Two NC Death Penalty Bills Reach General Assembly
Two measures in Raleigh seek to curb North Carolina’s death penalty. One bill would let Superior Court judges decide when to impose the death sentence if a jury with no mercy recommendation, while another would abolish the penalty for all but killings of officers and kidnapped victims. Five men remain on death row, and no execution has occurred since 1961.
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Reese Hart
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Samuel H. Johnson
D-Wake
Superior Court
Theodore Boykin
Duplin County
Central Prison
E. M. McKnight
R-Forsyth
Ernest Messer
D-Haywood
Messer
New Curbs On Secrecy Proposed in North Carolina
Republican state senator Geraldine Nielson of Forsyth urged the Senate Rules Committee to require a majority vote by members before any committee or subcommittee could hold a closed session. She argued committees serve the people and their business. Most panels already meet openly, with the exception of the joint appropriations subcommittee working on the state budget.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Geraldine Nielson
Forsyth
Rules Committee
Joint Appropriations
Dismissal Of Sukarno Planned By Indonesian Congress
Jakarta AP reports Indonesian Congress will meet on March 7 to discuss dismissing President Sukarno. Melanthon Siregar says Parliament has unanimously approved his ouster in spirit. The five day session will probe Sukarno's role in the October 1965 Communist coup attempt and expect rejection of his denial of responsibility.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Congress
Sukarno
Melanthon Siregar
Parliament
Truth In Lending Plan Praised in Johnson Proposals
Washington AP reported congressional supporters praised President Johnsons consumer protection plan including truth in lending requirements. Proponents cited simple loan rate explanations and routine lender calculations amid past efforts stalling in Congress.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Gerald R. Ford
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Democrat
Money Headache Builds Up For NC Budget Hearings
RALEIGH AP The North Carolina General Assembly faces a growing money headache as the Joint Appropriations Committee weighs $304,892 in supplemental requests beyond Gov Moore and the Advisory Budget Commission. The Veterans Commission seeks 162,910 and state Auditor Henry Bridges 141,982 to hire seven field men four stenographers and cover travel and incidentals as hearings begin on a 2.7 billion biennial budget. Senator Tom White warns workloads will rise next week.
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Tom White
D-Lenoir
Senate Appropriations Committee
White
Collin McKinne
Veterans Commission
McKinne
Republicans Press Vocal Role in North Carolina Assembly
GOP lawmakers in North Carolina’s 1967 General Assembly, though outnumbered 137 to 33, push a full legislative program and attack Gov. Moore’s tax cuts. Senate minority leader Sen. John Osteen says they will be vocal on measures and oppose Democratic bills, arguing a two party system is a healthy check and balance.
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Rob Wood
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
GOP
Sen
John Osteen
Guilford
Senate
Osteen
GOP Chairman Calls for Broad Tax Reforms in NC
North Carolina Republican Party chairman Jim Holshouser urged that personal and dependency tax exemptions proposed by Republicans be adopted, saying some changes are overdue. He warned the Moore tax plan could raise taxes on low income workers if the local option sales tax increases pass, and noted relief is not offered to many under 65.
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Dan’ ‘Moore
GOP
Raleigh
Jim Holshouser
North Carolina
Republican Party
Dan ‘Moore
Holshouser
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