Nixon Forum Frames Public Support Amid Watergate Clash
AP analysis notes Nixon’s four public forums in weeks, stressing he will not resign and will not turn over White House tapes. He argues confidentiality shields executive privilege, seeks swift end to probes, and defends presidential prerogatives as impeachment questions test limits of the presidency. He framed defense around protecting the office and signal to successors.
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Weather outlook shows frost warnings and cool weekend
North Carolina and South Carolina forecast warn of frost tonight and cooler temperatures. Friday will be sunny and cool with highs mainly in the 50s to 60s, while rain chances diminish. The extended outlook calls for partly cloudy, cool conditions into the weekend with a possible warming trend and rain Monday.
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Law shifts control of Textbook Commission to Board of Education
The North Carolina House passed a bill to strip the governor of appointment power for the state Textbook Commission and hand it to the State Board of Education. Terms of 12 appointees will end June 30, with 25 new members named by the board on the superintendent's recommendation. current members may be reapportioned. The measure, opposed by Republicans and educators, passed 71 to 37.
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Civil Rights and Segregationists to Meet in Jacksonville
North Carolina activists Golden Frinks of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Leroy Gibson of the Rights of White People Organization plan a March 27 meeting in Jacksonville. They aim to discuss abolishing capital punishment and desegregation while seeking common ground to improve neighborhood schools for blacks and poor whites.
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Higher Prices To Ease Gas Use, Simon Says
Federal energy chief William E. Simon says higher gasoline prices may curb purchases enough to cut shortages to 1.5 percent. Nixon says Arab oil embargo lift leaves 5 to 8 percent shortages this year, urging conservation and carpools. Simon claims inventories drawdown could cut shortages to 4 to 7 percent, with prices rising up to 70 cents a gallon.
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