State Job Seekers Queue as Hunt Admin Faces Pay Debate
In Raleigh more job seekers line up for state posts as Gov James B Hunt Jr narrows payroll. 4000 to 5000 applications filed with hundreds more via political ties. State Personnel Division reports seven applicants per vacancy while workers protest payroll cuts and scrutiny of rural versus private wages.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
James B. Hunt Jr
Hunt
Greenville
Gaston County
Burke County
Shearon Harris To Address COC On Reaccreditation
Shearon Harris will present the reaccreditation certificate to outgoing president J William McGuinn at the High Point Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. Harris plans the principal address on the energy crisis at 7 p m in the Top of the Mart area of the Southern Furniture Market Center.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Lee Cain
Shearon Harris
Chamber of Commerce of the
Carolina Power and Light Co
J. William McGuinn
Harris
Mart
Southern Furniture Market
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Shelton
High Point Chamber
High Point Unit
North Carolina leaders clash over school pay and budget issues
Officials debate teacher and administrator salaries in Raleigh with calls to suspend, investigate, and raise boards to seven. The discussion spans state payroll averages, foster care funding, welfare fraud cases, and indigent burial costs while Cox Broadcasting eyes a merger deal in Atlanta.
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Campbell
Metz
North Carolina Bills Push Merit Selection for Judges
In Raleigh AP reports, bills to amend the state constitution would create a merit based system where the governor appoints judges from nominees by panels of a 150 member Judicial Nominating Commission. Voters would later approve or reject incumbents in the next election. Support comes from Sen. Lawrence Davis and Rep. H Parks Helms with backing from Chief Justice Susie Sharp.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Sen
Lawrence Davis
Dforsyth
Senate
H. Parks Helms
D-Mecklenburg
House
Helms
Susie Sharp
State Supreme Court
Jule Spach Named Head Administrator for Methodist Elder Home
Jule C. Spach, 53, of Winston-Salem, will head the Triad United Methodist Home for the elderly to be built in Thomasville. He resigns as missionary and will serve as moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly before starting duties in September. The home, a 4.8 million project, is due to open in late 1978. Spach will train for state certification during construction. Larry Raines leaves Thomasville Housing Authority April 6 to return to High Point as housing management director.
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High Point
Social Services
Frank Wilson
AFDC
Department
General Assembly
Metz
Chapel Hill
Campbell
Gibsonville
Winston-Salem
Brazil
Presbyterian Church
Triad
Thomasville
Thomasville Housing Authority
Larry Raines
Raines
High Point Housing Authority
Liberty Arms
James Avenue
Spach
Georgia Tech
UNCG
Duke University
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
PTA Hearings on TV Violence Seek Action Plan
National PTA hearings in eight cities heard from CBS censor social scientist and teachers on TV violence and its impact on children. Grace Baisinger leads a 10 member panel to study the findings and draft a plan possibly including a boycott or sponsor pressure. A preliminary report will be shared at the PTA convention in Anaheim on May 15.
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Los Angeles
National
Parent-Teacher Association
CBS
Grace Baisinger
PTA
Mrs. Bassinger
National Labor Relations Board
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Ptas
Anaheim
Calif
Baisinger
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