Perkins Marches On and North Carolina Energy Policy Debate
The Winston-Salem Sentinel argues for a broader state role in electric growth policy amid the Perkins nuclear plant project. It critiques the first state policy for ignoring peak load pricing and water-use impacts, noting Duke Power’s stance on downstream compensation and urging slowdown until key questions on safety economics and water balance are addressed.
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North Carolina
Perkins
Yadkin Valley
Duke
One-Man Rule Dictates North Carolina Art Museum Panel
The Raleigh News & Observer tables a critique of Thomas J. White, former state senator, charging the NC Art Museum Building Commission with open meetings violations and autocratic conduct. The piece portrays White as a political elitist who rules by power, not by the people's rights, while noting legal remedies exist to curb such conduct.
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N.C. Art Museum Building Commission
Thomas J. White
Kinston
White
Museum Commission
State Advisory Budget Commission
Legislative
Senate
Art Museum Commission
Isday
Riale Agnaples
Wateeie Museum
Tom White
One Smear Too Many
A Charlotte Observer column condemns a New York ad claim that baby oil mixed with grits is a Southern beauty secret. The writer mocks the stunt and jars at political associations with Jimmy Carter, calling it an unsuitable personal jab and dismissing the mailer as over the line.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
James Cabot
Boston
Inmates urged to clean up prisons in urgent reform plan
The Commission on Correctional Programs asks the legislature to require inmate labor to improve unsanitary, neglected prisons. They cite idle inmates and minimal daily work, urging daily bathing and clean clothing, noting discipline gaps behind the dire conditions. The report calls for immediate action despite economic limits.
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Commission On Correctional Programs
Commission
Lopp Praises High Point Memorial Hospital At Rotary Meeting
David Lopp new administrator of High Point Memorial Hospital told Rotarians the facility is running well and worthy of community support. He cited last year’s trauma and leadership changes, loss and regain of accreditation, and praised cardiology and echocardiography results as competitive.
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David Lopp
High Point Memorial Hospital
Drug humor and medical planning mix at High Point event
Holt McPherson outlines ultrasound aided diagnostics and long term hospital planning while joking about drug research and a hypothetical All Day Pill with layered medications. He warns about costs in health care and urges community support for the local hospital.
Gulf Oil Denials Face House Probe On Gas Deliveries
The Moss subcommittee reports Gulf Oil underdelivered 625 million cubic feet daily to Texas Eastern while selling gas at higher prices interstate. It cites a failure to develop leases and questions a conspiracy to withhold gas, contrasting intrastate vs interstate sales and noting $140 million yearly interstate revenue.
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Washington
Jerry McAfee
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf
Texas Eastern
Oil Company
ABC
McAfee
Golly
Lread
House Investigations Subcommittee
John Moss
D.calif
Gulf Oil
Texas
Louisiana
Rebates and Raises Addressed to Congress
A reader appeals to senators and congressmen claiming 19 million seniors and low income households earning under $6,000 yearly need a $50 rebate now. They question lawmakers’ pay raise while urging relief for the poor on oil gas and food bills and note 1975 session hours in criticizing the raise.
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North Carolina Department of Correction
Study Commission
Lopp
Holt McPherson
Lems
IRS
CIA
Hussein
Jack Anderson
Texas Eastern Company
U.S
State Dept
United Nations
Andrew Young
Africa
Young
Bert Lance
Plains
NEA, Inc
NBC
Howard Coseil
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