Slow pace in Raleigh delays assembly start and election reform
Raleigh debates whether to move the General Assembly start from January to March or later, citing Governor Hunt and legislative leadership. The slow pace prompts warnings of a very long session unless momentum picks up, with elections and absentee voting reforms also fueling the discussion.
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Hunt
Hills
House
Carl Stewart
Senate
Jimmy Green
End of the Orient Express Signals Declining Luxury Rail Era
European railways scale back famed luxury service as airlines and costs bite. The Orient Express will end daily runs two months from now with only occasional special trips to honor the memory of the historic Paris to Istanbul route.
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Orient Express
Paris
Istanbul
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot
U.S.-Cuban Relations Night of Decision Looms
The State Department will decide tomorrow whether to abolish extend or modify the travel ban to Cuba amid talks of normalizing ties. Havana seeks an end to the embargo while Cuba and the Soviet bloc gain leverage from any shift in U.S. policy.
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United States
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
Southern Airways
Havana
State Department
Castro
U.S
Agriculture Department
Carter
Angola
Uganda
Idi’Amin
Ragan Family History Highlighted At St Patrick Day Dinner
A St Patrick's Day dinner at the Country Club honors the Amos Ragan lineage with Lib Hoffman Ragan's new genealogical study edited by Herbert Poole. The work traces Ragans across Guilford Davidson Randolph counties, detailing ancestors and notable descendants including UNC football star Robert Ragan and judge John Reagan among others.
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Country Club
Ragan
Regan
Herbert Ragan
Amos
Elizabeth Hoffman Ragan
Herbert Poole
Guilford College Library
High Point
Guilford
Randolph
Robert R
Bob) Ragan
University of North Carolina
Amos Ragan
Kate Ragan Kearns
Gurney H. Kearns
E.T. Harmon
N. Main Street
John H. Reagan
U.S
Texas
W.H. Ragan
Ragans
Lib Hoffman
Last-Minute Oil Giveaway Disclosed by Former Interior Secretary
On his final day in office Thomas Kleppe proposed leasing Naval Petroleum Reserve Four on Alaska's North Slope to eight oil refiners and private interests. Navy estimates peg Pet Four at 15 billion barrels of oil and 80 trillion cubic feet of gas, but critics say the bill would undervalue the reserves and reward oil firms. A private memo labels the move a multi million dollar giveaway to the oil industry. Jamaica's government faces spying allegations as Prime Minister Michael Manley tightens control amid violence and political arrests.
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Gerald Ford
Thomas Kleppe
Kleppe
Congress
Naval Petroleum Reserve Four
Alaska
Pet Four
Navy
United States
Aclion
Cecil Andrus
John Moss
D.-Calif
Pet
Murphy
Gary Cohn
Energy Explora
Thanks to High Point Fire Department for prompt service
A Wesleyan Arms Retirement Center administrator praises the High Point Fire Department. He thanks Administrative Chief Thompson and others for quick responses to false alarms and a real dining room fire on November 25, noting safe evacuation and effective extinguishing.
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High Point Fire Department
Wesleyan Arms Retirement Center
Thompson
Shelton
Harmon
Davis
Jester
Leonard
Myers
Wesleyan Arms
High Point
Kilpatrick Should Wash Out His Mouth Letter Praised
A reader thanks the paper for publishing Kilpatrick Should Wash Out His Mouth and for relaxing a rule that allowed it. The writer commends Mr. Kennedy for his concise, elevating contribution and expresses confidence in future civic dialogue thanks to such caliber.
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Kilpatrick
Hospitality Deepens High Point Welcome for VFW Ladies
A grateful note thanks High Point residents and multiple local groups for their kindness during the visit of the national president of the VFW Ladies' Auxiliary. The writer praises The Enterprise WGHP TV Southern Furniture Exhibition Building and city officials for smooth arrangements, delicious meals, excellent media coverage, and warm hospitality despite bad weather.
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The
Enterprise
Wghp-Tv
Southern Furniture Exhibition Building
VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
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