Assembly With A Twist From A 1978 NC Legislature
Raleigh writer notes an odd 1978 NC General Assembly with a lame duck session due to May 2 primaries and a May 31 opening. With many incumbents facing voters again, unusual measures and shifting leverage may arise, affecting liquor laws taxes and ERA while off year rules limit bills. The scene promises a tense political period and potential turnover.
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Raleigh
Bill Noblitt
North Carolina General Assembly
General Assembly
Noblitt
Assembly
Trade protection and free policy clash in import dispute
The piece argues whether government protection is needed for American industries facing foreign competition as imports rise. It notes AFL-CIO push for quotas and barriers, steel layoffs, and Carter administration relief steps, comparing today’s pressures to postwar protectionist trends.
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Washington
U.S
Carter
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Los Angeles
Department of Tabor
Zeanot Radio Corp
Chicago
United States
H. Peter Dreyer
Journal of Commerce
Wilhelm Haferkamp
Commission of the European Communities
America
Poetry Of Shepherds And Pickup Trucks In Christmas
A Christmas essay in Blue Ridge style notes life goes on from Frosts eternal verity to rural scenes. The writer recalls watching a neighbor, Jimmy Falls, in a Ford pickup guiding twin calves and a stillborn calf’s replacement, linking birth, miracle, and daily continuity in Rappahannock County.
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Scrabble
Reader's Digest
Robert Frost
New England
Blue Ridge Mountains
Frost
Luke
Jimmy Falls
Christ
Jimmy Fatts
Rappahannock County
Jimmy
Human Time Bomb Ticks in Mexico Border Poverty
Washington reports a growing Mexican poverty crisis on the Sinaloa plains. Campesinos labor in harsh camps for meager pay while owners bank profits and US growers push to limit competition. The piece links rising Mexican misery to increased illegal crossings into the United States and potential policy shocks.
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Washington
Rio Grande
United States
Hal Bernton
Sinolog
Arizona
U.S
Sinaloa
Culiacan
Bernton
Mexico
Florida
It's All In The Head Energy Bill Satire Card
A satirical piece claims the Department of Energy finds heat loss mainly from heads. It parodies policy debate over hat mandates, tax credits for bald shoppers, and lobbyist pushback from hat makers and shoemakers, predicting universal warm hats by July.
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Washington
Department of Energy
David E. Weisman
Redskins
Weisman
ERDA
Energy Department
America
Secretary of Energy
James Schlesinger
United States
Congress
House
Senate
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