Victims deserve state help says letter and Lt Gov Hunt
A Charlotte Observer letter from a crime victim urges compensation for financial losses, echoed by Lt Gov Hunt who discusses victim aid, death penalty support, and better policing. The piece questions how payments would be funded, raised, and regulated, urging careful consideration of a statewide program alongside improved police and courts.
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Charlotte Observer
James Hunt
Raleigh
Peta
Hunt
North Carolina
General Assembly
Drowning In Predictions On Energy Policy Fumbles
Washington claims on extending price controls spark conflicting forecasts from officials and Congressmen. Some say small price rises, others warn of sharp increases. North Carolina gas supplies vary by winter needs, yet consensus on a national energy policy remains impossible.
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North Carolina
Washington
Congress
The First World Congress of Sorcery in Bogota
A provocative essay surveys occult movements and how they move from fringe to tradition. It notes conventions for astrologers, mediums, and parapsychology, while contrasting church critique with anthropology and continued belief in magic across cultures and eras. It cites Kabbalah and spectrums of occult practice.
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Bogota
Colombia
Catholic Encyclopaedia
Mob ties blamed for Hoffa disappearance in underworld report
Washington accounts allege Hoffa was eliminated by mobsters to protect control of the Teamsters Union and pension funds. The piece claims vast mob influence over pension assets, notes past alliances, and mentions alleged meetings, prison parole limits, and a state department cash mystery tied to a congressional delegation's trip.
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Washington
Ciscf
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Central States Pension
Las Vegas
Florida
Senate
Frank Fitzsimmons Hoffa
Fitzsimmons
Union
Richard Nixon
FBI
California
Nixon
Jimmy Hoffa
White House
Justice Department
A Word Edgewise Exploring The Anatomy Of Communism
The piece debates polycentric communism with examples from Yugoslavia to North Korea and Italy. It argues Enrico Berlinguer led PCI toward irredeemable Leninism while Togliatti’s wartime coalition showed pragmatic ties to Catholicism.
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Stalin
Indochina
Hanoi
Moscow
Peking
Yugoslavia
North Korea
North Vietnam
Poland
Hungary
Mao
China
Portugal
Italy
Communist Party
Alvaro Cunhal
Weiles
Cunhal
Italian Communist Party
PCI
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Spain
Enrico Berlinguer
Mussolini
Hitler
Secretaries The Real Power In Modern Life
Washington dispatch on how secretaries wield influence in corporate life. A successful executive reveals secretaries control appointments vacations and access, acting as espionage agents who know where all the bodies are buried. The dynamic strains marriages and frames the boss as browbeaten, while wives are seen as ancillary to the secretary’s authority.
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Moses
Washington
United States
Wee
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Toronto
Will
Ariel Durant
Underworld
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
State Department
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Art Buchwald
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