Hunt Leads Delegation to FPC for North Carolina Gas Plea
North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt and the state’s delegation urged the Federal Power Commission to approve a 60 day emergency gas sale. They warned of up to 36,000 job losses without the relief and noted the cost differences between emergency gas and interstate rates. Congressmen and officials argued urgent action to avert hardship.
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Death measure sponsor would exempt rapists in NC
North Carolina lawmaker Rep. Robert Jones says he would back an amendment to exempt rapists from the proposed death penalty for first-degree murder and rape. He announced this at the 1977 General Assembly opening session in Raleigh.
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U.S. Supreme Court
John Henley
Cumberland
Kenneth Royall
Durham
Jimmy Green
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Public notices on CB licenses and NC legal updates
Readers query CB license fees with FCC suspension noted. Community groups plan a child abuse information meeting at the YWCA and CAPS Greensboro. NC lawmakers discuss death penalty changes, day care oversight, and shifting primaries to May. House elected Carl Stewart speaker. Senate leaders named. sunset spending urged.
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Parents Anonymous
High Point
Child Abuse Prevention Service
CAPS
Greensboro
Parent Aide
Social Services
Janice Davis
Joan Dorsey
FDA to Reevaluate All On Market Food Additives
FDA will begin a March program to reassess 2100 food additives including preservatives colors and packaging derived substances. A priority list and profiles for each additive will be developed over 18 months with potential restrictions or removals if unsafe.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Sherwin Gardner
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
Dwis
Gardner
Living On Island At 91 Suits Him
Ingvald Stevens a 91 year old Norwegian immigrant lives alone on a remote Namakan Lake island in Minnesota for 45 years. He heats with wood from his land grows food stores it in a root cellar and writes by gas light. He travels eight miles by boat for mail in summer and loves solitude wilderness and wildlife as he survives on his own terms.
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Hibbing
Spending Power Declines As Raises Lag Inflation
A government study finds real spending power falls when wages rise with inflation. Higher tax brackets and eroding exemptions push taxpayers into larger tax bites, potentially through 1981. Indexing personal exemptions and credits to CPI is proposed to offset inflation's tax impact, with several nations already using similar systems.
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Congressional Budget Office
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Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
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