Lawmakers Seek Scenic Status For New River Fight
Senators Ervin and Helms and Representative Mizell urged a Senate subcommittee to add the 212 mile New River to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System to block development by Appalachian Power Co. If approved two dams would flood 40 000 acres across Ashe and Alleghany NC and Grayson VA, affecting about 250 NC families.
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Washington
Ervin
Helms
Mizell
Senate
Appalachian Power Co
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Ashe
Alleghany
North Carolina
Grayson County
United States
Curbs On Coast Growth Discussed
North Carolina legislators held a crowded hearing on the Coastal Area Management Act with over 200 attendees and 30 speakers. Opponents led by Dare County attorney Dwight Wheless urged major changes to localize control and questioned the state’s partnership approach. some county and city officials supported revisions while others warned hearings could stall the bill.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State House
Dwight Wheless
Manteo
Dare County
Wheless
Centrol
Wireless
Commission
New Bern
Craven County
State Association of County Commissioners
Leigh Wilson
State League of Municipalities
League
Carteret
New Hanover County
Ken Newsome
Carteret County
Trucker Claudie Nix Dies In Delaware Trucking incident
Jim Tairney says Nix feared no danger on strikebound roads as he loaded a truck. Nix, 51, was shot to death in his truck in Delaware. funeral set for Saturday at Church of God in St. Stephen. Nix worked for Albany Felt Co and led youth work, taught Sunday school, and sang in a gospel quartet. He left a wife and six children aged 12 to 26. three daughters and a son are married.
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Stephen
D.C
Claudie Nix
Jim Tairney
Nix
Tairney
Delaware
Carl Stepp
The
Charlotte
N.C
Observer
St. Stephen
Torix
Robert Mullihax
Albany Felt. Co
Mullinax
Church of God
South Carolina
Charleston
Larry
Cheryl
Convention Ballot Bill Is Killed in North Carolina
The North Carolina House rejected a measure to bind national convention delegates to two ballots based on the presidential preference primary results. The 52-46 vote defeated the bill, with a later motion setting a two-thirds threshold to revive it. Resolutions to end Daylight Saving Time during winter were approved by both chambers and sent to the other house for final action.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Gus Speros
D-Robeson
Senate
Congress
Thomas Gilmore
Douilford
National Party
Traffic laws protect safety it’s your duty to know
A concise reminder emphasizes that traffic laws exist for safety and urges drivers and pedestrians to learn and follow them. It underscores personal responsibility in practicing proper road conduct to reduce accidents and penalties.
Medical Schools Fight New Federal Research Rules
Spokesmen at North Carolina's three medical schools oppose proposed federal guidelines on human subject protection. Critics call the plan bureaucratic and impractical, arguing it could curb pediatric and prenatal research and interfere with leukemia treatment.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
University of North Carolina Medical School
Chapel Hill
William B. Blythe
Governor urges new NC ABC warehouse
Raleigh—Gov. Jim Holshouser urged lawmakers to approve a bill authorizing a new state Alcoholic Beverage Control warehouse after reports of more than 20 000 bottles broken and hundreds unaccounted for. A State Auditor statement shows losses totaling 102 481 dollars in six months despite management changes and a temporary location.
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Raleigh
Jim Holshouser
North Carolina
Alcoholic “Beverage Control
ABC
Hotshouser
General Assembly
Department of the State Auditor
Holfhouser
Holshouser
Office In Home Demand Your Rights
Reversed in Tax Court decisions the IRS is forced back from opposing home office deductions. If a room is set aside and used exclusively for business, one of two methods applies: proportional depreciation utilities and maintenance, or a square-foot basis with careful records. The Tax Courts support the deduction when properly justified.
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Ray DE Crane
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
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Appalachian Power
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N. Main
Federal Register
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James Sidbury
Duke University Medical School
Sidbury
John P. Gusdon
Bowman Gray School of Medi
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Camper
Aluminum
North Main St
High Point
High Point Road
Greensboro
Aia
Lyata Secret Word
Archdale
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High Point Enterprise P.O
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New York, N.Y
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Armen
Wank Drug
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