Tar Heels May Suffer From Lack Of Extra Tax
North Carolina counties face budget shocks after the state Supreme Court struck down a 1 cent local sales tax. Cities like Jacksonville delay garbage trucks and Durham may keep mud streets as funds fall short. Leaders seek a rewrite and plasma distributions to ease the impact.
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Durham
Jacksonville
Buncombe County
State Supreme Court
Tar Heel
John Morrisey
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
Bruce Teachey
Teachey
Harding Hughes
Weekend Rain in North and South Carolina Forecast
In High Point and the Carolinas, expect cooler, unsettled conditions with rain and thundershowers. North Carolina sees increasing clouds today with highs in the 60s to 70s and a cooling trend by Saturday. South Carolina remains cloudy with showers and thunder showers, highs mainly 60s to 70s and a high precipitation chance through Saturday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Wholesale Price Rise Dims Nixon Inflation Hope
A preliminary 0.8 percent jump in February wholesale prices unsettles optimism over inflation fading. Treasury Secretary Connally pressed the Fed to expand money supply to spur growth, aiming for 4 percent unemployment by 1972 and 3 percent inflation, while the Fed worries about renewed inflation. The two-month wholesale rise totals 1.5 percent, the largest in 14 years, signaling higher consumer costs ahead despite earlier policy optimism.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Independent
Fed
Labor Department
Revenue Sharing Plan Draws Urban Criticism
Washington critics say the Nixon administration would allocate 85 percent of a 2 billion dollar urban development fund to large metropolitan areas without city specific applications. HUD Secretary Romney defended the plan outlining distribution by population poverty and housing need with minimum past aid guarantees.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
George Romney
The
National League of Cities
Conference of Mayors
League
Urban Development Fund
Nixon
Romney
Chicago
HUD
Tokyo Rose May Owe Money In Treason Case
Tokyo Rose is summoned to a March 28 federal hearing to determine if she can pay the remaining 5 255 dollars of a 10 000 fine for treason. Iwa Ikuko Toguri D Aquino, born in 1917, was convicted in 1949 for wartime propaganda broadcasts to U S forces.
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Chicago
Tokyo
Rose
Iwa Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino
Paganda
U.S
Pacific
Japan
D'Aqu'no
Thieu Quoted About North Vietnam Invasion Questioned
SAIGON AP A Thieu spokesman said the president was misquoted about an invasion being imminent. Hoang Duc Nha insisted Thieu meant South Vietnamese forces can fight anywhere anytime not that a march north is certain. The Saigon Post and Vietnam Press quotes were disputed.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
North Vietnam
Hoang Duc Nha
Saigon Post
Pleiku
Vietnam Press
Nha
Ride For Lawmakers Defended
NC Highway Patrol chief Col. Edwin Guy defended use of an unmarked patrol car to transport three legislators to a Tarboro rally saying the practice has been used for 20 years. Senators Crawford Gudger and Knox traveled with Sgt. Chapman while Sen Gordon Allen and Rep. George Marion rode a bus there and back.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Tarboro
Col
Edwin Guy
Sens
I. C. Crawford
D-Buncombe
Lamar Gudger
Eddie Knox
D-Mecklenburg
W. K. Chapman
Gordon Allen
D-Person
George Marion
Dsurry
Guy
Crawford
Senate Highway Safety Committee
Lawmaker Urges Repeal Of Public Drunk Law In North Carolina
Cumberland County senator Hector McGeachy proposes repealing the public drunkenness law arguing alcoholism is a disease. The measure would let officers transport intoxicated individuals to home, health facility or jail for detox with costs borne by the individual or county if indigent. No one would be prosecuted solely for public intoxication.
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Raleigh
Cumberland County
Hector McGeachy
Sam Johnson
D-Wake
House
McGeachy
Senate
North Carolina
David Flaherty
R Caldwell
United States
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Augusta
Charleston
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Columbia
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Greenville, S.C
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Wilmington
Tokyo Rose
Ride For Lawmakers
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Grace Flower Shop
Wrenn St. Westwood
Wurlitzer Piano
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