North Carolina House Approves Succession Referendum
North Carolina voters may decide this fall whether governors and lieutenant governors can seek a second consecutive four year term. The House approved the measure 106 to 12 after Senate action, with Gov. Jim Hunt predicting passage on the ballot amid bond issue proposals. Critics warned of machine politics and legislative imbalance if eight years of lieutenant governor power are allowed.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
House
Senate
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Tom Gilmore
D-Guilford
E. Graham Bell
U.S. Senate
Jesse Helms
Gilmore
John Gamble
D-Lincoln
John Ed Davenport
D-Nash
Horton Rountree
D-Pitt
SALT talks resume with minor issues in Geneva
In Geneva,US negotiator Warnke and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Semenov begin discussions on secondary SALT issues while Vance and Gromyko plan next week meetings. Both sides cling to Vladivostok 1974 as the framework with an Oct 3 expiration looming. talks aim to curb the arms race with a broader package.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Paul Wamke
U.S
Vladimir Semenov
Carter
Vance
Moscow
Gromyko
Semenov
Vladivostok
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ford
Warnke
United States
Borgonova Murdered After Kidnapping in El Salvador
Foreign Minister Mauricio Borgonova, 37, from a wealthy El Salvadoran family, was found dead after being kidnapped by the Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front. Police found the body near a road southwest of San Salvador. he was shot three times in the head. The government had rejected a ransom demand for 37 political prisoners.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Mauricio Borgonovo
Borgonova
Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front
Arturo Armando Molina
Front
Borgonovo
Col. Molina
Under Study For Possible Sliding On I 40 In North Carolina
State geologists examine a moving section of Interstate 40 near the Pigeon River near Waynesville to decide if the slide continues. Drilled holes and planned plastic filling probe depth and activity to determine if one large slide or two smaller slides exist.
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Waynesville
N.C
State Dept. of Transportation
Tennessee
Pigeon River
Dave Bingham
Glass
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