State Retirement System in North Carolina Reaches $1.4 Billion
North Carolina Teachers and State Employees Retirement System now totals $1.4 billion in assets, funding retirement for about 210,000 members. The fund, invested mostly in corporate bonds with some stocks and government securities, grows about $170 million yearly and pays roughly $54 million in retiree benefits annually.
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Noel Yancey
Associated Press
Raleigh (Ap
North Carolina
Hambleton
Florida Energy Center pools crisis data at UF
The University of Florida opens an Energy Center to pool crisis data from about 50 scientists across a dozen fields to aid government and industry nationwide. Dr. Morton Smutz and Dr. Howard Odum advocate energy units counting and focus on reducing consumption while exploring solar and nuclear options. Physical scientists currently lead, but social scientists’ input is expected to grow in importance.
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Eric Sharp
Associated Press
Gainesville, Fla
University of Florida Center
United States
Morton Smutz
Florida
Howard Odum
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Odum
Smutz
Carolinas See Weaker Power Use In November
Duke Power and Carolina Power and Light report November electricity consumption fell short of projections due to mild weather and voluntary conservation. Duke Power logged 3.692 billion kWh versus a projected 3.893, while CP&L recorded 1.933 megawatt hours against a 2.012 forecast.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Duke Power Co
Carolina Power and Light Co
Duke Power
Piedmont
North Carolina
South Carolina
Dick Toomey
Carolina Power and Light
New Church Organization Formed in Alabama Meeting
Delegates from more than 55,000 church members gather in Birmingham to organize a new Presbyterian denomination, initially called the Continuing Presbyterian Church Movement. About 200 churches across 14 of 15 states withdraw from the Presbyterian Church in the United States, with name selection and governance to follow. The effort traces to a May Atlanta meeting and August Asheville advisory convention, with the three day session held at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
Continuing Presbyterian Church Movement
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Atlanta
Asheville
N.C
Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Kidnapping Admitted In Exotic Dancer Abduction
RALEIGH AP A North Carolinian described as a wild country boy admitted guilt to kidnapping exotic dancer Maria Portalatin known as Cielito Lindo. Bobby Earl Holland 29 received 25 to 30 years in prison for the Sept 1 abduction from a Raleigh motel involving two masked assailants. James N Edwards 16 also of Raleigh faced potential charges with a presentence investigation ordered. A Highway Patrolman stopped their car on a routine traffic stop leading to arrests.
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Raleigh
Bobby Earl Holland
Maria L. Portalatin
Cielito Lindo
James N. Edwards
Edwards
North Vietnamese attack reaches district capital in Central Highlands
North Vietnamese tanks and troops pressed into Kien Duc district capital as dusk fell, with government spokesmen saying six tanks were destroyed. The clash marked the first district-capital assault since the January cease-fire, as Hanoi seeks to widen a 400 mile supply route from the DMZ toward Laos and Cambodia. South Vietnamese planes claimed some success with 70 strikes, while sapper incursions and urban fighting continued through the day.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Central Highlands
Kien Duc
le Trung Hien
Hien
Gia Nghia
Quang Duc
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Namese
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