Connally Urges $450 Million Debt Ceiling Increase
Editorial comments on Treasury Secretary Connally asking Congress to raise the debt ceiling before March end and approve a two year deficit of 40 billion dollars. The piece critiques fiscal policy, unemployment and welfare spending, and notes political dynamics with President Nixon and Wilbur Mills. It ends with satirical quips on consumer protection and weather prediction.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Congress
U. S
Sam
Uncle Sam
Connally
Nixon
Texas
Washington
Congressional
Democrats
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Notable North Carolina leaders attend Guilford area events
W W Keeler of Phillips Petroleum speaks to Rotarians on The Demands of Democracy at Top of the Mart. Other items note cancer crusade activity, Jamestown medical school history, Jamestown houses, and Guilford Bicentennial dramatics planning led by Herman Middleton.
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High Point
W. W. Keeler
National Association of Manufacturers
Phillips Petroleum Company
Honolulu
R. T. Amos Jr
NAM
William C. Sheloff
Dave Phillips
State Cancer Board
N. c
North Carolina Medical Society
Raleigh
Dennis Morgan
Screen
Pat Brown
Phillips
Robert W. Scott
Jamestown
Bowman Gray
Winston-Salem
Duke
Durham
Unc-Chapel Hill
Madison Lindsay
Schubal Coffin
J. L. Robbins
North Carolina
Coffin
Robbins
Lindsay
Guilford County
Guilford Battleground
O. Henry
Edward R. Murrow
Guilford
Changing Immigration Patterns Since 1920
The article traces shifts from favored northern European immigration to greater intake of Italians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese and Filipinos by 1965. It notes rising immigrant share of growth, with 20 percent of population growth by late 1960s and 6 million arrivals by 1985, driven by work and a better life.
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The
Census Bureau
Greece
Land of Opportunity
Courts split on drug laws reveal chaotic enforcement
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld Robert Siirila’s two year sentence for microscopic marijuana traces, while a Washington DC judge freed a heroin addict as a sick person, highlighting inconsistencies in drug prosecution. Both cases show courts increasingly differentiating users from traffickers amid rising heroin activity and calls for treatment over punishment.
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Minnesota
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Robert Siiila
James Otis
District of Columbia
Superior Court
Tim C. Murphy
Congress
Hidden Defense Profits Skyrocket Under GAO Findings
The GAO reports 146 negotiated defense contracts totaling 4.256 billion dollars show average profits of 56 percent based on equity, with some firms hiding profits far higher than claimed. The study, restricted for official use, criticizes contractor practices including inflated costs and political payoffs.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Pentagon
GAO
Elmer Staats
Defense
Industrial Advisory Council
Board of Directors
Military
Staats
Joint Congressional Economic Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
GAO Calls for Overhaul of Military contracting policies
A GAO report urges revamping military contractor rules to curb costs and curb profits. It notes ties between lobbyists and Pentagon leaders, plus retirement perks fueling hiring and promotions. Also covered are safety worries over flying studs from studded tires and state bans or studies on the issue.
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Washington
Pentagon
U. S
GAO
Richard Kaufman
David Rennie
Ken Metal Company
Latrobe
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Sen. Soaper
Robert A. Culler
YMCA
Thayer Coggin
Ed Mendenhall
Arthur Utley
Guy Kinney
Earl N. Phillips Jr
Thomas Wood
J. Paul Ingle
A. Pat Brown
William Freeman Jr
Robert M. Silver
Mea
Public Information Center
Jeff Kamen
Detroit
Motor City
F. Wayne Hollinger
Kamen
Minneapolis
Siirila
Lush Military Contracts
By Jack Anderson
High Point Enterprise
Enon
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
D.a.rawley
C.H. Lockwood
David A. Rawley, JR
Randall B. Terry, JR
Oseph P. Rawley
Olt
McPherson Joe Brown
Ee Patterson
IDOL
Richard Teague
Mgr
Editorianeaire
Associated Press
AP News
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