Kernersville Toxic Waste Case Highlights Regulatory Gaps
Analysis notes that a spillage near Kernersville and other sites in Alabama and South Carolina reveal weak state and federal rules for identifying storing and disposing of toxic substances. Despite Destructo Chemway Corp acting responsibly, legal hurdles and cross state waste transport expose the need for comprehensive environmental legislation and federal support to protect watersheds.
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Kernersville
Destructo Chemway Corp
Forsyth
Destructo
North Belmont
South Carolina
Alabama
Destructa
United States
Outwitting The Levy From Oil Rich States
The article notes OPEC nations used a temporary wealth claim to avoid higher United Nations dues. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and others argued their oil wealth was temporary, resulting in the Arab bloc paying less than individual Mediterranean countries. The maneuver resembles income averaging.
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OPEC
United Nations
Spain
Italy
Portugal
General Assembly
Governors and Mayors face pivotal November elections
Governors Byrne of New Jersey and Howell of Virginia lead races shaping tax and ideology battles with Bateman and Dalton as rivals. Mayors Beame Koch Perk Landrieu Uhlman face defeats or retirements while New Orleans eyes its first Black mayor candidate Morial and Seattle eyes Royer versus Schell in a tossup. Detroit mayor Young runs against Browne Jr. in a black mayoral race.
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New Jersey
Virginia
Viginia
Brendan Byrne
Raymond Bateman
Carter
Byrne
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois
John Gilligan
Ohio
Norbert Tiemann
Nebraska
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Bateman
Henry Howell
John Dalton
Mills E. Godwin
Howell
Godwin
Washington Post
Dalton
Wose
Johnson
Charles Robb
Edward Lane
Lane
Byrd Organization
New York
Abraham Beame
Manhattan
Edward Koch
Roy Goodman Noy
Ralph Perk
Cleveland
Beame
Edward Feighan
Dennis Kuchinich
Albuquerque
N.M
Harry Kinney
David Rusk
Dean Rusk
Moon Landrieu
New Orleans
Fred Hofheinz
Houston
Wes Uhlman
Seattle
Landrieu
Uhlman
Ernest N. Moria
Joseph V. DiRosa
Morial
King Kong
Charles Royer
Paul Schell
Detroit
Coleman Young
U.S
Young
Ernest C. Browne Jr
Browne
Washington Merry Go Round The Pale And The Male
Justice Department lawyers clash with Allan Bakke over reverse discrimination in medical school admissions at UC Davis. The piece notes slow enforcement of the Civil Rights Act, underrepresentation of minorities and women in federal hiring, and shifts in DOJ practices under Griffin Bell including new minority appointments and action on Indian lands and school busing.
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Washington
Crusaders
Justice Department
Corinthian Temple
Allan Bakke
Bakke
University of California, Davis
United States
Supreme Court
Archie Bunker
Bell
Congres
Maine
Justice
Carter Administration
Four Square
Wilmington
Del
White House
Margaret Costanza
Ground breaking for Givens Estates near Asheville
A hillside ceremony launches the Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community near Asheville. A $2.5 million Marion J. Givens estate bequest fueled the project, with 80 apartments planned on 150 acres and a future $10 million expansion to nearly 500 living units plus health care facilities.
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Givens Estates United Methodist
Asheville
Marion J. Givens
Triad United Methodist Home
Presbyterian Home
Maryfield
Wesleyan Arms
Winston- Salem
Methodist Home
Wesley Nursing Center
Charlotte
Hendersonville Road
Retirement homes spur church missions along Southern tracks
The Givens bequest funds a Methodist led retirement community in the Triad area to serve elders beyond religious lines with a public mission. Lyle H. Kearns leads UNC Greensboro alumni giving aiming at 375000 dollars, while T Lynwood Smith promotes state growth and Japanese investment in North Carolina. Governor Hunt plans a state dinner to recruit industry, as Carter traverses New York with daily job pleas from the crowd.
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Presbyterian Home
Givens
Jacksonville
Florida Trust
Barl G. Hunt Jr
North Carolina
Triad
Charlotte
International Division
State Commerce Department
Sunbelt
Tokyo
Osaka
Kyoto
Capital Shrine
Orlando
Fla
Atlanta
North
Carolina
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Jack Anderson
California
Texas
Holt McPherson
Lyle H. Kearns
UNC Greensboro
Dorothy Kendall
High Point
Japan
T. Lynwood Smith
Senator Soaper
Jimmy
Ape Beame
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