Labor unions gain ground in North Carolina textile industry
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union prepares a nationwide boycott against J P Stevens amid long running disputes over collective bargaining after a Roanoke Rapids vote. The piece notes NC’s low union density, right to work laws, and cultural antiunionism shaping labor history.
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North Carolina
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
J.P. Stevens & Co
J. P.stevens
Stevens
Roanoke Rapids
South
Textile Workers Union of America
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
ACTWU
TWUA
ACWA
Ed Townsend
Christian Science Monitor
Barbara Koeppel
Progressive. 2
Jim Holshouser
Worthless contract ties NC to HAS for Medicaid payments
North Carolina’s private Health Application Systems contract to handle Medicaid payments for 14.6 million monthly through next June faced a cash squeeze. HAS demanded an extra five million after 3.2 million advance, threatening claims payments and exposing the state to potential litigation if not resolved.
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North Carolina
Department of Human Resources
Health Application Systems
HAS
California
HAL
The Most Costly Olympics in Montreal History
The Montreal Olympics have spiraled from a modest 300 million cost to about 2.4 billion, with the stadium alone projected at 425 million. Overruns stem from overtime, delays, and underestimated facilities, turning the Games into a Canadian embarrassment and a potential tax burden.
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Jean Drapeau
Montreal
Drapeau
Munich
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Forbes Magazine
Lousiana Superdome
Millon
International Olympic Committee
Innsbruck
Tornato Star
Jim Proudfoot
Quebec
Ottawa
Washington promotion list razored by Army vendetta
The piece alleges the Ford administration was duped when an Army crafted promotion list was altered to drop Wilfred Ebel, amid Thurmond influence. It claims a razor blade cut erasing Ebel’s name, followed by a Xeroxed page, with White House and Pentagon officials denying a quash of investigations while hinting at Watergate echoes.
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Washington
Ford
Strom Thurmond
R.S.C
Senate
Army
White House
Defense Department
Justice Department
Thurmond
Justice
Pentagon
Wilfred
Ebel
Stemnold Stram
Milner Roberts
Roberts
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Callaway
Col
Peter Kempf
Sibel
Strom
Bowers
Gerald Ford
Haal
St Laws
St. Louis
Frank Bartimo
Ebet
Dreyfus
Controversy Over 1974 Unnecessary Surgeries Report
A conservative view reexamines the 1974 subcommittee findings led by John E. Moss on unnecessary surgeries. The AMA challenges the 2.4 million figure, $4 billion cost, and 11,900 deaths, arguing the methodology is flawed and the risks and costs are overstated.
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House
Subcommittee
John E. Moss
California
United States
American Medical Assny
Sac
AMA
Eugene G. McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Memoir of Lincoln Mistress Sparks Laughs and Lore
An elderly woman claims a memoir reveals her long affair with Abraham Lincoln, weaving a humorous tale of presidents, myths, and misremembered figures. She recalls meetings in the Lincoln Room, connects to Sinatra and Giancana, and swears on cross heart about the memoirs’ truth.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mary Todd
Frank Sinatra
Chicago
Sam Giancana
Giancana
Mafia Boys
Sam Giancana W
War Department
Congressman Hays
Wayne Hays
Rutherford B. Hayes
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
General Grant
Pedernales
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Joe Brown
Journal Suete 1
Senator Souper
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Sneed
Art Buchwald
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