North Carolina highway bonds face mixed editorials and votes
A Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald opinion echoes concerns over the 300 million highway bond issue and its regional allocations. The Waynesville Mountaineer advocates pay as you go financing for roads and schools, while NC Citizens Assn calls for a gasoline tax increase to fund roads.
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North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Department of Transportation
Waynesville Mountaineer
The
Mountaineer
Haywood
N.C. Citizens Assn
General Assembly
North Carolina Faces Industrial Growth Clash Over Unions
The Roxboro dispute with Brockway Glass highlights a broader state tension between attracting new industry and maintaining low wages and anti union sentiment. Officials say NC must choose between higher wages with unions and slower growth or accept industry with unions to avoid further lag behind Sun Belt peers.
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Jim Hunt
North Carolina
Hunt
High Pointer Lynwood Smith
Commerce Dept
Roxboro
Brockway Co
John Brooks
Sun Belt
Road map for peace proposal shapes Israel PLO talks
The article outlines Menahem Begin's broad peace plan as he meets with President Carter, notes a fragile push for Palestinian negotiations, and describes the 1975 Israel Council for Israeli Palestinian Peace efforts. It details PLO moderates, Cairo talks, and U S and Arab responses shaping Begin's May 17 election victory.
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Israel
Menahem Begin
Carter
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Syria
Jordan
Israel Council For
United States
Washington
Geneva
Cairo
Labor Party
A Conservative View on Deregulating Airlines
The Senate faces a tough struggle over a deregulation bill. It would allow fare reductions up to 5 percent and increases up to 10 percent without CAB approval, but risks predatory cuts and reduced service. GAOKeeler projections suggest large savings, yet real capacity and comfort may decline. progress should be cautious and gradual.
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Senate
Air Transport Association
White House
American Conservative Union
Ralph Nader
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
General Accounting Office
Theodore Keeler
Berkeley
GAO
Keeler-Gao
Houston-Dallas
Frank Borman
Eastern Airlines
Minneapolis
Seattle
Washington energy agency ripoff alleged by FEA staff
The Federal Energy Administration faces a sweeping probe into alleged taxpayer fraud. Investigators say timecard padding overtime fraud and travel personal business cost the government hundreds of thousands. James Sweeney and staff linked to the abuses face serious charges as officials pledge strict overtime and travel rules.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Eric Zausner
Booz-Allen Research
Zausner
Know
James Sweeney
Stanford University
Sweeney
Stanford
Connecticut
David Nissen
Nissen
Anticonsumer Crusade Faces FTC Assault by Industry
The nation’s largest corporations mobilize against consumer protections. They attack the Federal Trade Commission after wounding the proposed Consumer Protection Agency, led by Chairman Michael Pertschuk and supported by congressional lobbyists from the National Association of Manufacturers the Chamber of Commerce and J C Penney.
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Consumer Protection Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Michael Pertschuk
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce
J.C. Penney
Why pull troops from Korea a mistake, letter to the editor
A reader argues against withdrawing U.S. forces from Korea, warning of becoming surrounded by communism after sacrifices in Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam. The writer, paralyzed from a Korean War injury, questions the purpose and criticizes the president.
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Cuba
South Vietnam
Korea
South Korea
U.S
North Korea
Campaign to curb town litter and beautify streets
Residents urge strict enforcement of anti litter laws and a town beautification campaign. Call for thorough sanitation work and public awareness to address overflowing trash in streets parks and creeks.
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Ministry of Finance
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Mattityahu Peled
Eneral
Knesset
Arieh
Eliav
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Uri Avnery
Amos Kenan
Elie Eliachar
World Federation of
Eliachar
Yassir Arafat
Paris
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
James J. Kilpatrick
Nays
John Christie
Nanty
John O'Leary
O'Leary
Marc Smolensky
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Business Roundtable
Nixon White House
Tom Korologis
Commission
James Broyhill
R.-N.c
Bob Krueger
D.-Tex
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Santini
Nev
Howard Baker
Senator Soaper
Supreme Court
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Mcrae
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