Energy bills rise as NC acts partial power bill reform
Law expands the State Utilities Commission to seven members and sets three member panels to hear rate cases while blocking an elected utilities panel. Duke Power and Carolina Power & Light cut back construction by 1 billion and 427 million respectively, signaling possible higher rates and tighter electricity supply as fuel costs and peak demand remain major drivers.
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Duke Power Co
Carolina Power & Light Co
North Carolina
Duke Power
Carolina Power
Don Anderson
Duke
State Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Detente’s High Cost to United States Revealed
Washington notes detente fosters Kremlin cooperation yet costs Americans billions in tech losses. Senate inquiry pressed as Soviet one way exchange drains U.S. jobs and secrets. Americans fear licenses and blueprints flow to Moscow while firms win Kremlin contracts.
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U.S.S.R
Henry Jackson
D.wash
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Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
KGB
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Moscow
America
Control Data Corporation
Boeing
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Henry Kissinger
Earl N Phillips: Builder of Business and Public Service
Earl N Phillips rose from salesman to influential financier and leader. He shaped Salt City finances as mayor and on the State Ports Authority, guiding coastal terminals toward Atlantic Coast standing. His income and institutions benefited from his strategic vision and generosity, leaving a lasting community impact.
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Earl N. Phillips
Earl Phillips
State Ports Authority
Protecting the News A Century of Refugees
A reflection on Indochina's displaced and the 70 000 Vietnamese refugees in the United States after the Vietnam War. The piece notes vast global refugee numbers, legal definitions, and the political and economic barriers to large scale resettlement, with public opinion and donor aid shaping prospects for homeward return.
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Vietnam
United States
Indochina
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Iran
Gallup
Lon Nols
Nguyen van Thieus
Kremlin Map The Middle East In Secret Plot Revealed
A covert meeting at KGB headquarters on Dzerzhinsky Square reveals a high level plan to manipulate Middle East diplomacy. Officials discuss recognizing the PLO, pressuring Israel, and leveraging Geneva talks to drive a military solution while the United States is backed into a corner.
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Dzerzhinsky Square
Moscow
Secret Police
Middle East
Boris Ivanovich
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Far Eastern
Hanoi
Singapore
Phnom Penh
P.L.O
Garamin
The Statue of Liberty and Vietnamese Refugees
In a moral fable shaped as a dialogue, Mother of Exiles debates whether the United States should welcome 55,000 Vietnamese refugees from Guam and the Philippines. The statue urges openness while Americans fear welfare and cultural clash. A plea for leadership leads to a call to lift the torch toward the West and offer refuge.
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Guam
Philippines
Golden Gate Bridge
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