Court ruling on student voting residence case in North Carolina
Justice Susie Sharp writes that a Meredith College student from Tarboro is a distinct individual in the North Carolina Supreme Court decision on whether a student may vote in hometown or college town. The opinion notes the case is not a class action and emphasizes case-by-case fact evaluation.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
Susie Sharp
Meredith College
Tarboro
High Court
Poison Prevention Week urges home safety and awareness
The article notes National Poison Prevention Week and urges a home sweep of unused medicines and chemicals to protect children. It discusses the value of responsible disposal, regulatory issues, and the broader benefits of careful consumer habits beyond the campaign.
Who Pays Risking an anti-student label
A 1971 snapshot shows 15 426 loans in default under the federal guaranteed student loan program totaling over 13 million dollars. The program offers forgiveness of up to half the principal after five years of teaching and loans are interest free during school years.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Decriminalizing Pot Faces National Commission Recommendation
A National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse is expected to recommend decriminalizing private marijuana possession while preserving penalties for sale. The plan ends criminal penalties for personal use and keeps handling at state and local levels, with broad public support seen as essential.
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National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Nixon
Commission
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH
Bertram S. Brown
Texas
Chisholm
Hartke
Lindsay
McCarthy
McGovern
Secret Pork Barrels Debate Behind Closed Doors
Washington congressmen meeting under a Buckley portrait vented over environmental suits hindering pork barrel projects. Rep. Jones blasted judges as ignoramuses while Rep. Wright cursed the fish as they accused courts of delaying lease sales and enviro protections.
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Bob Jones
D-Ala
Jim Wright
Dtex
House Public Works Committee
Charles
Buckley
D-N.y
Jones
Congress
Bill Harsha
Ohio
Nader
Pat Caffery
D-La
Big Oil
Louisiana
California
Roger Zion
R-Ind
Legal battles and political clashes over environmental rules and ITT convention pledge
The article portrays Jim Wright opposing environmental safeguards while lawmakers debate weakening laws and shifting EPA powers to states. It Also details ITT’s $400,000 pledge to the Republican convention in San Diego and the subsequent drop of an antitrust suit against Hartford Fire Insurance tied to the subsidy.
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Jim Wright
Jim Kee
D-W. Va
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Kee
Richard Sullivan
Harsha
Caffery
Louisiana
International Telephone and Telegraph
San Diego
ITT
Sheraton
Conference Bureau
Republican Party
Hartford Fire Insurance
Senate
Pay Board backlog lurches as cost controls persist
Robert Tiernan of the Temporary United Feature Syndicate Pay Board says hundreds of thousands of pay raises are blocked by bureaucratic delays. The piece traces historic price control agencies and argues that emergency measures become permanent, with a looming economic impact akin to Vietnam.
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Pay Board
Robert Tiernan
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Washington
Byzantium-on-the- Potomac
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Congress
Tiernan
Internal Revenue Service
Vietnam
Pipeline study finds Alaska route possible with limited ecological impact
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co advances a 789 mile route from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez for the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. Ecological research shows grasses can revegetate permafrost areas and no wildlife species are significantly affected. Simulated caribou crossings inform underpasses while fish and bird studies identify precautionary measures and rare nesting disturbances resolved by relocation.
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Valdez
Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Prudhoe Bay
Alyeska
University of Alaska
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