Reader asks action on health code breach seeping septic tip
An anonymous reader seeks higher help after Randolph County Health Department delays on a seeping septic tank front yard issue. Sanitarian George Elliott cites weather and contractor delays. final 15 day notices followed by court action if unaddressed. Contact Asheboro Health Dept or Archdale branch for details.
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Randolph County Health Department
Anon
George Elliott
Health Department
Elliott
Asheboro
City Lake fishing rules explained by wardens
A reader asks why fishing is restricted from City Lake dam to Oakdale Cotton Mill. Officials cite municipal limits and watershed health laws prohibiting bank fishing in the area below the dam. rules are posted at the warden’s office for permit holders.
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City Lake
Oakdale Cotton Mill
North Carolina
A.C. A
Jamestown
Parks and Recreation Commission
Governor proposes 18 departments in North Carolina reorg
Governor Bob Scott urged the General Assembly to cut 295 state agencies, commissions and boards to 18 streamlined departments. Eleven would start by September 30 and seven by July 1, 1972, with a fulltime lieutenant governor position and a 1972 effective date for the changes.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
North Carolina
Scott
General Assembly
Protesters Gather Again as Freed From Jail
About 1,000 antiwar demonstrators marched toward the Justice Department in Washington with police watching closely. By noon, 1,500 of 7,000 arrested remained jailed, as the Pentagon began withdrawing 4,000 federal troops from the streets. President Nixon praised authorities for handling the protests at a White House breakfast.
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Washington
Justice Department
Pentagon
White House
Nixon
District of Columbia
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Courts Strain as 7000 Antiwar Protesters Bonded in DC
Federal district judges set high bonds for thousands of antiwar demonstrators arrested for blocking streets in Washington. Among those freed included a 12 year old boy and other minors as courtrooms ran slowly with crowded hearings.
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Washington
George Washington University
Benjamin Spock
Fate of 648 condemned undetermined
Douglas B. Lyons, a Columbia law student and chairman of Citizens Against Legalized Murder, hailed a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that ends mandatory capital-trial phases. The decision impact spans 33 states where 641 men and 7 women wait on death row, with governors still able to delay or commute sentences.
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Douglas B. Lyons
Columbia Law
United States
Lyons
Citizens Against
Death penalty appeals ready for Supreme Court review
Court review focuses on whether the Eighth Amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment and on juror bias in capital cases. NAACP Legal Defense funds convene May 15 in New York for a strategy session with lawyers from 33 states, aiming to broaden challenges to capital punishment as unequal and unjust. Justice Harlan questions the strength of legislative safeguards against arbitrary juror exclusion.
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Supreme Court
New York
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Jeffry Mintz
Mintz
John M. Harlan
North Carolina Considers Auto Insurance Overhaul
Legislation to switch North Carolina auto insurance to a file and use system is slated for this week. Sen. Clyde Norton says effects on motorist costs are unpredictable, with rates possibly rising, stabilizing, or falling under the new plan. The study commission urges replacing the state wide premium system with competitive file and use, aiming for equity and efficiency in rates.
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Secretary of State
Auditor
Agriculture
Insurance
Labor
Treasurer
Justice and Public Instruction
Department of Administration, Revenue and Local Affairs
Commerce
Military and Veterans Affairs
John Henley
Ccumberland
Scott
Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Clyde Norton
Legislative Study Commission
McDowell County
Democrat
Norton
Old Fort
Study Commission
Department of Insurance
Commissioner of Insurance
Peme
Commission
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Cologne
N.C
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Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Dupont Circle
Franklin Park
Executive
Gov
Robert Hibbard
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