North Carolina 7.9 Billion Budget For Two Years
The 7.9 billion operating budget for NC state government over the next two fiscal years was presented to the General Assembly. It includes a 6.5 percent raise for teachers and state workers, raises for judges and district attorneys, prison expansion, and a plan to build new facilities and prefabricated dormitories to ease overcrowding. The budget foresees tax collection growth and outlines capital improvements totaling about 71.6 million, with major investments in Corrections and court personnel.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Jim Holfhouser
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Edward S. Holmes
Chatham
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Holmes
Corrections Department
Central Prison
North Carolina faces rare energy crunch from deep freeze
AP report from Raleigh says NC weather caused record lows and soaring heating demand while ice hampered coal supplies and generators. Utilities kept margins with minimal voltage reductions but warn growth could shrink capacity margins by the early 1980s. Tenney Deane calls the event highly unusual and costly to plan for.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Utilities Commission
Tenney I. Deane
Arctic
Deane
North Carolina lawmakers react to Hunt State of the State
Legislators generally praise Gov. Hunt's address while debating proposals on economic department structure succession and veto power. Some oppose a second term or veto for an incumbent, others favor keeping economic development tied to resources. Lt. Gov Green says he will keep an open mind.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Ruth Cook
D-Wake
Hunt
Ernest Messer
D-Haywood
Jimmy Green
Skeleton identified in Wake County murder case
The skeleton of 18 year old Helen Rose Rudd of Garner was identified in Raleigh as the victim of a 1970 murder. A man, Ernest Lydon Marshburn, 32, formerly of Garner, was arrested in Nashville Tennessee and charged with first degree murder.
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Raleigh
Wake County
Nashville
Tenn
L.W. Kelly
Helen Rose Rudd
Garner
Here
Kelly
Ernest Lydon Marshburn
Kelley
Marshburn
38 Believed Dead In Harbor Disaster
Spanish frogmen searched Barcelona harbor through the night for American servicemen missing after a Spanish freighter struck a U S Navy landing craft. At least 38 sailors and Marines believed dead and 12 unaccounted for, with over 50 survivors reaching shore.
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Barcelona
Spain
U.S. Navy
Navy
Veepco Maintains 5 Percent Voltage Cut In Cold Spell
Virginia Electric and Power Co will keep a five percent voltage reduction while bitter cold lasts its system serves. Executive VP Stanley Ragone says the drop reflects record demand and unit generating problems due to extreme cold. He urges customers to conserve and warns service interruptions possible if demand spikes.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Stanley R. Ragone
Vepco
Ragone
Cleaver says he made a deal with Jesus on Praise The Lord Club
Eldridge Cleaver, former Black Panther and fugitive, tells a nationwide audience he converted after exile in France. He says he surrendered to Christ, sold out to Jesus, and plans to return his family to the United States while facing an Oakland shootout case and $10,000 bond.
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Charlotte
Eldridge Cleaver
Jesus
Fugitive From Justice
Cleaver
United States
France
Panthers
Oakland
Calif
Black Panthers
Christ
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Sears
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Perpetual A, Savings and Loan Association
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