Civil Service Debate Warns of Power Grab in High Point
The editorial argues the city should fully justify abolishing Civil Service and warns that a rushed move risks politicizing municipal staffing. It notes public suspicion, potential electoral consequences, and urges the Guilford County delegation to demand a clear, well explained case before endorsing the council’s position.
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Washington
Coun
Cil
Civil Service
General Assembly
Guilford County
Guilford County Seizes Key General Assembly Chairs
Greensboro officials boast that Guilford County now holds more legislative committee chairmanships than any other county in North Carolina. Rep Henry Frye, Rep Tom Gilmore, Rep Mark Short, Rep Charlie Webb, and Sen McNeill Smith head major panels, boosting local influence and bargaining power as upcoming developments determine if the county’s “ship” has truly come in.
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General Assembly
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Mark Short
Charlie Webb
McNeill Smith
Senate
John A. Womack Jr
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
New York Life Insurance Company
J. Douglas Howard Jr
First Citizens
J. Ed Cochran
United Methodist
Puerto Rico
Haiti
High Point
James E. Wilson
Sword of Peace
Snow Camp
Thomas Anderson Langford
Duke Divinity School
Work Area On Evangelism
Institute of Homiletical Studies of
Western North Carolina
The
United Methodist Church
Finns reject women pastors in Lutheran church
The Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland again votes 66 to 37 against ordaining women as pastors, failing to reach the required three fourths. Consideration is postponed indefinitely. about 600 women hold Lutheran seminary degrees but may serve only as lay readers.
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Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Lutheran Theological
Finland
Social Security rule reform sparks Senate bill push
Senator Robert Morgan co sponsors a measure to remove the earnings limit for Social Security beneficiaries eliminating the means test. The plan argues present law penalizes workers while others with investments still receive full benefits. Goldwater Morgan say retirees rights demand action.
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Robert Morgan
Ing
Sen. Morgan
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Morgan
Mystery Witness Links Oswald to CIA Contact in Dallas
A mystery witness testified to investigators that a CIA agent introduced him to Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas three months before Kennedy's death. The witness described a man named Morris Bishop and said the agent accompanied by a man he believed to be Kennedy's killer. Investigators note the testimony could reshape questions about Oswald's connections and motives.
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Castro
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Ao Socrunest
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Warren Commission
Ohie
Commission
Hoover
Odi
Joseph Milteer
Miami
Willie Somersett
Milteer
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Congressional
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