Five Democrats enter NC Senate race against Helms
Guilford State Sen. McNeill Smith officially announced his candidacy while state Atty. Gen. Rufus Edminston unofficially declared non candidacy. An aide suggested Insurance Commissioner John Ingram may run, as a crowded field forms ahead of May elections.
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John Randolph
Jesse
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McNeill Smith
Rufus Edminston
John Randolph Ingram
Ingram
Smith
the Fifth
Jesse Helms
Helms
Democratic Party
The Penny Ante Trade and City Crime Thresholds
A critique of rising New York City crime and shrinking police funding. The New York Times cites cases where burglaries under $10,000 in Manhattan or $5,000 elsewhere go uninvestigated due to thresholds. The text uses rural reflections on policing and public safety to question law enforcement funding and priorities.
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New York Times
Manhattan
Sticks
North Carolina
National Women's Conference Debates Rights Backlash
About 2000 women gather in Houston for the National Women's Conference under congressional mandate and federal funding. Delegates will vote on recommendations to remove barriers to equality, with a report due to the President and Congress by March 1978. The ERA, abortion, and homosexual rights trigger emotional clashes reflecting broad national ambivalence.
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Houston
National Commission On
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A Conservative View A Look At Slow Federal Agencies
The White House sponsored a tough competition to name the least efficient federal programs. Senators and representatives criticized agencies for delays and red tape, notably the Farmers Home Administration, Civil Service Commission, INS, IRS, and VA. Calls for reform accompany findings that delay, confusion, and incompetence frustrate taxpayers and workers alike.
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Richard A. Pettigrew
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Davey Crockett
Pettigrew
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Farmers Home Administration
Proxmire
Civil Service Commission
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Veterans Administration
Social Security
Environmental Protection Agency
Amtrak
Virginia
G. William Whitehurst
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Department of Labor
Whitehurst
Readers argue over federal retirement and local politics
A reader defends federal civil service retirement as sound and self funded, contrasts it with Social Security, and urges keeping retirement distinct from welfare schemes. The letter criticizes High Point politics, laments a light turnout, and calls for new leadership and wiser tax spending.
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Civil Service
Civil
Federal Govt
Trials Of An Indian Giver
Washington satire portrays a council of Indian leaders negotiating leases and mining rights amid rich fossil fuel reserves. A mock dialogue claims tribes would trade land for U S commodities while planning gas stations and stock investments, exposing perceived government hypocrisy and deregulation politics.
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Council of Energy Resources
Indian Council
South Bronx
Watts
Los Angeles
Kennedy Airport
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Carter
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