High Point Council Advances Personnel Ordinance Amid Secrecy Claims
Citizens rally against changes to Civil Service as City Manager and Mayor push a new personnel ordinance. Key hearings are kept closed and details withheld despite public pressure, raising concerns about transparency and public input in High Point government.
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High Point
General Assembly
Cy Brooks
Civil Service Commission
Roy Culler
Brooks
Raleigh
Thurs
Citizens’ Group
Council
Civil Service
Culler
Guilford County
County panel seeks power shift on zoning and annexations
Guilford County commissioners proposed giving themselves authority to approve or deny annexations and zoning outside city limits, a move surprise to High Point and Greensboro leaders. The plan, urged by Commissioner Ogden Deal, faces strong opposition and unclear prospects in the legislature, risking distrust among city and county residents.
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Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Ogden Deal
Deal
County
Guilford
New 200 Mile Fishing Rules Muttered By NOAA
NOAA extends 200 mile offshore zone and issues tuna import rules affecting deep sea fleets. U S permits cost up to 5000 dollars and foreign access shrinks while U S fishers gain first access to herring and mackerel within the zone. Tuna limits hinge on marine mammal kills with a new species based cap.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S
United States
Japan
Russia
Carter Tree House Poke Sparks White House Feud of 1980s
A satirical piece mocks President Carter and daughter Amy planning a White House tree house. It jokes about design delays environmental reviews and bureaucracy, predicting a 1981 occupancy and future expansions under a new president.
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Amy
White House
Washington
Seventh Heaven
Department of Energy
Carter
Plains
Nixon
Lyndon
Agency
EPA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
University of Illinois
Chicago
OSHA
District of Columbia
D. C
Fine Arts Commission
Friends of
House of Representatives
Pentagon
William E. Simon
Liddy in Prison Sparks TV Noise and Mattress Fire
Washington detainee J Gordon Liddy complains about Allenwood Prison Camp conditions after moving from Danbury. Inmates retaliate to his complaints by setting his mattress on fire and flooding the hallway, prompting TV curfews and stricter checks. Hoover's mixed feelings about JFK probe are later recounted, noting his heartbreak over FBI failings and Warren Commission criticism. Clarence Kelley seeks to clear the air as disclosures about Oswald summaries continue.
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Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Allenwood
Pennsylvania
Danbury
Conn
Eldon
Hoover
Commission
FBI
Kennedy
Clarence Kelley
Warren Commission
Oswald
Kelley
Confirmation In The Kremlin
Washington debates the Warnke arms control nomination and the Soviet counterpart Varlnikovitch faces grilling by the Politburo over disarmament aims. Both sides discuss stopping the arms race, kill ratios, and SALT treaty prospects amid mistrust and pressure from leadership.
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Washington
Paul Warnke
Senate
Kremlin
Warnke
Vladimir Warnikovitch
Politburo
Geneva
Soviet Peoples’ Republic
Vladimir
United States
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
U.S
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Canada
European Economic Community
Amy’s
Johnson
Gerald Ford
Harry Truman
Mr. Carter
Cvre
American Institute of Architects
Environmental Protection
James J. Kilpatrick
Ommy
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Washington Post
New York Times
New York Daily News
Hearst
The
Journal- American
the Mirror
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Varnikovitch
Pravda
Art Buchwald
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