Budget cuts blamed for NC mental hospital strain and scandal talk
The piece argues that North Carolina mental hospitals face a growing scandal amid 1971 budget cuts to the Department of Mental Health. It notes reduced appropriations, eliminated programs, and staffing strains while urging leaders and the public to address funding needs and administration to improve patient care. Dr. John McCain notes bed and funds shortages as core issues.
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North Carolina
Jim Holfhouser
Department of Mental Health
General Assembly
General Fund
Mental Health Department
John McCain
Wilson
North Carolina Board of Mental Health
McCain
Holfhouser
Hargrove
Skipper
Why Not Call It Whynot Named NC Population Center
A North Carolina newspaper note explains Whynot in Randolph County earning the state’s population center title. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill marks the village as the balancing point for the state’s residents, moving about 100 miles since 1790.
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Whynot
Randolph County
Lina
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Apex
Raleigh
Shakeout hits Madison Avenue art world as galleries shrink
A sweeping art market shakeout lowers gallery fortunes in New York. Prices fall after the 1969 70 stock dip, with 59 of the original 140 firms closing or moving, 49 opening new spaces, and only 64 staying put. Wealthy owners subsidize losses for tax benefits while private collectors dominate, downgrading Madison Avenue and pushing new galleries to Soho where fewer buyers linger.
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New York
Madison Avenue
Art Gallery Magazine
Art Gallery
Wall Street Journal
Greenwich Village
Soho
Emmerich
Sonnabend
Michael Sonnabend
Thomas Messer
Guggenheim Museum
Messers
Preyer Urges National Education Policy On Desegregation
The speech argues Congress should set a national policy for desegregation, not rely on courts alone. It cites Brown v. Board, warns against piecemeal fixes, favors a coordinated framework, and discusses busing as one option among others to achieve equal opportunities.
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Congress
Walter Lippman
Supreme Court
America
Florida Primary Odds Favor Wallace In Tight Dem Field
Jimmy the Greek projects Alabama Governor George Wallace as a heavy 1 to 4 Florida primary favorite with Humphrey Muskie and Jackson in pursuit. The feature weighs polling methods and a proposed desegregation bill offering alternative approaches to racial balance and funding shifts.
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Washington
Jimmy the Greek
Alabama
George Wallace
Florida
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
Humphrey
Jimmy
Wallace
Muskie
Jackson
Sun
Shine State
University of Florida
Jimmy Found
Ed Muskie
George McGovern
John Lindsay
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Lamb of God
John
Jesus Christ
Mark Hopkins
U.S
Administrative Management Society
Caro
Marlborough
57Th Street
Botero
Pierre Levai
Levai
Andre Emmerich
Preyer
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Parents of
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Republic
REP
Richardson Preyer
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