UNC HEW Truce Eases but May Not Last
The federal HEW and UNC board hailed a tentative settlement over desegregation pace, with HEW dropping the threat of sanctions as long as UNC shows good faith. The university pledges to pursue increased Black enrollment, but faces questions on how to meet aggressive quotas amid limited funding and broader growth slowdowns. The deal awaits judicial review.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Board of Governors
University of North Carolina
Washington
HEW
Office of Civil Rights
UNC
William Friday
General Assembly
NAACP
Warning on holiday drinking and driving in North Carolina
North Carolina faces high December liquor sales with ABC stores expecting 27 million dollars in the month and about 600000 cases of holiday beverages. The piece warns that many holiday drivers are not problem drinkers yet still drive drunk, citing increased traffic, bad weather, and the danger of driving after drinking during Christmas and New Year celebrations.
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State Alcoholic Control Board
ABC
Express
U.S
Lynn Blackwood
High Point
Postal
Blackwood
Australian PM Fraser calls December election in Australia
Australia faces economic woes with high inflation at about 40 percent, unemployment at 6.4 percent, and slow growth. PM Fraser named December 10 election to seek parliamentary support amid labor unrest and a disrupted six week electricity strike in Victoria. Whitlam’s Labor opposes the move arguing for other motives. Fraser’s Liberal Country coalition hopes to retain a House majority.
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Australia
Malcolm Fraser
Fraser
Liberal Party
Gough Whitlam
John Kerr
Whitlam
Labor Party
Senate
House of Representatives
Victory
Country Party
Insurance firms urge slowing hospital costs and duplication
A leading national insurer warns that hospital and medical cost inflation is driven by duplicative high tech care and longer stays. It calls for shared facilities, clearer admission criteria, and state commissions to curb expenses while preserving care.
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Maryland
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Nursing Home Abuse Exposed by Powerful Friends
A Miami Beach facility Four Freedoms Nursing Home faced HEW action for Medicare deposits from patients and costly claims of substandard care. The probe traced political pressure from Rep. Pepper and Sen. Magnuson, tied to union links and funding, toward delaying enforcement. Inspectors later found deposits, misused Medicare funds, unsanitary conditions, and improper drug use, despite denials of major faults.
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Washington
Medicare
Four Freedoms
Miami Beach
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Four Freedoms- Nursing Home
Harry Stone
Capitol Hill
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Lawton Chiles
Edward Gurney
R-Fla
Pepper
House
Stone
Congressman
Social Security
James Cardwell
Miami
Slone
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate
Commerce Committee
Magnuson
Seattle
William Steinberg
Cardwell
Harley Dirks
House Ways and Means Committee
Howie Kurtz
Kurtz
Senator Magnuson
Dirks
Faithful Flock letter to Is a Machine in the Making
Calvary Temple Baptist Church members thank Mr. Speaks for including them in Is a Machine in the Making Nov. 13. They state their 1,081 members, praise Pastor D. V. Long, and express pride in a city civic leadership they deem Christian, praising the Navy election returns as showing local conviction.
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Phil Speaks
Calvary Temple Baptist Church
V. Long
Thomasville
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