Wrong Promoters Involved In City Theater Operation Debate
A City Council meeting on theater booking exposes the council's control over the new theater. An advisory committee lacks real authority, while calls grow for a dedicated commission to manage the facility. The budget shows 205305 for operations and 109500 in projected revenues, with 20 house promoted events at 2500 each. Critics urge a board of directors drawn from qualified individuals, not the council, to oversee operations.
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Metropolitan Opera
Office of Management, and Budget
OMB
Hard Luck for North Carolina DOT Grass Experiment
The North Carolina Department of Transportation faced a mowing disaster as a new grass seed failed to top out, growing waist high in some areas. Heavy spring rains compounded the problem, leaving roadsides overgrown while schedules were trimmed, prompting widespread complaints about sightline obstruction and prompting widespread mowing.
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N.C. Dept. of Transportation and Highway Safety
DOT
Catholic Catechetical Directory Guides U.S. Religious Teaching
The National Catholic Catechetical Directory from the U.S. Catholic Conference outlines guidelines for teaching religion to all U.S. Catholics. It notes broad participation, with over 60,000 Catholics in North America attending consultations and 30,000 offering suggestions. The document discusses the church’s witness, scripture nourishment, and inclusive progress across race and gender, aiming to shape public life and faith. It can be obtained from the National Catholic Office, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, D.C.
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John Aai
U.S
North America
Massachusetts Ave
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court dissenting opinions likened to beer tasting
Washington state ACLU lawyer Mary Elian Cole reviews Great Dissents and Great Dissenters in the Supreme Court. She says majority opinions resemble an acquired taste requiring legal experience to savor the blend of temperaments and precedents that forge constitutional agreement.
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Supreme Court
Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Mary Elian Cole
Legal fee ruling seen as barely felt by Virginia bars
The Supreme Court held that state and local bar associations may not enforce minimum fee schedules. Local bars largely abandoned such scales amid recommendations by the attorney general. The decision promises major effects in states with enforced schedules, while consumers may gain bargaining power and lower fees.
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High Point
Supreme Court
Virginia
Alan B. Morrison
Virginia Husband and Wife
Fairfax County Bar Association
Bruce B. Wilson
Lewis
Goldfarb
Justice Department
Oregon State Bar
American Bar Assa
ABA
Lawing
Fairfax County
CIA Crimes and Capitol Penny Caper in Washington
DOJ faces choice over prosecuting CIA ordered crimes and agents who carried them out while EPA and water standards draw criticism from the Environmental Defense Fund. Capitol Hill sees rare aluminum pennies pilfered, mint officials weigh investigations, potential black-market value cited.
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Justice Department
My Lai
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
CIA
Bar of Justice
Environmental Defense Fund
EPA
Capitol
Congressional
U.S. Mint
Mint
Mary Brooks
Senate
House Banking Committees
Capitol Hill
Brooks
Ae Service
Renegotiation Bill Faces House Negotiations Panel
Washington reports the Renegotiation Act shifts from Mills era to a House subcommittee led by Rep. Joseph Minish as OMB's limits are blamed for weak enforcement. Admiral Rickover and Rep. Brooks push for tougher cost accounting and broader reform amid calls for a new Renegotiation Bill.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
House
Committee of Me and Housing
Joseph J. Minish
New Jersey
Mills
Congress
Senate
Adm
Rickover
Jack Brooks
D.-Texas
Brooks
William Proxmire
D.wise
Rep. Brooks
Minish
Lee Dare
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Ice Brown
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Hileathrosi
David Poling, D.D
National Catholic Catechetical Directory
America
Donald S.’ Kennedy
Oklahoma ‘Gas’& Electric Company
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Kennedys
Cecils
Newbys
California
New York Times
Og&ec
Arkansas
Don Kennedy
Kennedy
Will Rogers
University.of Arizona
Elizabeth Gurley
High Point Public Library
Randall’s Pharmacy
F. M. Pickett
Sheraton
Lib Gurley
Enterprise
UNCG
DEVIL
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
Ernest Emneo
Rengotiation Board
Ryman J. Rickover
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