First Annual Session Shapes North Carolina Legislature
The General Assembly meets in Raleigh for its first annual session since the Civil War era with elections looming. Democrats hold the majority while Gov. Holshouser, a Republican, faces sharp budget, tax, and ECU medical school disputes. Surplus funds prompt tax relief and public spending debates as the two sides clash on key policy. Lt. Gov. Hunt notes no push to oust the governor, but the session tests Hawkeye fiscal and health care plans amid calls for quicker action.
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General Assembly
Raleigh
James Holfhouser
East Carolina University
Holshouser
Advisory Budget Commission
Treasury
Budget Commission
House Finance Committee
Holfhouser
North Carolina
East Carolina
Board of Governors
ECU Medical School
Jim Hunt
Holf
1973 in Law and Order A Year Remembered
The Department of Justice reports 1973 as a landmark year for law and order. Indictments or convictions touched high officials and local officers, a new permanent FBI director arrived, and a special prosecutor’s office was created for Watergate and related misconduct. Civil rights cases set records.
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United States
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Department
Law and Order and Justice
Projecting the news on rail travel and preservation
Amtrak reported December rail passenger traffic up 50 percent on some routes from the previous year. With gasoline tight, rail travel could rise further in 1974, aiding preservation of historic railway terminals facing demolition and disuse. Grady Clay warns many 19th century stations may vanish within a decade, eroding grand downtown spaces and civic art. Penn Station is cited as among the finest examples of these structures.
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Amtrak
Grady Clay
Landscape Architecture Quarterly
Penn
Loss and Rebirth of Historic Rail Terminals
The article recalls the 1908 Pennsylvania Station described as an unprecedented project, later demolished for new uses including Madison Square Garden. It notes conversions of other terminals, such as Union Terminal in Cincinnati and Grand Central Station battles, plus New London and Chattanooga examples, highlighting preservation efforts and evolving urban needs.
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Sylvania Station
New York City
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Madison Square Garden
Cincinnati
Union Terminal
Beeson Union Station
Washington, D. C
Chattanooga
Oil Barons Seek Navy NPR 4 Access in Alaska
Washington report details pressure from oil executives to shift NPR 4 from Navy to federal lands for drilling on Alaska's north slope. Officials linked to Standard Oil of California and SEDCO push the move, citing Navy limits. The piece also covers FTC actions against Retail Credit Company and examples of credit report errors harming ordinary Americans.
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Washington
Navy
John Whitaker
Standard Oil of
California
Elks Hills
Calif
Pentagon
William Clements
Clements
John A. Hammack
Dallas
John Moss
D-Calif
SEDCO
Federal Trade Commission
Retail Credit Company
FTC
Senate
Charles K. Herbert
Stewartstown
BankAmericard
York
Credit Bureau
Herbert
Chicago
Soak the Poor Social Security Tax Critique
The author argues Social Security tax (FICA) is an inequitable, regressive burden. He notes higher earners pay the same rate, calls for scrapping funding as is and replacing with progressive income tax. The piece criticizes the system as a 1930s construct, urges reform and questions the value of current benefits.
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Afl-Cio
Congress
HEW
Casper Weinberger
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Rationing Hits School Traffic In Transit Plan
Washington reports a standby gas rationing plan adds strain on schools as 18 or older student drivers would receive coupons while under 18 students face limits. Fairfax County faces bus shortages with 87 buses ordered in April. at 9000 per bus the funding needed is 1.5 million to shelter current student carers. The Energy Office outlines four relief paths including car pooling, buses, public transit, or bicycles, plus possible hardship exceptions and coupons for younger students.
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Washington
NANA
Fairfax County
Federal Energy Office
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
U. S
Alaska
North Slope
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Seattle
E. N. Deane
Joe Biden
D-Del
William Proximire
D-Wis
William Brock
R-Tenn
Credit Bureau of York
Laneriean
Internal Revenue Service
Howard Hughes
Federal Treasury
Supreme Court F.D.R
Vale of Tears
Senator Soaper
Kohoutek
Colosseum
Rome
Alan Emory
North American Newspaper Alliance
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