Carter Threatens Veto Over Major Bill Price Tags
President Carter warned he may veto major farm and water projects if Congress does not cut costs. He noted a Senate farm bill could reach 4 billion dollars and a House public works measure was 3.5 billion over his request. The president pressed inflation as a key worry and called for fiscal restraint while commenting on Middle East and Geneva arms talks.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Tin Lizzie Still Stands As Revolutionary Auto
Detroit report marks the 50th anniversary of the Model T Ford noting its role in mass production, $5 daily wages, and mass auto ownership. It cites 15,456,868 built through 1927, peak production in 1925, and design quirks like no driver door and starting crank. Ford says about 100,000 Tin Lizzie owners remain with parts still listed in catalogs.
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Detroit
United States
Ford
General Motors
Chevrolet
Henry Ford
Highland Park
Mich
Dai
Ford Motor Co
Help for widows on credit and estate questions
Q and A from The Enterprise offering guidance on credit issues for widows with no credit history, how to establish credit, and how adopted children inherit. Also notes about Epilepsy Foundation fees, and free admission to High Point Museum with hours and contact details. John Bauckman, director, invites visitors to the museum.
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High Point Museum
John Bauckman
Hunt Green Feud Endangering North Carolina Senate Careers
In Raleigh AP reports that the Hunt Green rift has lawmakers privately considering not running for re election. Senators say the conflict creates a pressure cooker in the General Assembly threatening Democratic unity and the 1970s political balance. Green wields Senate power as lieutenant governor, while Hunt remains a loyalties magnet touching committee control. Freshmen feel the tension most as lawmakers split between Hunt and Green.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
Jimmy Green
North Carolina
W. Craig Lawing
Dmecklenburg
Senate
General Assembly
Melvin R. Daniels Jr
D-Pasquotank
Hunt
Green
Lawing
Sen
Ralph H. Scott
D. Alamance
Analysis of Korean pullout ties peace to major powers
The piece discusses whether U.S. troop withdrawal deters aggression or triggers war in Korea. It covers Maj. Gen. Singlaub’s testimony to Congress warning a pullout could provoke North Korea, U.S.計 Carter administration plans for 33,000 to 40,000 troops to depart over four to five years, and historical shifts in force levels, alliances, and Korean leadership under Park Chung-hee.
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U.S
South Korea
Washington
Menahem Begin
Israel
Carter
Jordan River
Seoul
Korea
John K. Singlaub
U.S. Congress
Singlaub
North Korea
Kim Il-sung
38Th Parallel
United States
Vietnam
Moscow
Peking
Park Chung-hee
South
Steady Rain Forces Robeson Evacuations
Heavy rainfall in Robeson County caused evacuations of eight residents and two schools were closed. Flooding from the Lumber River threatened homes and crops with up to 10 inches reported and more rain forecast. Pembroke Rescue Squad aided stranded residents as flood stages predicted along Cape Fear Neuse and Tar rivers.
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Lumberton
North Carolina
Robeson County
Pembroke Rescue Squad
National Weather Service
Clarence Stockton
Cape Fear
Neuse
Tar
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West Bank
Geneva
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vance
Revolutionary Auto
Anon. A
H.P. Credit Bureau
Anon
The
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Hunt-Green
Hunt, Green
House
Carl Stewart
James Green
AP News
John Roderick
Associated Press
China
Robeson
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