Monotony Keeps Voters From Polls
Raleigh AP report cites State Elections Director Alex K Brock predicting 28 percent of 2.2 million registered North Carolina voters will vote next Tuesday. He blames voter fatigue and frequent elections for low turnout while noting November 8 ballot items include constitutional amendments, government succession, regional power plant partnerships, deficit bans, inheritance equality, and hundreds of millions in highway and clean water bonds. The 10 percent drop from last year stems from a statewide purge of nonvoters since 1972 affecting Democrats Republicans and unaffiliated registrants.
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Raleigh
Alex K. Brock
Brock
North Carolina
North Carolina School Discipline Worsening Says Poll
North Carolina public schools face rising discipline problems in high schools claims a statewide poll of over 1 600 students teachers and principals Results show agreement that race is not a major factor and that paddling and suspensions fail while teachers should connect with students The 173 page booklet distributed to schools offers methods focusing on causes of misbehavior such as attention power or revenge and urges a democratic class climate and written student contracts to improve behavior
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Dept. of Public Instruction
Low SAT scores linked to discipline in NC schools
North Carolina school leaders say poor discipline contributes to low SAT and national test results. Board members blame permissive homes, student rights emphasis, and inexperienced or overburdened teachers. A statewide competency testing plan advances with trial reading and math tests for 11th graders this spring.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Education
Bond fact sheet printing halted in North Carolina
Two Iredell County men blocked further distribution of a state funded highway bond fact sheet. The Wake County judge ordered Gov. Hunt and Transportation officials to stop printing at state expense. The suit, filed by Jonathan Knight and David Braatz, claims improper use of funds.
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Raleigh
Iredell County
State Transportation
Wake Superior Court
A. Pilston Godwin Jr
Jim Hunt
Transportation
Tom Bradshaw
Eugene A. Smith
Godwin
Bradshaw
Rufus Edmisten
Jonathan C. Knight
David A. Braatz
Hugh Joseph Beard
Charlotte
North Carolina Fund For
Cy Lynn
Transportation Dept
Department
Smith
Lynn
Johnson Charged In Death in Caldwell County Case
Norman Dale Johnson, already under murder and rape charges in the Oct. 20 slaying of Mrs. Bruce Mabel Sherrill, was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of 10-year-old Robert Bartlette III. The boy, missing since Sept 5, was found strangled near Rink Dam in Alexander County. Johnson was arrested Monday night and held without bond in Caldwell County jail.
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Lenoir, N.C
Norman Dale Johnson
Caldwell County
Johnson
Bruce Mabel Sherrill
SBI
John R. Vanderford
Hickory
Chapel Hill
Robert Bartlette III
Taylorsville
Vanderford
Bethlehem
Rink Dam
Shaw
Sherrill
Carter Seeks Jewish Support on Peace Talks
President Carter appeals to the American Jewish community to back his Mideast peace policies while warning against intemperance and partisanship. He defends Israel, notes Palestinian Arab rights, and says he opposes an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank, as audience applause interrupts his remarks.
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Washington
Carter
International Jewish Congress
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Bank
Jordan River
Innocent Plea in 9 mm Slaying of Grocery Manager
Ange A. Justesen of Winterville pled innocent in Pitt County Superior Court to a first degree murder charge in the machine gun slaying of Henry Bunton, manager of a Greenville grocery store. Defense said Justesen may have been temporarily insane at the time, citing financial and marital stress.
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Greenville
N.C
S. Ange A. Justesen
Winterville
Henry Bunton
Pitt County
Justesen
Bunton
GNP Explained and Historical Growth Overview
A concise explanation of gross national product GNP including its definition of total annual output and the value of all goods and services in the United States. It notes the use of constant dollars from 1958 and references historical data through the early 1970s. The item also poses a question about which federal department reports GNP.
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