North Carolina teachers push for 20 percent pay raise
The North Carolina Association of Educators seeks a 20 percent hike for 1977-79, with 10 percent effective July 1 1977 and another 10 percent the next July. The State Board of Education may mirror the request as it reviews spending for the budget. Dawson calls the plan reasonable and notes benefits for long serving staff. officials estimate a $240 million cost if granted.
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North Carolina Association of Educators
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Panel To Recommend Changes In Rape Laws
Charlotte report on a state legislative commission study urging reform of North Carolina rape laws before 1977. Proposals include degrees of rape with fixed sentences, banning testimony about a victim’s past, redefining rape to include assisted acts, and treating homosexual assaults as rape. Witnesses described rape as violence, not sex, and the need to remove or limit the death penalty in many cases.
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Miriam Wallace
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North Carolina
Sanford named to ITT board amid leadership roles
Former North Carolina Governor and Duke University President Terry Sanford was elected to the ITT board of directors. At 59 he is the sixth Duke president and chairs ITT international fellowship advisory committee. Keesee Jr. also joins the ITT board.
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Duke University
Terry Sanford
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Duke
ITT International
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University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
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Police Deactivate Bomb In Apartment
A 20-year-old welder was jailed on explosives charges after Wilmington officers found and deactivated a device described as four or five sticks of dynamite in a vacant third floor apartment. Tenant James R. Simpson was charged with possession of an explosive device as agents from ATF aided the police.
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New Hanover County
Mike McNew
James R. Simpson
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Duke doctor defends mammography for under 50
Dr. Robert McLelland of Duke University says benefits of mammography in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project far outweigh theoretical risks for women under 50. He notes cancers found in 9 under‑50 women and cites 51 total cancers in 10,090 NC women since 1974, with 16 in 35–50 age group.
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American Cancer Society
McLelland
Duke
Japan
John Wolfe
Detroit
Duke University
North Carolina
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