a 3.4 billion budget and to fund a productivity bonus for workers. He proposed eliminating the Department of Commerce saving 250000 yearly and trimming four revenue office assistants saving 100000. He also called for part time Lieutenant Governor position to save 100000 yearly. Lieutenant Governor Jim Hunt urged a Labor Force Council to address unemployment, replacing the Manpower Council.
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Associated Press
Ed O’herron
O'Herron
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Banking Commission
Utilities Commission
Industrial Commisssion
State Revenue Department
Revenue
Jim Hunt
Charlotte
Hunt
Labor
Business
Coun
North Carolina Weather Forecast and Political Notes
A North Carolina weather summary shows mostly sunny skies with scattered showers near the coast and in the mountains, highs around the 80s and near 90 on Friday. The statewide 3 day outlook calls for fair conditions Saturday through Monday with brief mountain showers returning, and rain chances of 10 to 20 percent. In political news, Hunt’s economic expansion plan faces criticism from civil rights leaders and Wood backs UNC system board policies while Strickland questions highway bond promises and Flaherty proposes senior tax credits.
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National Weather Service
Piedmont
Triad
North Carolina
South Carolina
Wood
Thomas Strickland
O’herron
First Flu Shots In September By John Stowell
The government moves toward mass swine flu immunization with four drug firms ready, liability guarantees, and a plan to begin doses in late September. Vaccines will be voluntary and free, though doctors may charge for administering shots, with a first come first served schedule and four months to peak demand.
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John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Public Health Service
Congress
Justice Department
W. Delano Meriwether
Washington Press Club
Meriwether
Vikings Used Ravens to Guide Their Voyages
Norse explorers carried a cage of ravens on long ships as a primitive navigation aid. Time-Life’s Navigation explains that without a compass birds were released to indicate landward direction, guiding vikings toward Iceland Greenland and North America.
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Time-Life Books
Iceland
Greenland
North America
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Council On State Goals and Policy
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Southern Leadership Conference
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Leon White
Raleigh
James Boone
Rich Square
George Wood
University of North Carolina Board of Governors
Goldsboro
Strickland
GOP
David Flaherty
U L PR
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Augusta
Bob Charleston
P.c. Charlotte
Upton Supply CO
Greensboro Rd
Matilda
Phillips
Randolph County
Matilda Phillips
John F. Yeattes, Jr
Greensboro
Superior Court
John Yeattes
New Jersey
Quoth the
Thomasville
Clarence Ilderton
Ilderton Oil Co
AMOCO
W. Fairfield
High Point
N.C
Amcoa Ee
New Kemper
High Point Bank and Trust Insurance Department
S. Main Street
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AL Wiley
Stockton
Dependable Refrigeration, Inc
North Maine
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