City Entitled To Tax Decrease Not Increase
City Manager Harold Cheek notes no budget framework permits needed electric system improvements without tax increases. Voters rejected a 4.2 million bond earlier. council orders an electrical system study to reveal profits and fund growth fairly. The piece urges tax relief via sales tax gains and revaluation, contrasting with another North Carolina city pursuing a tax cut.
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Harold Cheek
Bencini
North Carolina
Dr. Harry L. Brockmann Dies Quietly at 81
Greensboro native Dr. Harry L. Brockmann died at 81 after a long life of medical service and civic leadership. A UNC and UPenn trained surgeon, he served in World War I, then practiced in Greensboro and led roles at Asheboro Memorial Hospital, Davidson Hospital, Mills Home, and as Southern Railway surgeon. He recently received a North Carolina Hospital Association honor for his work.
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Harry L. Brockmann
Greensboro
Unc-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Asheboro Memorial Hospital
Davidson
Lexington
Mills
Thomasville
Southern Railway
Brockmann
The
North Carolina Hospital Association
Leaky Ship Crisis Tests Heath At Upper Clyde
The liquidator of the Upper Clyde Shipyards awaits mid August as Heath faces a political decision on keeping the yards open. Unemployment runs high in Scotland with 120,000 out of work and 12 percent in Clydebank, while the government funds salaries to protect 27,000 workers. Heath aims to push Britain toward the Common Market and press Industrial Relations reform despite union opposition, amid a grim postwar recession.
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London
Upper Clyde
Heath
Rolls-Royce
Clydebank
John Brown
Clydeside
Scotland
Britain
UMW Boss Boyle Accused Of Self-Funded Re-Election
Senate Labor subcommittee reports that United Mine Workers leader Tony Boyle largely financed his 1968 re election with money from hired officials who were later rewarded with salary raises. The probe, tied to other irregularities, questions the campaign’s rank and file support and points to a broader pattern of favored officials. The Labor Department had long sued the union, with a July trial expected, while unrelated auto safety plans reveal a 1973 program including talks of air bags.
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Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
United Mine Workers
Tony Boyle
Boyle
Jack Yablonski
Labor Department
Subcommittee
Rank and File
Union Treasury
Jerry Feder
Edward L. Carey
UMW
Budget expands for traffic safety research amid debate
The Traffic Safety Administration seeks to nearly double the 1972 research allowance to 21.7 million with more funding for air bags despite safety concerns. Critics worry detonators may trigger deafness or misfire, while other funds would back foam padding restrainers and belt systems. The plan adds one staffer and lingers on ignored fire and drowning risks, drunk driving study, and evaluation of automated equipment effects.
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Traffic Safety Administration
Phil Hart
D-Mich
Senate
Chappaquiddick Bridge
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Oregon
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Global Atmospheric Research Program
Nixon
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Furnitureland
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