Insurance Rates and Availability in North Carolina Debate
North Carolina faces a dispute over whether insurance companies can provide affordable policies as they curb availability. Industry claims of inflation and rate-denial by Insurance Commissioner John Ingram are challenged by critics who note court wins for Ingram and multiple firms cutting back or leaving the state. A middle ground is urged to protect consumers.
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North Carolina
John Ingram
Ingram
U.S
United States
Pentagon
Turkey
End Of The Buzz Era At Agriculture Secretary Bull
In nearly four years Earl L. Bull led the Agriculture Department with partisan bias and inflammatory language. Critics accuse him of blasphemy and bigotry while shaping policy to favor White House allies. His 1973 foreign wheat sales and anti foe remarks spurred inflation fears and damaged Ford's campaign. He did not resign willingly but was pushed out, with public relief at his departure.
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Earl L. Bull
Butz
Pope
Sam Ervin
White House
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Thorsen
Colin Morris
Methodist Conference
Chaucer
D.H. Lawrence
Oscar Wilde
Denmark
Sweden
Britain
Roberts
Teachers’ Union
NAACP
Oval
Rhodesia
British outcry over sex life of Jesus film proposal
The piece reports rage in Britain over Danish filmmaker Jens Jorgen Thorsen's plan for a controversial Jesus biopic. Critics argue blasphemy and offense, with figures from Prime Minister Callaghan to Archbishop Coggan, The Times, and various MPs voicing opposition. Thorsen defends the idea amid calls for entry denial and security protests.
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London
Britain
Jens Jorgen Thorsen
Bbc-Tv
Christ
Norfolk
Thorsen
James Callaghan
Canterbury
F. Donald Coggan
Malcolm Muggeridge
Salvation Army
Cardinal Hume
Westminster
The
Times of London
Bernard Braine
the Times
Des Moines Letter Attacks Desegregation Study Whitewash
A Minneapolis reader contends the U S Civil Rights Commission produced a sanitized desegregation report. He cites biased hearings and preselected participants to claim the study sought favorable results, portraying the process as a forced open forum and the final verdict as biased praise.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Desegrega
Minneapolis
Roberts
Robert L. Williams
Civil Rights Commission
Savannah
Ford family freebies in a Washington clockwork
The report flags Ford era gifts from US Steel Bethlehem Steel and Aluminum Company of America plus a Carpenters Union gift program. It notes a $600000 Potlatch Lear jet used for political travel and personalized Know Your Congress guides printed with Ford’s image. Also covers Turkish base closures and intelligence recovery efforts with new listening posts and satellites.
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Washington
Ford
U.S. Steel
Carpenters Union
Thiokol Chemical Firm
Jack
Vail, Cole
Logan
Utah
Utah State University
Thiokol
James Brown
Fords
Brown
Vail
White House
House
Steels
William Whyte
Bethlehem Steel
Aluminum Company of America
Firestone Tire and Rubber
Congress
Capitol Hill
Diosdado Yap
Carl Albert
John Rhodes
R.ariz
Edmund Henshaw
Ken Harding
Potlatch Forest, Inc
Spokane
Wash
Salt Lake City
Timber
Potlatch
Benton Cancell
University of Michigan
Ford's Blunder in TV Guide Interview
Washington reports that President Ford disclosed in TV Guide his two hours of daily TV watching and his liking for Kojak Police Woman Mannix Cannon Columbo. The piece notes the interview altered his image and drew mixed campaign reactions from aides and Carter allies.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Playboy
Ford
TV Guide
Kojak
Carter
Mannix
Cannon
Columbo
Waltons
Mr. Ford
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Joe Brown
National Secular Society
Jesus
FBI
Clarence
Kelley
Peter Camejo
Socialist Workers Party
Commission
Warnas
Russia
Sinop
Black Sea
West Germany
Iran
Crete
Ford Administration
Art Buchwald
Ford Campaign
Mary Hartman
Ron Nessen
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