Inmate Tries To Hang Self After Six Days in Jail
Charles Franklin Witherspoon, 42, remained jailed six days past a dismissal due to a faulty new criminal code. He was found hanging from a mattress-cover rope in his cell on the sixth day while a release notice reached the Wake County Jail. He had been awaiting a dismissal on the breaking and entering charge after a trespass conviction and 42 day sentence with credit for 38 days.
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Raleigh
Charles Franklin Witherspoon
Witherspoon
R.A. Harris
Wake County
Superior Court
Burley Mitchell Jr
Mitchell
General Assembly
Randolph Riley
John Parker
Harris
Carey Works on Plan to Avert NYC Default
Gov. Hugh Carey proposes a complex plan to avert New York City default and stabilize state finances. It includes added state and city taxes, bank and federal aid, with a one cent city sales tax rise to nine cents. The plan seeks $2 billion to $15 billion in federal loan guarantees and heavy private support, while NYC faces a $270.7 million obligation funded from varied sources.
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New York
Hugh Carey
New York City
White House
William Greener
Ford
Greener
Congress
Carey
Senate Democratic
Senate
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate Banking Committee
House
Ways and Means
Carl Albert
Dekla
Danielson Plans To Retain Post After Indictment
RALEIGH AP F Roland Danielson said he will remain chairman of the Wake County Board of Education after being indicted on charges of failing to pay sales and employment taxes for a pair of corporations in 1974. He faces 12 misdemeanor tax violations with a possible $200 fine and 30 days jail per count.
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Raleigh
F. Roland Danielson
Wake County Board of Education
Danielson
Danielson Heads
Wake County Grand Jury
FRD Enterprises
Sherator Motor Inn
Dunn
FRD
Hilton Inns
Grand Jury
Ombudsman Office Sees More Cases and Satisfaction
The ombudsman office for Gov. Jim Holfhouser reports fiscal 1974-75 saw 4,884 cases handled, up 37 percent from 3,263 the prior year, with 72 percent of 240 respondents satisfied. Within the governor's jurisdiction 83 percent were satisfied. The office was created in 1973 to address public complaints about state government.
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Raleigh
Jim Holfhouser
Council of State
Ombudsman
Labor Leaders Backing Construction Measure Faces Senate Fight
Organized labor rallies to pass a bill that would let unions close entire construction sites in disputes with subcontractors. The measure, already passed by the House, faces a Senate filibuster as supporters seek cloture. AFL-CIO committees donated money to back supporters while some funds went to opponents, highlighting the bill’s partisan impact and its clash with a 1951 Supreme Court ruling on secondary boycotts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Supreme Court
High Court
Afl-Cio
Associated Press
Federation
Construction Trades Department
Labor
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Labor Committee
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