Prisons in North Carolina Show Harsh Living Conditions
In interviews with inmates and parolees, unsanitary cells, crowded beds, and shared facilities reveal dire conditions inside North Carolina prisons. Officials admit limited tools to curb problems as some inmates describe drug use and coercive environments, while many fear returning to prison.
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William M. Welch
Associated Press
Raleigh
Haywood Hicks
North Carolina
Hicks
Caledonia
Balloon House Answers From A 21st Century Dream
Readers ask where to extend homes and what agency would handle energy policy. The reply notes contractor help for remodeling and cites a future U S Department of Energy absorbing ERDA and related functions with James Schlesinger possibly as its first secretary.
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Anon
Carter
ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
D.R
A. Carter
Congress
Department of Energy
Federal Energy Administration
Interior Department
James Schlesinger
Citizens Call for City Energy Watch and Cuts on Lights
Letters from residents urge energy conservation amid utility shortages. They cite daylight lighting at High Point Museum and street lights on Main Street and Eastchester Drive. Suggestions include an Energy Committee, monthly city energy tallies, and a public Energy Watch column to spur reductions.
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City Hall
High Point Museum
Westchester Mall
High Point
E.C
Main Street
Eastchester Drive
Oak Hollow Dam
Energy Watch
Crime Watch
Draft return urged by Senate committee leader
Sen. John C. Stennis said the nation must return to the Selective Service system for manpower as Defense Secretary Harold Brown testified on U S defense posture. Brown outlined cuts to the $123 billion defense budget and a postponement of full MX missile development, with a proposed 10,000 soldier reduction and slower overall programs.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
U.S
Harold Brown
Carter
Congress
Ford Administration
Brown
Pentagon
Armed Services Committee
Defense Transition Team
Navy
Army
Armed Services
Air Force
Florida crop losses surge after winter freeze hit oranges and tomatoes
Florida faces more expensive produce as the winter freeze damages the citrus and vegetable crops. Gov. Askew seeks federal disaster aid while farmers estimate at least 100 million dollars in vegetable losses and 150 million in citrus. Prices rise nationwide and gas shortages strain the East. Federal review planned by Agriculture Secretary Bergland.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida
Reubin Askew
Carter
U.S. Agriculture
Robert Bergland
Bergland
Askew
Frank Pope
U.S. Agriculture Department
Florida Emergency Board
Federal Power Commission
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
James Rhodes
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Columbia Gas
Kentucky
Workers Choose Cold Indoors At Magnavox Plant
In Arden near Asheville workers at Magnavox Co. faced 50 degree indoor temperatures due to curtailed natural gas. Plant manager Bryan Gibson said workers were asked to choose between staying warm and shutting down or continuing to work in the cold, and they chose cold with no heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Magnavox Co
Arden
Bryan Gibson
Firewood Seen as Alternate Fuel Amid NC Energy Shortages
North Carolina faces gas and propane shortages as utilities cut gas supplies to 113 industrial customers and reduce small commercial use. Duke Power and CP L report fuel cost rises and ongoing conservation. Gov Hunt urges thermostat cuts to 65 degrees and volunteers cut wood for needy families.
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North Carolina
Public Service Co
Carolina Power and Light Co
Cp&l
Duke Power Co
Jim Hunt
Durham
Duke Forest
Lumberton
Lawyer Insurance Battle Over $25 000 Award
Richard Kersey of Clinton won a $25 800 settlement from a 1973 auto crash. His lawyer took $8 000, and the medical bill insurer claimed the rest, leaving Kersey with crippled legs, no job, and disillusionment with the system as he seeks new work.
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Clinton
N.C
Richard Kersey
Art
Kersey
State Industrial Commission
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Secretary of Energy
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Emerywood Forest
A.J
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Rts Spor
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Transcontinental Pipe Line Corp
Transco
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