Liquor By The Drink Bill Advances Through House Committee
The House ABC Committee approved the liquor by the drink bill 10 to 8 after about 30 minutes of discussion. If voters approve, counties and cities with ABC stores could hold elections to permit mixed drinks in social clubs and restaurants with 36 or more seats whose main business is food. The Senate had approved the measure 25 to 22 amid debate and voting changes.
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Raleigh
House
ABC
Senate
B.D. Schwartz
New Hanover
William Smith
Dan Lilley
D-Lenoir
Julian Allsbrook
Halifax
Livingstone Stallings
D-Craven
Jack Childers
D-Davidson
Brezhnev Replaces Podgorny as Soviet President
In a major Kremlin reshuffle Brezhnev is named president of the USSR while remaining general secretary. Podgorny retires after removal from the Politburo, with Suslov praising Brezhnev’s organizational strength and dedication to the party.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Lenin
Stalin
Khruschev
Podgorny
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Mikhail Suslov
Suslov
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Dog bitten by live box shocks Glasgow owner
In Glasgow a German shepherd named Major urinated on a live electricity junction box, receiving a shock that hurled him into the street. The dog’s owner William McGlynn sought 765 for eight weeks off work but the sheriff ruled the city bears no fault and criticized owners for blaming the power company.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Major
William McGlynn
McGlynn
Glasgow Sheriff's Court
Norman Macleod
Odds Against Stopping Bill On Insurance
Opponents of a North Carolina bill to limit Insurance Commissioner John Ingram’s authority warned they faced long odds but could still defeat the measure in a final House vote or later in the Senate. The House tentatively approved the bill 61 to 49 after amendments, with a final vote set for today.
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Raleigh
John Ingram
Senate
Roy Rabon
House
Ingram
Ernest Messer
Dhaywood
Messer
Mark Short
D-Guilford
House Insurance Committee
Supreme Court
Jo Graham Foster
Dmecklenburg
Inventory Tax Battle Abandoned In North Carolina
Senator James Garrison says the effort to phase out the manufacturers inventory tax will pause this session. The Senate bill stays in the House Finance Committee as study of the tax impact continues. Governor Hunt supports the move due to revenue concerns and voting hurdles in the House.
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Raleigh
James Garrison
Stanly
House Finance Committee
Garrison
Bob Farmer
D-Wake
House
Jim Hunt
Welcom
Ralph Scott Seriously Ill After Attack
State Senator Ralph Scott of Alamance was hospitalized at Rex Hospital in Raleigh after a heart attack. The 73 year old lawmaker in poor condition suffered the attack at dinner Wednesday night and is in the cardiac unit. Scott is related to former governor Kerr Scott and uncle of former Gov Bob Scott. He served in the Senate from 1951 to 1955 and since 1961, notably chairing finance and appropriations and leading UNC System governance committees.
Clues Increase in Girl Scout Camp Killings
Authorities in Locust Grove Oklahoma pursue a murder case after three Girl Scouts were slain in their tent. Fingerprints footprints and a possible burglary link are investigated while counselors stray belongings and a farmhouse are examined. Lori Farmer and Doris Milner were buried with further rites planned for a third victim.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Dist. Atty
Sid Wise
Both Sides Confident On Liquor By The Drink Bill
After a Senate vote on local option liquor by the drink the Christian Action League predicted failure in the House and in committee. House ABC Chair Rep Ben Schwartz said his panel will pass the bill to the full House by a large margin. Rep James Morgan called the outcome too close to call in committee and on the floor.
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T. Cass Ballenger
William A. Wallace
Rocky Mount
Christian Action League
Carol Wilson Utley
James Morgan
House
ABC Committee
ABC
General Starry grilled after war warning in speech
Lt. Gen. Donn Starry, commander of the Army's 5th Corps in Germany, defied orders by predicting a Soviet Chinese war and U S involvement. He is told to report to the Pentagon to explain remarks to Army leaders amid recent personnel actions over war warnings.
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Washington
United States
Pentagon
Korea
Donn Starry
Army
5Th Corps
Germany
Clifford Alexander
Bernard Rogers
Starry
West Point
Soviet Union
China
John Singlaub
Carter
Singlaub
White House
Jody Powell
Back Pay Won For Sexual Advances
A federal judge ruled that Charlotte woman Sherry Elliott Meeks was fired for rejecting sexual advances by supervisor Thomas Lawler at Emery Air Freight Corp. She is entitled to back pay from the firing date. Meeks, 27, said she was glad for other women regardless of settlement.
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Charlotte
Sherry Elliott Meeks
Emery Air Freight Corp
Thomas Lawler
Lawler
Dist
James B. McMillan
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Ollie Harris
Cleveland
Ralph Scott
Lori Lee Farmer
Tulsa
Doris Denise Milner
Michelle
Claude Smith
Murfreesboro
Smith
Gen
Donn
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