AFL-CIO Opposes Carter Welfare Plan Warning of Low Pay Pool
The AFL-CIO denounces President Carter welfare reform as creating over a million low paying public service jobs that would undercut wage standards. They call for higher benefits and preservation of food stamps while warning the plan could produce a pool of second class citizens forced to take minimum wage work.
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Afl-Cio
Carter
Labor Federation
Federation
National Governors Conference
Detroit
Executive Council
Baltimore
CETA
Maryland
Afl-Cio Executive Council
George Meany
Carter Welfare
Mostly Sunny Weather Across Carolinas and Nearby Coasts
The region expects mostly sunny skies today and Wednesday with highs in the upper 80s to near 90 and overnight lows in the mid to upper 60s. A 10 percent chance of showers remains this afternoon tonight and Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Record Georgia Florida tobacco sales reach new weekly high
Heavy auction volumes across Georgia and Florida flue cured tobacco belt push the Monday average to a record 136.27 per hundredweight. Upper stalk grades hit 141, with most grades up 1 to 2 per hundredweight. season totals rise to 106 million pounds at an average of 113.63. In Georgia numbers, 2.91 million pounds sold at 135.68 per cwt for 3.95 million.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Governors Hear The Down Side Of Energy Plan
Southern governors press the Carter energy plan's flaws at a breakfast meeting. A draft energy resolution urged phasing deregulation of new natural gas prices and reinvesting windfall profits in gas search. Speakers included Randall Meyer of Exxon USS, Rep. Bob Krueger, and Gov. David Boren.
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San Antonio
Tex
Carter
White House
Randall Meyer
Exxon Co
USS. A
U.S
Bob Krueger
Dtex
Okla
David Boren
Senate
Father Sentenced For Murder in Yadkin County
Kenneth D. Hutchens of East Bend was sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of his 14 year old son David. Police testimony described the beating as punishment for alleged sexual misconduct by the boy. A witness said Hutchens later claimed the beating followed claims by the 5 year old half sister. The sheriff noted claims from the stepdaughter about forced kneeling and rib kicks as a customary punishment.
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Yadkinville
Kenneth D. Hutchens
East Bend
Yadkin County
David
Hutchens
Beverly Hutchens
Duke Doctors Dissolve Diver’s Spinal Air Bubble After 148 Hours
Florida diver Thomas G. Floyd, 40, rushed from Gainesville to Duke University Medical Center where specialists placed him in a hyperbaric chamber for 148 hours. The treatment dissolved an air embolism in his spinal cord, restoring leg movement and raising hope he may walk again.
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Duke University Medical Center
Florida
Thomas G. Floyd
Fort Walton
Medical Center
Floyd
Florida Panhandle
Duke
Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
John Miller
Miller
Britain
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