City Council keeps Big Ditch clean not piped or dredged
By 8-1 vote the High Point City Council ends a decade long controversy by keeping the Big Ditch in the Grimes Taylor Street area clean without pipeing dredging or channeling the Richland Branch. It reverses the 1975 pledge to cover the ditch.
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High Point
Southside
Grimes-Taylor Street
Richland
Richland Branch
Oakwood Cemetery
Armstrong Park
E. Farriss Avenue
Archie Myatt
When Golden Flows Cease and Uncle Sam’s Aid
Two North Carolina stories weigh the impact of federal funding ending. Medical schools in Chapel Hill Durham and Winston-Salem face losing about 4 million dollars if they refuse new transfer admissions rules for foreign trained students. Appalachian counties rely on federal child care grants that may end next June 30 if local or state funds cannot replace them.
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North Carolina
Uncle Sugar
Washington
Chapel Hill
Durham
Winston-Salem
Palachian Regional Commission
State Human Resources Dept
Appalachia
N.C
United Community Service Organizations
October ethnicity celebrations highlight Columbus and Leif Erikson
The piece notes October hosts multiple ethnic observances including Columbus Day, Leif Erikson Day, Pulaski Day, and St. Edward's Day. It discusses origins of Columbus and Erikson claims, and calls WASP culture an American ethnic group.
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Carter
America
Columbus
Genoa
Spain
Mexico
Hawaii
Leif Erikson
United States
Erikson
North American
Newfoundland
Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski
Washington
Brandywine
Savannah
England
Edward the Confessor
Westminster Abbey
Hard Times For The Breadbasket Fillers
A Hastings columnist surveys Nebraska farmers facing low prices for crops despite good yields. Inflation raises costs, many marginal farms sell, and experts urge production cuts. yet local 4-H youths and rural lifeblood persist amid adversity.
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Hastings
Neb
Midwest
Nebraska
The
Omaha World-Herald
Asbestos Bill Targeting Workers Rights Faces Pushback
The piece details a proposal by Rep. Millicent Fenwick to shield asbestos firms like Johns Manville from worker lawsuits in exchange for government benefits to disabled workers. It also highlights pork barrel concerns in the Economic Development Administration, with figures tied to Blatnik Roe districts and unaccounted funds across several states.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Millicent Fenwick
R-N.j
Johns-Manville
Asbestos Workers Union
Fenwick
Johns- Manville
Manville
N.J
John McKinney
Minnesota
John Blatnik
Dminn
Blatnik
House
Robert Roe
D-N.j
New Jersey
Economic Development Administration
Louisiana
Roe
Administration
Pat Griffin
Amherst
Mass
Box
Washington, D.C
Technicians May Repair Egypts Soviet Mig Planes
The State Department weighs sending American technicians to Egypt to repair Soviet Mig 21 fighters amid Egypts air force troubles and shifting alliances. The piece suggests exchanges and a hot line for cross help, with a satirical look at arms aid and outdated gear.
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Washington
State Department
Egypt
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
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Colo
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Norfolk
Atkinson
Wayne
Grand Island
Kevin Mobley
Kathryn Wiese
Shelly Olson
Milford
Don Olson
James J. Kilpatrick
Alaska
Canada
trans-Canada
Prudhoe Bay
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Moscow
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Grumman
Ethiopia
Vietnam
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Buchwald
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