Nixon and Diggs Clash Over Black Caucus Recommendations
President Nixon broadly agrees with House Black Caucus aims citing jobs via federal programs and welfare reform, while Rep. Diggs calls the replies deeply disappointing. Debates cover youth employment, guaranteed income, welfare rules, South Africa policy, and use of frozen funds amid budget limits.
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House Black Caucus
Nixon
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
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Caucus
Congress
Nyc
National Alliance of Businessmen
Youth Conservation Corps
North Carolina considers $200 million school bond vote
A proposed statewide 200 million bond issue for school construction would be put to voters in a referendum. If approved, funds would be allocated by pupil population, prioritizing Charlotte Mecklenburg and Winston-Salem Forsyth districts with multiyear needs to replace obsolete buildings and support kindergarten expansion. The measure, backing by the North Carolina School Boards Association, targets no new taxes and faces a 1972 election timetable.
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North Carolina
House
Senate
Thomas Strickland
D-Wayne
Jim Beatty
D-Mecklenburg
Strickland
North Carolina School Boards Association
State Department of Public Instruction
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
General Assembly
Highway Commission Criticized for Internal Control Flaws
State auditor Henry Bridges condemned the North Carolina Highway Commission for lacking proper internal controls over appropriations revenues and expenditures in a 94 page audit. The report accuses the commission of bypassing state law assigning financial responsibility to controller W P Garriss and notes funds on hand could cover 1970 71 services without extra appropriations totaling 86 087 178 07.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Henry Bridges
Bridges
W. P. Garriss
Commission
federal study urges preemptive pollution standards
Comptroller General Elmer Staats told the House committee that federal agencies lack power to prevent water pollution and must wait for damage. He urged federal discharge standards for municipalities and industries before pollution becomes a problem, criticizing the current 58 week to court timeline and 180 day abatement notices as slow and ineffective. He led a GAO study into pollution laws under congressional orders.
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Congress
House Public Works Committee
Elmer B. Staats
General Accounting Office
Staats
Drug User Centers Proposed for North Carolina
Craven County legislator Rep. Chris Baker seeks authorization to establish drug abuser evaluation and rehabilitation centers in North Carolina. The measure would set up centers at Broughton Hospital in Morganton Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro Dorothea Dix in Raleigh John Umstead in Butner to conduct research and pilot treatment programs. Other actions: bills to reduce transit taxes and refund motor fuel taxes, a joint auxiliary police option, and Senate approval for financing hospital facilities by the Medical Care Commission.
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Craven County
General Assembly
Carolna
Chris Baker
State Department of Mental Health
Broughton Hospital
Morganton
Department of Mental Health
Cherry Hospital
Goldsboro
Dorothea Dix
Raleigh
John Umstead ‘Hospital
Butner
Stewart Warren
Dse
William T. Watkins
Granville
Board of Commissioners
Senate
House
State Medical Care Commission
Reagan wins disputed welfare recipient award in California
Governor Reagan, amid a welfare reform forum crowd, faced heckling from about 40 demonstrators. He admitted raising his voice while defending Medi-Cal and listened as Catherine Jermany of the California Welfare Rights Organization offered him a symbolic "highest paid welfare recipient" award for being "one of us the truly needy."
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Catherine Jermany
California Welfare Rights Organization
Reagan
Southern Bell Rate Hike Case Opens in Raleigh
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph begins presenting its case before the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a proposed rate increase that would cost Tar Heel consumers 23.1 million dollars annually. The company seeks higher rates for 1.23 million North Carolina phones to offset inflation and fund a 275.3 million dollar construction program from 1969 through next year. Atty. Gen. Robert represents the public, joined by federal agencies, Belk Service Stores, Inc., and the North Carolina Merchants Association. The hearing is expected to last about three weeks.
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Bell
North Carolina
Atty. Gen
Robert
Department of Defense
Belk Service Stores, Inc
North Carolina Merchants Association
Grenade Blasts in Korea Blamed on Black Soldiers
Black soldiers protesting discrimination blamed for grenade explosions at Camp Humphreys south of Seoul. One American and three Koreans injured as five grenades exploded weekend and two more today. Army investigates with no arrests. Koreans and a Korean bar incident linked to earlier clashes. Col. McWhorter offered a $1,000 reward for stolen grenades.
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M. H. Ahn
Associated Press
SEOUL
U.S
Camp Humphreys
Hankook Ilbo
Korea Times
Army
John C. McWhorter Jr
23Rd General Support Group
United States
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