Senate Debates Amended Insurance Bill Amid Divisive Vote
The House approved a heavily amended insurance measure 66 to 40 after defeating two gutting amendments. It limits auto rate hikes to 12 percent over two years while removing prior approval requirements, and leaves homeowners and other lines to a bureau. Senate leaders delayed action to review House changes as debate grew heated with accusations of lobbyist influence and procedural concerns.
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House
General Assembly
Richard Erwin
D-Forsyth
Senate
Totherow
Ingram
Jo Graham Foster
North Carolina Senate OKs anti pornography bill 39 to 3
The North Carolina Senate approved a bill to target adult book stores and X rated theaters as public nuisances. It would allow civil suits by citizens, district attorneys or the attorney general to close offending businesses and confiscate contents with a $500 minimum bond. The House awaits action.
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Raleigh
State Senate
House
I. Beverly Lake
Drake
Attorney General
Wernher von Braun Dies Pioneer of Moon Landing
Wernher von Braun, the German born rocket expert whose work helped the United States reach the moon, died Thursday at 65 after a long cancer battle. He had been with Fairchild Industries since 1972, lived largely in hospital, and curated a collection for a Marshall Space Flight Center exhibit. He earlier designed the Jupiter C and contributed to early space programs after World War II.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
United States
von Braun
Alexandria Hospital
Virginia
Fairchild Industries
Fairchild
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Adolf Hitler
U.S
Russia
Finance Panel Approves Liquor Bill in North Carolina
The House Finance Committee approved liquor by the drink legislation and sent the Senate-passed bill to the House floor for action expected Wednesday. Committee chair Rep. Bob Farmer stressed tax aspects only, with Rep. Fred Dorsey noting the full House should debate merits. The bill imposes a $500 initial license fee and $250 annual renewal.
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Raleigh
House Finance Committee
House
Bob Farmer
D-Wake
Carl Stewart
Fred Dorsey
R-Henderson
Dorsey
Concentration Camp Survivor Protests Nazi Parade in Skokie
Sol Goldstein a Holocaust survivor leads opposition in Skokie Illinois to a July 4 Nazi march and white supremacist rally. He argues the ruling protecting Nazi demonstration harms free speech by enabling hatred amid a 6000 to 7000 survivor community. Attendees include Frank Collin and officials anticipate ordinances banning military uniforms. ACLU supports free speech as protected by the First Amendment.
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Skokie
Ill
Sol Goldstein
Supreme Court
Goldstein
Chicago
National Socialist Party of America
Frank Collin
National Socialist Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Harvey Schwarz
David Hamlin
Chicago American Civil Liberties Union
Hamlin
Germany
Hitler
Watergate plaque marks pipsqueak burglary anniversary
In the Watergate building on the sixth floor a plaque honors the infamous 1972 pipsqueak burglary. The site now houses the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences as visitors recall the break in that led to Nixon’s resignation and convictions.
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Washington
Watergate
Richard Nixon
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Institute
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
John Mitchell
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Mitchell
John Ehrlichman
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