North Carolina urged annual legislative sessions
The Asheville Citizen argues that the North Carolina legislature should meet annually rather than biennially. A special session addressed higher education restructuring but highlighted urgent needs such as primaries, absentee ballots, Medicaid payments, and local bills. The paper notes a seven month regular session failed to finish business and urges yearly sessions for better public service.
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Assembly Acknowledges Student Votes in Absentee Ballots
The General Assembly moved the primary to Saturday and allowed absentee ballots for the 1972 spring primaries. Supporters say the change reduces disenfranchisement for students far from home or in classes on election day. Critics warn of potential absentee fraud but urge cautious progress.
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General Assembly
Names Sold by State Agencies Raise Privacy Alarm
In Texas the Henderson Dispatch notes appeals flooding North Carolinians with project solicitations. Motor Vehicles Department license plate buyers complain of their names being sold to propagandists, prompting calls for a law or governor action to stop state name trafficking.
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Motor Vehicles Department
Men join the high heel trend in new footwear designs
A Hartford Courant note cites a Wall Street Journal report by Stanley Slom on men adopting heels from one and a half to nearly two inches. Styles include wedge heels, platform soles, see through leather, and boots. Colors are white black oxblood and wine. Some designs aim at the "gutsy engineer look" amid ecological themes.
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Wall Street Journal
Stanley Slom
Ecology
Taxpayer revolt as services curbed to fund rising costs
The piece argues state and local tax hikes rise as services are threatened to force higher levies in cities like New York and Chicago. Administrators create non essential staff, while taxpayers doubt value, fearing cuts to vital services. Elected officials must veto bureaucratic expansion or risk rebellion.
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Portland
Local police praise officer and community responses
A Knoxville reader commends High Point Officer Gordon Whittaker badge No 50 for aiding during a tire emergency and staying off duty to help. A concerned mother laments police focus on loud mufflers and urges trust in teens. A tribute notes John Walker Spencer’s impact as Midway Airport founder aiding furniture markets and education before passing from cancer.
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Gordon Whittaker
Southern Furniture Exposition
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Burnette Spencer
Let Us Be Thankful Poem Recited In Gratitude
A short verse expresses gratitude for daily sustenance and life. The speaker thanks God for sight and breath and invites communal thanks with the refrain Let us be thankful Amen.
Gone Forever a Memory of My Love
A personal reflection expresses enduring love after a loved one has left. The speaker recalls moments of greeting and farewell, acknowledging tears and a lasting memory preserved as a picture on the wall and in the mind, concluding with the sense of loss.
The Jaw Ache And Verse From A Quiet Shore
A varied page features poems about dental pain and time, with lines on jaw aches and tooth removal. Also presented are verses praising the sea, sky, and twilight impact, attributed to Elinor M Spearman Peggy Kennedy Dills and Lillie Burton Kennedy.
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