Dr. Sarah Morrow Chosen as State Human Resources Secretary
Governor-elect Jim Hunt selects Guilford County public health director Dr. Sarah Morrow for the cabinet post. Debate centers on salary reduction from about $41,000 to $34,932 and whether Morrow’s MD designation merits higher pay. Time will tell how cabinet salaries compare with private practice standards.
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Guilford County
Sarah Morrow
Jim Hunt
State Department of Human Resources
Guilford
Raleigh
Guilford County Health Services
Hunt
Howard Lee
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Dr. Morrow
Jimmy Carter
Saudi Split in OPEC Mirrors Energy Policy Frustrations
A commentary notes Saudi Arabia and UAE resisting a 15 percent oil price hike, signaling a split in OPEC. It argues US inaction on energy policy leaves NATO weak, risks high prices, and leaves a path to potential self sufficiency by 1980 unclear as dependence on imported oil grows.
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Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
United Front
United States
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Middle East
Orthodox Criticizes Episcopal Ordination Move
The Very Rev Maximos Aghiorgoussis, an Orthodox theologian at Holy Cross Seminary, condemns the Episcopal Church decision to ordain women as uncharitable to Apostolic churches and says it undermines efforts toward unity. The piece also presents Q and A on Jewish Arab origins, born again concept, The Navigators, and a definition of bedeast, with an editor’s note inviting readers to submit questions.
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Carlyle Adams
Maximos Aghiorgoussis
Episcopal Church
Holy Cross Seminary
Brookline
Mass
Stehli Silk Mill’s Rise and City Purchase Hope in High Point
The Stehli Silk mill, founded in 1902 by Emil J. Stehli, shaped High Point’s industry and community life for decades. It expanded through 1910 1914 and 1918, housed 600 workers, and produced up to six million yards of silk yearly. After shifting to Burlington Industries then fiberglass and plastics, the property is now offered for sale at about 1.256 million and eyed by the city for a new use under Mayor Roy Culler.
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Stehli
Emil J. Stehli
America
North Carolina
Waynesboro
Harrisburg
Lancaster
E. Green Drive
United States
High Point Stehli
W. G. Reich
Clarence Burrows
Herman Burrows
U.S. Marshal
Paul Hardy
Shubal Kirkman
Wachovia Bank
Burlington Industries
Roy Culler
Culler
Centennial English Road
Wrenn Street
Somme
Nix Seen as Possible Post Office Chair Amid Questions
Veteran congressman Robert Nix of Pennsylvania faces scrutiny over a claimed drinking problem as colleagues weigh his suitability for the Post Office and Civil Service Committee chair. The piece also notes S. Dillon Ripley’s birding diplomacy and a nibbling look at US UK NATO tensions.
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Washington
Robert N.C. Nix
D.pa
Philadelphia
House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Jimmy Carter
Nix
Gary Cohn
Howie Kurtz
Air bags tested not mandated by U S transport chief
Capitol Viewpoint notes Secretary William Coleman will not require air bags in all new cars. A two year test is proposed with at least two manufacturers offering on half a million cars in 1979 and 1980 models. Costs cited include $100 per front seat and skepticism from industry about consumer acceptance.
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William Coleman
Coleman
General Motors
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