City Council Votes to Axe Civil Service Amid Public Dissent
A decisive council majority pushed elimination of Civil Service despite strong public opposition. The unscheduled hearing drew remarks from former and current officials. critics warned of spoils-system risks and costly litigation, while reform advocates urged careful study. The mayor defended the process, calling it businesslike as the measure passed.
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Martha Clontz
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Arnold Koonce
Bob Wells
Archie Myatt
Bill Brewer
Joe Patterson
Burford
Paul Fine
Clyde Vaughn
Board of Adjustments
Hunt Names Howard Lee Secretary of Natural and Economic Resources
The state welcomes former Chapel Hill mayor Howard Lee as secretary of natural and economic resources under Governor Jim Hunt. The endorsement highlights Lee's vision and leadership, noting his balanced approach to growth, crime reform, and education while urging continued public service in North Carolina.
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Howard Lee
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Lee
Hunt
Science And Ideology In Cold War Computer Policy
The State Department announced Ford approval of modern computer sales to China and the Soviet Union with safeguards, despite Defense and ERDA objections. The piece argues Soviet planners resist letting computer models guide production, while Western economies seek profit optimization. It notes ideology overrides objectivity in Soviet sociology and genetics under Stalin, highlighting Lysenko and public opinion studies.
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China
Soviet Union
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Energy Research and Development Administration
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Institute of Concrete Social Research
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Stalin
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko
Lysenko
Britannica
Oil price controls and Shah influence in 1974 crisis
Treasury Secretary William Simon recalls efforts to curb oil prices amid the 1974 crisis. The Shah of Iran pressed for higher prices, King Faisal urged restraint, and Nixon considered using U S influence. Ford faced leadership changes as price stability remained uncertain.
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United States
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Simon
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Persian Gulf
Shah
U.S
Court upholds GE pregnancy exclusion in insurance plan
A Salem Virginia suit by women employees challenged a pregnancy exclusion in General Electric’s Weekly Sickness and Accident Insurance Plan. The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled the exclusion does not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, calling the plan an insurance package covering some risks while excluding others.
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Peres
General Electric Company
Salem
Justice Rehnquist
General Electric
Burger Court
Court refuses to read sex discrimination into benefits case
The Court rejects a broad ruling on pregnancy exclusions in employer benefit plans as discrimination by sex. It stresses statutory construction over constitutional approach, noting legislative history and EEOC shifts but affirming limits on reading sex bias into a narrow private sector insurance plan.
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Equal Eml Opportunities Commission
EEOC
Hig Humphrey
The Art Buchwald Column No Southern Jokes
Washington column explores sensitivity to jokes about the South after Carter's election. Conversation with a Georgia native reveals regional pride and the idea that humor about Carter and the South is off limits to outsiders while Southerners may joke among themselves. The piece ends with a moonlit punchline about a salesman stuck in Mondale Minnesota.
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Carter
Deep South
South
Plains
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Mondale
Minnesota
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