Guilford County Welfare Fraud Cases Prompt Mixed Sentences
Recent Guilford County welfare fraud cases show varied outcomes with acquittals and suspended sentences. Judges in High Point and Greensboro ordered restitution and costs, prompting debate on deterrence and adequacy of punishment for illegally obtained food stamps and Social Services payments.
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Guilford County
Elreta Alexander
High Point
Ilegally
Greensboro
Byron Haworth
Department of Social Services
Helms Targets Voting Rights Act Ballot Language Costs
North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms denounces federal ballot language requirements under the Voting Rights Act as wasteful, citing the Lumbee and Cherokee languages in his state. He calls liberal congress members ignorant and arrogant for imposing such mandates and extending federal laws.
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Jesse Helms
Hes
Helms
Brooks
North Carolina
Nob Ody
Congress
The Regal Look as Cadillac Tops Convertible Line
Readers reflect on the end of the era for open top cars as Cadillac stops production. Columnist Jack Smith recalls a red convertible era and the regal appeal of top down cruising. U.S. automakers face pressure to meet demand for convertibles or risk losing spectator appeal.
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Auto
Los Angeles Times
Jack Smith
U.S
Detroit
Saint Anselm and implications for Church figures
A historical note discusses St Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, born in Burgundy and hailed in England, with a Pope declaring him Doctor of the Church in 1720. It also debunks myths about Emanuel Swedenborg, stating he was not a bishop nor founder of a church, but a Swedish scientist who became a theologian and philosopher in later life.
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St. Anselm
Canterbury
England
Burgundy
William the Conqueror
Church of England
Rome
Clement XI
Anselm
Emmanuel Swedenborg
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Society of Friends
Pennsylvania Colony
Dual Sainthood and early New Church groups in America
The text notes Swedenborgian influence, Hindmarsh’s 1790s group forming the General Conference of the New Jerusalem, and the 1792 Baltimore organization of the first Society of the New Church. It also states today there are three U S church bodies linked to Swedenborgian theology.
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Swedenborg
Robert Hindmarsh
General Conference of the New Jerusalem
Society of the New Church
Baltimore
United States
Gran Richardson Preyer
Scott Garken
High Point
Daughters of the American Revolution
Peter Marsbothan
C.J.K. Boyce
Guildford
England
Washington
Tryon Palace
New Bern
John Kellenberger
Willamsburg
America
Guildfordians
Greatest Secular Miracle In History, 200 Years Of Wealth
The piece traces global wealth growth from 1776 to present, noting world per capita income rising from about 200 to 1,000 and population from 750 million to nearly four billion. It contrasts industrial revolutions and economic mechanisms with modern output, cites figures by region and country, and includes notes on notable local figures and events.
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London Economist
Ihi
Furman
Richard Lesher
United
Obscure accounting rule could cost taxpayers millions
A government board quietly proposed Standard 413 affecting depreciation and inflation in major contracts. Experts warned the plan could shift billions from taxpayers to contractors. After scrutiny, 413 was scrapped for 414, with critics continuing to inspect the new rules change.
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Washington
Congress
Cost Accounting Standards Board
Damrarca
Lee Metcalf
D.mont
Library of Congress
Arthur Schoenhaut
Washington whirl and space budget pressure in CIA screens
A Washington whirl column reports CIA files on Washington Post figures led by Kay Graham and Philip Gegelin. NASA funds pressure on space program budgeting links to Dr Erwin Schmerling and Cornell professor Michael Kelley. A book excerpt cites George Washington criticizing military procurement. A grim Pentagon poster warns of security violations.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington Post
Kay Graham
Philip Gegelin
Tom Wolfe
Washingtonian
CIA
al Friendly
Richard Harwood
Paul Ignatius
Ward Just
Shirley Faovich
Millan Viorst
Russell Wiggins
Graham
Eugene Meyer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Capitol Hill
NASA
Erwin R. Schmeriing
Cornell
Michael C. Kelley
Matthew McHugh
DNY
Space Agency
Schmerling
Nathan Miller
George Washington
Pentagon
Defense Intelligence Agency
Private School Choices of Washington Leaders Stir Debate
Capitol Viewpoint surveys private school enrollments among Washington insiders, listing Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and lawmakers such as Edward Kennedy and Birch Bayh among notable figures with children in private schools. The column notes repeated public vows for integration contrasted with private schooling by many officials, including excluded liberals, and cites figures like Walter Washington, Walter Fauntroy, and Justice Thurgood Marshall in the discussion.
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Don Oakley
Enterprise Assn
Washington
Congress
Nick Thimmesch
Saturday Evening Post
Thimmesch
Washington, D.C
Nelson Rockefeller
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Sargent Shriver
Linois
Adlai Stevenson II
Charles Percy
New York
Charles Goodell
Edmond Muskie
Maine
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
John Torney
California
Jacob Javitts
Abraham Ribbott
Connecticut
Donald Fraser
Minnesota
Reading
Walter Wonagie
Dito
Goodell
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N.C. Board of Elections
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George L. Rankin
A&p
South
Atlanta
Georgia Lighthouse For the
N. Main
Brunswick, Inc
Brunswick
Mobil Oil
Carol Heiss
Charlie Stewart
Leon Schute
Schute
Senator Sooper
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