Triad Park plan faces opposition and funding hurdles
Residents along the Guilford Forsyth line oppose the Triad Park proposal arguing it would force land loss and sprawl. Legislators Mary Seymour and McNeill Smith seek a 2 million state appropriation while plans stay non site specific. Officials stress undeveloped land aim and public discussion continues ahead of a June 7 Colfax meeting.
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Piedmont Council of Governments
Guilford
Forsyth
State Dept. of Natural
Triad
NER
Howard Lee
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
High Point
Triad Park
Guilford-Forsyth Line
I-40
Smith
Seymour
Triad Area
Sandy Ridge
Bunker Hill
Triad Park Task Force
Winston- Salem
Colfax
Amy Carter Romance Sparks Media Backlash
A Plains romance story involving nine year old Amy Carter and a local sweetheart provokes criticism of press intrusion. Grandmother Miss Lillian says the couple were briefly seen together prompting national coverage and ribbing of the child and her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Carter
Plains
Amy
Lillian
Scott
Marshall Plan’s Legacy and Europe’s Recovery Blueprint
A compact history of the Marshall Plan from Harvard 1947 to its European impact. It notes $16.7 billion in aid rebuilt Western Europe, the plan’s aims, and later European integration efforts including Euratom and the Common Market. It also mentions political obstacles and mixed results among member states.
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Dean Acheson
George C. Marshall
Harvard
Europe
Marshall
Harry S Truman
America
United States
Soviet Union
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Paris
Western
Congress
European Coal and Steel Community
Rome
European Atomic Energy Community
Euratom
European Economic Community
Common Market
Britain
Ireland
Italy
U.S
Texas Hospitals Clash Over Carter Califano Cost Plan
A Texas Hospital Association gathering criticizes President Carter and Secretary Califano for a proposed 9 percent ceiling on hospital cost increases. Administrators fault price controls as ineffective and argue wages, utilities, and malpractice costs will drive cuts. They urge balanced reforms to curb overall health care costs without crippling efficient hospitals.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Hospital Association
Joe Califano
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Carter
Califano
White House
HEW
O. Ray Hurst
The
Texas Association
Messrs
Carter and
Don Cosper
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Irving
Texas
Association
Hurst
El Salvador Arms Sale Debate and Pesticide Drain
The piece reports that State Department delay in approving an El Salvador arms sale may have prevented weapons from being used against protesters in the February elections. It notes ballot fraud and a violent crackdown, with higher casualties than officially acknowledged. It also cites a UN study blaming pesticides for poisonings across El Salvador and neighboring nations.
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Washington
Carter
el Salvador
State Department
Equal Alphabetical Rights Amendment proposed in schools
In a tongue in cheek critique a speaker argues name based discrimination in education from seating to graduations and college admissions. The piece references Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug amid calls for reform while lampooning the A to L versus M to Z divide.
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Kennedys
Caldwells
Daltons
Evertons
Flahertys
Youngstein
Schreiner
Thomasino
Ackerman
Zuckerman
Gloria Steinem
Bella Abzug
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Joe Brown
Out
Leslie van Houten
Charles Manson Family
Danielle Gardner
Richard N. Gardner
James J. Kilpatrick
Mr. President
Central America
United Nations
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
A To L
Mindlin
Wyzinski
Abernathy
Altshuler
Brown
Petersons
Raphaels
Steiglitzes
Allens
Buchwald
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