New River Efforts May Be Endorsed by Ford in NC Visit
Ford is expected to back North Carolina efforts to save the New River from a two-dam project by Appalachian Power Co. The river’s 26.5 miles could be added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system, blocking the dam plan and ending a related federal suit. Reagan has already endorsed preservation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ford
Greensboro
California
Ronald Reagan
Appalachian Power Co
Federal Power Commission
Virginia
West Virginia
U.S. Department of the Interior
Power Company
North Carolina General Assembly trims secretarial staff
The Legislative Services Commission votes to cut half of the 170 secretaries as the General Assembly convenes to craft the state budget. Savings are uncertain while salaries average about 140 a week. The panel also to hire four new staff for the fiscal research division amid six vacancies. In Gastonia a 27-year-old man is held on murder charges after an 18-year-old club patron died from a gunshot after a Friday night shooting at the 32 Club.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Legislative Services Commission
Commission
Senate
John T. Henley
Cumberland County
Henley
Gastonia
N.C
David Millwood
Bessemer City
Millwood
Paul Alexander
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Family Camps In Protest At Duke Power
Richard L Drestler his wife Isa and their 14 month old son camped in front of a Duke Power Co building on South Blvd to protest a power shutoff. After a tent was set up Duke restored power at the home about an hour later.
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Charlotte
N.C
Richard L. Drestler
Duke Power Co
Isa
Power Company
South Blvd
Drestler
Duke
Diestler
Dick Pierce
Jorce
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