Controversy Over Joan Little Defense Fund Grows
Joan Little, who says a white jailer tried to rape her, has moved from obscurity to a national cause with more than a quarter million dollars raised mainly by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The funds support a high‑profile defense in Beaufort County while disputes over allocations, including a claimed third of the fund by Golden Frinks, threaten to overshadow the case and its civil rights implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Little
Southern Poverty Law Center
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Little
Beaufort County
Thoney
Golden Frinks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Civil Rights Organization
Paul
Alexandria
Washington, D.C
Debate Over Escheat Funds For Zoo Funding Ignites Legislature
Strong opposition rallies against diverting escheat funds from North Carolina student scholarships to the state zoo. Senator Russell Walker and leaders push the idea, while UNC President Bill Friday defends the current use of escheats for aid. Critics warn it could wreck scholarship programs and self help funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Walker
Randolph
UNC
Bill Friday
City Council Passes Pet Restriction Law Critiqued by Dogs
A playful note questions the timing of public writings on the city’s pet restriction ordinance. It urges compliance with signature rules for letters and laments why canine commentators did not submit opinions before the measure's passage.
Food prices trend and farm market outlook in 1975
February consumer price index due tomorrow as officials seek relief from rising costs. Secretary Butz foresees a 1.5 to 2 percent rise in early 1975 then possible decline, aided by weather and larger grain reserves. Beef prices drop while cattle futures face mixed signals as inventories surge and processing costs push consumer prices higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Butz
Ford
Butz
U.S
China
Grocery Manufacturers Association
Agriculture Department
Joseph M. Winski
Wall Street Journal
Business Week
Kenneth Warren Monfort
Greeley, Cole
Denver Post
United States
Feeding the hungry and thoughtful economy debate at home
A Covent Covenant Concerns column laments hunger while noting rockathon fundraisers raising over 150 dollars for overseas relief. The piece critiques central planning in China India and Russia and urges self sufficiency. A Dean B Pruette Scholarship Fund aims at 20 000 to honor the High Point school superintendent with tax deductible gifts.
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Covenant Concerns
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
Mooney
Presbyterian Home
Dean B Pruette
High Point
Dean Pruyette
N.C
Perpetual Trust
Bill Wright
Emerson Heatherly
Dr. Pruette
World's Worst Leaders Voted by Washington Experts
Foreign affairs specialists in Washington rated Idi Amin as the world’s worst leader, with Gen Nguyen Van Thieu, Gen Augusto Pinochet, Col Muammar Qaddafi, and Lon Nol following in the top five. The poll covered despotism, ineptitude, irresponsibility, greed, and instability, with 30 respondents and 35 experts overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Idi Amin
Uganda
State Department
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Libya
Col
Muammar Qaddafi
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Pentagon
Congress
Amin
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Salvador Allende
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
North Korea
Kim Il Sung
Kim
South Africa
Balthazar Vorster
Ford
Letter to the editor warns ERA threatens women's roles
Cathy Hinson of 202 Montlies Ave argues against the Equal Rights Amendment. She says rights should reflect gender-specific roles and warns a blanket federal measure could undermine women's tights and family stability while urging careful, case-by-case consideration of laws.
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United States
Cathy Hinson
Montlies Ave
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Holt McPherson Enterprise
Law and Order
India
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Environmental Center
Penny Road
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David Parker
Hatteras Yacht Company
Miami
Hatteras
Parker
Panama Canal Zone
William F. Freeman
Val
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieuw
Kim ID Sung
Gerald Ford
Asia
Latin America
Africa
Europe
Gen
America
Park Chung Hee
South Korea
Madame Ghandi
Haiti
Jean-Claude
Baby Doc) Duvalier
Red
Mao Tse-tung
Nicaragua
Anastasia Somoza
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Shah of Tran
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Barbara B. Smith
The
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