Prisons Crisis Pushes NC Toward Hard Choices
The state faces a prison capacity crisis with 12,000 inmates and only 10,500 beds. A special commission revisits policy options to reduce intake, speed releases, or expand facilities as lawmakers debate deterrence versus rehabilitation amid rising crime and stretched prisons.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
Special Commission On
David L. Jones
Central Prison
Jones
Social Rehabilitation and Control
Commission
Too Hot To Handle Firecracker Ban Debate
Barbara Franklin of the U S Consumer Product Safety Commission says they ordered an immediate ban on firecrackers and then delayed it past the Fourth. The AP dispatch notes manufacturers and traders from Taiwan, Macao, Hong Kong and Oklahoma argue the crackdown could cost $50 million in banned hazardous substances. Golly Ned concerns and public awareness are highlighted.
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Barbara Franklin
U.S
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Franklin
Associated Press
Taiwan
Macao
Hong Kong
Oklahoma
Ned
CPI
Price Indexes Under Fire and CPI Reforms
The CPI and Dow Jones indices face criticism for narrow scope and aging weights. Proposals seek broader coverage to 80 percent of the population, excluding farmers and armed services, while labor leaders fear a single basket could understate inflation and affect wage protections tied to the CPI.
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CPI
Armed Services
Aflcio
George Meany
Out of the Black Bag preserves High Point medical history
The Guilford County Women's Medical Auxiliary publishes a 60 page book honoring Doctor's Day titled Out of the Black Bag. It details High Point's medical past from the Dr. Madison Lindsay House to the Barbee Hotel hospital, the evolution of local hospitals, and notable physicians. It also notes Miss High Point versus Miss North Carolina clarifications, Dr. Whitmore's Montreal summers, and a Cancer Crusade in High Point raising over $30,000 toward $35,000 goal.
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Guilford County Women’s Medical Auxiliary
Chester C. Haworth Jr
H. Kent Bennett
Auxiliary
Fred M. Wood
N. Hampton Chiles
Madison Lindsay
Jamestown
High Point
Greensboro Road
Scientific Street
Barbee
Haworth
Main
Andrew Jackson Sapp
North Carolina
R. C. Lindsay
Lindsay
William O. Jones
Willowbrook Manufacturing Company
High Point Hospital
J. T. Burrus
Guy F. Duncan
Burrus
J. Harry Whitmore
Montreal
Virginia
Wilmington
Thomasville
Presbyterian
Lake Junaluska
United Methodist Southern Jurisdiction Conference
Presbyterian Assembly
Montreat
Baptist Center
Ridgecrest
Episcopalians
YMCA
Blue Ridge
Dr. Whitmore
Long Association
J. Elwood Cox
Jordan Washburn
Bob Shaw
American Cancer Society
Poor Driven To Eating Cheap Pet Foods
A confidential Senate nutrition study finds soaring prices push the poor especially fixed-income elderly to rely on dog and cat foods. It notes pet foods are substituted for human meals, with chicken and beef disappearing from their diets, and reports up to a third of pet foods in ghettos consumed by people. The report era cites rising costs, possible political donations linked to Dole, and hearings on world food problems led by McGovern and Percy.
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Washington
Senate
Les Whiteen
Senate Nutrition Committee
George McGovern
D-S.d
Charles Percy
B-Ill
Dole
John Crutcher
Office of Economic Opportunity
Crutcher
Republic
Dale
Latin sugar defeat and Kissinger resignation threaten Latin ties
Latin American hopes for better U S relations face two shocks as the House defeats the sugar act that protected 19 countries in its quota system and Kissinger contemplates resignation over a staff bugging allegation. The events cloud the new U S dialogue with Latin America while trade deals stall and countries seek alternative markets.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
U.S
House
Department of Agriculture
Henry Kissinger
Hemisphere
Latin American Leadership, Aware of the Near-Miracles Dr. Kissinger
Latin America
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Yale
Richard Ruggles
Bureau of Later Statistica
H. W. McCain
Guilford General Hospital
Richardson
East Washington Street
W. L. Jackson
Susan Griffin
Eck Ring
Betty Jo
Lexington
Watergate
Deryl Schuster
Small Business Administration
Schuster
Robert Rebern
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Droge
Environmental Protection Agency
Glenn Weir
Ken Frizzell
Joseph Parker
U.S. Tariff Commission
Sen. Dole
Bill Roy
D-Kans
Bob Owens
Roy
Kansas
Bob Dole
Robert J. Roth
Wichita
Roth
Andrew Adams
Veterans Administration
Health, Education and Welfare
Adams
Robert Hoffman
Agriculture Department
Sugar
Kissinger
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