Green Green Faces Honeymoon Scrutiny In North Carolina
North Carolina lieutenant governor Jimmy Green moves to create a 50 member Senate Ways and Means Committee to oversee all finance bills. Critics warn of reduced accountability, while a Raleigh fundraising dinner to retire his $85,000 campaign debt draws attention due to timing with committee appointments.
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Jimmy
Jimmy Green
North Carolina
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Finance Committee
Regular Appropriations Committee
Green
General Assembly
Raleigh
Raleigh News & Observer
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake County
City Council Deliberates CETA Funds for New Posts
High Point considers creating three new positions funded by CETA money with aims to test jobs before permanent adoption. City officials debate necessity, potential waste, and whether unused funds should return to Guilford County or Greensboro. Mayor Culler urges careful use, noting funds cannot be returned.
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Cy Brooks
Brooks
Arnold Koonce
Koonce
High Point
Guilford County
Greensboro
Roy B. Culler
Secret Agents and Foreign Ties in U S Intelligence
The Senate probes link the Letelier assassination to DINA KCIA and SAVAK with CIA ties, while noting foreign spies may study U.S. targets. Reports name Iran Iran students, Greek journalist Demetracopoulos, Cuban exile methods, and possible FBI CIA acquiescence. The piece frames a silent US Soviet intelligence war and risks to national security.
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Senate
Orlando Letelier
United States
Washington
DINA
CIA
Savak
KCIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
FBI
Iran
CBS
60 Minutes
Pyong-Choon Hahm
Letelier
Jack Anderson
Chilean Socialist Party
Havana
Miami
Venezuela
Elias Demetracopoulos
Michael Moffitt
Jesus de Galindez
New York City
Chile
Korea
Soviet Union
Shana Alexander's Writing Gift Prompts Praise From A Peer
A veteran columnist revisits past criticisms of women in journalism and lauds Shana Alexander and other women writers. He cites her book Talking Woman as essential reading and praises her ability to see and transform scenes into vivid vivid reportage. He notes female journalists Meg Greenfield Mary McGrory Elizabeth Drew and Rebecca West as premier court and news writers.
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Barney Kilgore
Wall Street Journal
Shana Alexander
Life
Newsweek
Anne Dillard
Tinker Creek
Shana
Annie Dillard
Washington
Meg Greenfield
The
Post
Mary McGrory
Star
Elizabeth Drew
Washington Journal
Rebecca West
Patty Hearst
Grant Wood
Drs. Masters and Johnson
Bill
Gini
Marlon Brando
Robert Mardian
Watergate
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
H. L. Mencken
E. B. White
Norman Mailer
D. Keith Mann
Jimmy Breslin
Merit System By Pass Details From Nixon Years Revealed
A House subcommittee report outlines a White House run Patronage network from 1969 to 1973 that used central referral units and pink tag secretaries to place favored applicants in federal jobs. CSC officials allegedly aided the scheme and a GSA driver hire and Pennsylvanian ties are cited as examples.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon White House
White House
Civil Service Commission
House Subcommittee On Manpower and Civil Service
CSC
Ludwig J. Andelsek
General Services Administration
GSA
Nixon
Robert Kunzig
Pennsylvania Republican Organization
Pennsylvania
Schweiker
Jack LeMay
Vacation Satisfaction Form Parody From Hotel Staff
A humorous acceptance of a hotel style guest feedback form sent by a columnist. It imitates motel survey questions asking families about meals housekeeping and services with cheeky prompts and playful references to parental figures and family dynamics.
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Washington
Holiday Inns
Howard Johnson
Hilton
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Frank Carlucci
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