Triad Park effort faces funding and support hurdles
Enthusiasm for Triad Park is tempered after a meeting with Guilford and Forsyth legislators and the NERD secretary. Officials cite no state funds and no park on the NER list, while task force members urge swift action amid rising land prices and potential growth in the Triad area. Lee agrees to another session to gauge citizen backing and push for progress.
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Triad Park
Guilford
Forsyth
Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources
Howard Lee
Triad Park Task Force
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
High Point
Triad
Lee
McNeill Smith
Raleigh
Guilford-Forsyth
Park
Housing Outlook Sees Record 1977 Single Family Building
Washington reports March housing starts reach a four year high and NAHB chief economist expects 1977 to be the best year ever for single family home building. Yet rising prices and income pressures may keep many families from affording new homes.
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Washington
National Association of Home Builders
Michael Sumichrast
Joint Center For Urban Studies
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bernard Frieden
Arthur P. Solomon
Assessment of Carter's first hundred days shows ambivalence
A conservative pundit delivers a mixed appraisal of Jimmy Carter after his first hundred days. He notes busy activity and symbolism but limited concrete accomplishments, contrasting Carter with FDR's historic early record and criticizing Carter's inexperience and lack of Washington maneuvering savvy. He acknowledges Carter's sincerity and work ethic but laments the absence of presidential presence.
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Jimmy Carter
Mr. Carter
Carter
Raymond Moley
Washington
Capitol Hill
Russell Long
Senate
al Ullman
House
Lyndon Johnson
Ethics Code Could Bring Resignations in Congress
The new House ethics code caps outside income at 8625 dollars, pressuring members to abandon private ventures or resign. Rep Otis Pike faces a potential conflict as owner and director of Long Island Home Ltd. with Medicare payments to facilities he helps oversee. Pike may resign or quit his company to stay in Congress. The piece also notes secrecy around IRS private letter rulings and limited public access despite a court order to disclose newer rulings.
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Washington
Congress
Otis Pike
D.N.Y
House Select Committee On
Pike
Long Island Home Ltd
South Oaks Psychiatric Hospital
Broadlawn Manor
Jane Winebrenner
Eee Pike
Long Island
Couple sails to island life on Cabbage Key for new venture
A High Point couple quits jobs to run an island inn on Cabbage Key off Florida. The report covers the island setting, Inn operations, Phyllis Wells bookkeeping and staff, and plans for a new business Vacations for You Inc offering remote experiences and entertainment to clients.
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The
Enterprise
High Point
Florida
Robert Wells
High Point College
Phyllis
Lois
Rob Wells
Bokeelia
Cabbage Key
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Lambelle
Captavia
Rob
Hatteras
Ft. Myers
Robbie
You Inc
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Suzanne DE Lesseps
Sen
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R-Mass
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Joint Center
U.S
J. Carter
Elba
Waterloo
Franklin Roosevelt
FDR
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
TVA
National Recovery Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Georgia
MacArthur
Ours
Popodnas
James J. Kilpatrick
Tell Mobutu
Coca-Cola
White House
Internal Revenue
IRS
Office of Management and Budget
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
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