Politicians Still Call The Shots Over NC Medical Education
North Carolina faces a budget battle over medical education. The UNC Board of Governors seeks 30 million to fund four area health education centers for internships and rural care, while the Advisory Budget Commission trims to 25 million and drops two centers, shifting funds toward a new medical school reserve. Political forces around East Carolina University shape the dispute, but experts say building health centers is needed to improve care rather than a stand‑alone medical school.
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North Carolina
Board of Governors
University of North Carolina
East Carolina University
General Assembly
East Carolina
Advisory Budget Commission
Russell Kirby
Wilson County
Tom Strickland
Lenoir County
Harry Bagnal
Forsyth County
North Carolina School of the Arts
Hast Carolina
Holfhouser
Advisory Commission
Raleigh
Thoughtful Conserve Drive Amid Oil Debate and Shortage
Amid endless accusations over energy responsibility a large Philadelphia study drew praise and criticism. The piece notes a real shortage that requires all to conserve and ends with a pointed call to "Think cald."
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Philadelphia
Nixon
Cald
Future of the City at National League meeting in San Juan
The piece surveys urban decline and revival in American cities, noting crime, poverty, and growth in downtown investment. It cites data from Census Bureau and Gallup showing suburban preference, discusses auto dependence and energy concerns, and cites federal aid debates and proposals from Nixon administration, mayors, planners, and thinkers such as Buckminster Fuller.
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National League of Cities
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
America
Irving Kristol
Houston
Los Angeles
Census Bureau
Gallup
Nixon
R. Buckminster Fuller
Oil money fuels Nixon campaign as profits rise amid shortages
The article traces at least 5 million dollars from oil and gas sources into President Nixon's campaign, with Exxon Gulf and others donating to his re election. It notes oil profits surged in 1973 while shortages and policy moves benefited oil interests, despite public shortages and international events.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Peter Flanigan
American Petroleum Institute
National Petroleum
Exxon Connection
Exxon-Nixon
Exxon
Greece
Tom Pappas
Gulf Oil
Gulf
Richard Scaife
Bahamas
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Ashland
Phillips
Africa
Amerada Hess
Standards of California
Sun Oil
Occidental
Armand Hammer
U.S
Russia
The Press Pack and the Imperial Presidency
A veteran observer critiques pack journalism and the media system around presidents. The piece highlights Johnson coverage, the Manila Conference, and Timothy Crouse's The Boys on the Bus, arguing the pack shapes myth more than independent reporting.
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Manila
Washington
Shana Alexander
Johnson
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
China
Far Eastern Economic Review
The
Economist
Great Wall
Timothy Crouse
Tec Campaign Press Corps
Random House
Crouse
Rolling Stone
Letters to the Editor on Nixon and Daylight Saving Time
Readers criticize President Nixon’s handling of crises and alleged Watergate cover ups. They question energy policy, prices, and taxes, and mock Nixon’s leadership while urging impeachment for stupidity. A second letter denounces daylight saving time as wasteful and government overreach, urging tolerance for bureaucrats but opposing new clock schemes.
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Congress
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Federal Power Commission
Belco Petroleum
Arthur Belfer
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Washington Gadfly
I. F. Stone
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King Features Syndicate
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Azores
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