Burglarized Churches Lock Down In Charlotte Areas
In Charlotte churches tighten security after thefts. Rev. Robert Freeman of the Charlotte Area Clergy Association says churches may lock outside worship hours. Wade Rogers of First United Methodist notes a $550 burglar alarm was installed after break ins. Several churches employ audio video monitoring or guards and restrict access to worship areas.
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Charlotte
Robert Freeman
Charlotte Area
First United Methodist Church
Wade Rogers
Varying NC civic notes reveal local groups and debt questions
Community readers seek guidance on a Raleigh nonprofit Advocates for Children and Parents of Divorce Inc and its uncertain activity. Legal aid and sheriff procedures are explained regarding debts incurred before marriage, with voter registration drives noted and a North Carolina malpractice insurance update from Raleigh.
Hospitals scramble as malpractice insurance markets collapse
Doctors face policy expirations as St Paul exits North Carolina and 45 hospitals lose coverage. The Hospital Association proposes a self funded plan with Lloyds backing for large claims, while the Medical Society seeks 1 million in doctor investments to launch its own company.
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Raleigh
N.C
John R. Ingram
Oday
North Carolina
Ingram
William Hilliard
The
North Carolina Medical Society
Employers Mutual of Wassau
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co
St. Paul
Hospital Assn
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s
Medical Society
James E. Davis
Durham
State Wage Minimum Reaches $2
North Carolina raises its minimum hourly wage to two dollars effective today impacting about 35 000 workers. Labor Commissioner Avery Nye Jr notes the hike covers small and medium retailers not under federal wage and hour law and extends to workers in establishments with four or more employees including those 65 and older for the first time.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Avery Nye Jr
Nye
Price Controls Senate To Vote On Natural Gas
The Senate plans a vote on Sen. Paul J. Fannin’s amendment to remove federal price controls on almost all U.S. natural gas. The move, likely to fail, signals how many lawmakers would permit higher prices as energy policy debates continue between Congress and President Ford amid anticipated winter gas needs.
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Washington
The
Senate
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
U.S
Congress
Ford
Ford May Cancel Visit To North Carolina
Washington AP reports President Ford may cancel plans to visit Kings Mountain North Carolina next Tuesday due to two recent assassination attempts in California. Don Wilson a senior aide to Rep James Broyhill says the White House plans to cancel many presidential visits involving crowds. The Kings Mountain event would mark the 195th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain where the British were defeated.
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Washington
Ford
Kings Mountain
N.C
California
Don Wilson
James Broyhill
Rn.c
Broyhill
White House
Bizarre murder discovered in exclusive Rome district
Police opened a parked car trunk in eastern Rome and found the naked bodies of two teenage girls, Rosaria Lopez 19 and Donatella Colasanti 17, after residents reported a wailing. Four young men from well-to-do families were questioned about a seaside villa party and a violent attack during a weekend trip to San Felice del Circeo.
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Rome
Rosaria Lopez
Donatella Colasanti
Miss Colasanti
Miss Lopez
San Felice del Circeo
Viale Pola
Via Nomentana
Ford asks mayors to push for extending revenue sharing
President Ford urged 33 Midwestern mayors to lobby Congress for an extension of the general revenue sharing program set to expire next year. He warned against complacency and stressed organized action, amid a security scare outside the Skokie hotel. Mayor Lyman Parks pressed the impact on unemployment if the federal jobs program ends abruptly.
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Skokie
Ford
Congress
Senate
Nessen
Secret Service
Chicago
Lyman Parks
Grand Rapids
Mich
Parks
U S Agents and Frisco Police Clash Over Warnings
Secret Service and San Francisco police officials dispute whether agents warned that Sara Jane Moore could threaten President Ford. A Secret Service official says Moore made five calls on the day of the shooting, contacting the San Francisco field office, the FBI, and the police, seeking agents Yauger and Haskell who had interviewed her. Burke testified the agents were told those officers were not in and that O Shea described Moore as an informer with no violence history.
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Advocates For Children and Parents of Divorce Inc
Raleigh
N.C
Wayne Storage
D. A
Reginald Childers
Virginia
Bruce A. Norton
Merton Drive
Childers
Dr. Norton
Washington
Secret Service
San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
Mrs. Moore
Edly
President Ford
FBI
James T. Burke
Moore
Burke
Gary Yauger
Martin Haskell
O’shea
Yauger
Haskell
Medicare Costs Rise in 1976 for Hospital Patients
Starting Jan 1 1976 Medicare beneficiaries face higher out of pocket costs. The Social Security Administration raises the initial hospital charge to 104 dollars from 92, adds daily rates for extended stays and nursing care, and tightens limits on days covered. About 24.1 million people are on Medicare, including 22 million aged 65 plus and 2.1 million disabled, with adjustments also affecting long term care and lifetime reserve days.
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Mike Moore
Associated Press
Washington
Social Security Administration
Social Security
James B. Cardwell
Medicare
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