Cause And Effect At Morehead City Port Rivalry
The piece argues Morehead City port lags Wilmington due to state funding bias and political pressure. It notes Morehead’s losses, Wilmington’s $1.1 million profit, and calls for PA decisions by the State Ports Authority regarding Morehead’s future and channel depth limits. It warns against starving Morehead without broader highway and coastal access improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
Morehead
Carteret County
Wilmington
Jack Hawke
North Carolina
Hawke
Norfolk
Charleston
Piedmont
Weyerhauser Timber
State Ports Authority
Daylight saving debate echoes in Hickory letter exchange
A Hickory newspaperman recalls a conversation between a woman caller and a reporter. The woman criticizes daylight saving time while the reporter defends it saying it provides extra sunlight. She counters that the extra light fades her curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Projecting The News Whither The Feminist Movement
Washington essay contends the feminist movement continues to drive social change toward sex equality. It notes consciousness raising, shifts in gender roles, economic participation, and clashes over goals with figures like Wilma Scott Heide and Midge Decter shaping debate. The piece questions whether goals are achievable amid evolving conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Henry Chafe
Duke University
Public affairs and policy notes in a mixed column
The piece surveys dairy price supports and government milk purchases, FBI surveillance of protest groups, and a Haiti blood plasma case. It notes a dairy industry shift toward open-market purchases, FBI watch for subversives, and a Haitian health inquiry into Homo Caribbean with findings of brutality, poor facilities, and donor harm. It ends with broader notes on road signage, a Grandparents Day bill, energy cuts, and cultural quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
William Powell
Department of Agriculture
Associated
Agriculture Department
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
White House
Tricia Nixon
Prince Charles
Princess Ann
England
Homo Caribbean
Haiti
Hemisphere
Joseph Sharlitt
Hono Caribbean
Sharlitt
Alex Theard
Special Medical Commission
Hemo Caribbean
Commission
Blood Clinic
That Court By John P Roche Analysis of Supreme Court Trends
The piece critiques the Supreme Court's post term trajectory arguing the court resists liberal conservative labeling. It questions abortion rulings and First Amendment applications while condemning the court as incompetent and mediorce, citing Blackmun and Hippocratic Oath references as illogic. It predicts a rough future for American constitutional law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Roche
King Features Syndicate
Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
Mayo Clinic
Earl Warren
Supreme Court of the United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
New York
Denver
Harry Truman
Justice Blackmun
Hippocrates
Bombing at Londonderry Front Sparks Fire and Fear
A bomb explodes near a Londonderry police area as Royal Engineers destroy a zombie device. Civilians flee while British patrols secure the scene and a 50,000 pound reward is offered for information on explosives outrages. The event unfolds amid tense security and a football-match analogy from soldiers.
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Alliance
Londonderry
North Ireland
London
Stalingrad
S.L.R
Royal Artillery Regiment
Royal Engineers
Charlie Chaplin
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Helen B. Shaffer
Wilma Scott Heide
National Organization of Women (Now
Women’s Liberation Movement
Judith Hole
Ellen Levine
George Gilder
Harper's
Wom
Midge Decter
Riy
Isternoo
Xin
Areness
Senator Soaper
America
By Jack Anderson
Ernest Cuneo
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