North Carolina Eyes Mandatory Store Hours For Energy Plan
Gov. Jim Hunt and the Energy Policy Office plan a preemptive energy crisis protocol with mandatory store hours and a four day work week for state workers. Merchants caution overreaction and seek clearer communication to avoid last winters chaos and confusion.
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North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Energy Division
State Dept. of Commerce
N.C. Merchants Assn
Raleigh
Slow Global Recovery Faces Prolonged Economic Pain
London reports the post 1974 75 recession recovery is slower and more painful. Unemployment remains high across industrial nations, with no clear prospect of rapid growth in the United States West Germany and Japan amid costly oil imports and balance of payments strain. The IMF and World Bank warn the risk of another recession exceeds inflation while Japan and Germany face limited expansion and trade frictions.
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London
United States
West Germany
Japan
Edward R. Fried
Philip H. Trezise
Brookings Institution
Washington
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
A Conservative View Big Labor Triumphs in Labor Reform
The piece argues Big Labor won a large victory as the House backed a labor reform package by 257 to 163 and the Senate approved a four step minimum wage raise to 3.40 by 1981. It credits AFL-CIO's Alex ander Barkan with organizing victory through COPE and a substantial $800000 fund to mobilize labor lobbies in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Organized Labor
House
Senate
Leo Durocher
COPE
Washington
Barkan
National Labor Relations Board
Carter
Judge’s Office Run Like Private Business Sparks Probe
Washington report accusing NTSB chief Administrative Law Judge Robert Boyd of running his office as a private enterprise. He allegedly used staff to handle personal affairs, typed letters, arranged club matters, and billed private tasks to federal resources while maintaining a tobacco business and other affiliations.
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Washington
Robert Boyd
Boyd
National Transportation Safety Board
Boyd Family Foundation
Belle Haven
Virginia
Bette Dodge
Country Club
Uader
Xerox
Bob Gettlin
Ment
Fidelity National Bank of Virginia
Timex Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Bette
George Hanse
Idaho
Council For Inter-American Security
Hansen
Letters To The Enterprise In The School Music Dispute
In a letter to the Enterprise, writers discuss the school system dispute, presidential succession and a proposed amendment, arguing it could invite misuse of power. They criticize a music services suggestion as discriminatory and contrary to consumer interests and laws.
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Nixon
North Carolina
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Yorick Blumenfeld
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
IMF
Western
Europe
U.S
Alexander Barkan
Afl-Cio
James J. Kilpatrick
Bob Kasten
Wisconsin
Jimmy Carter
GOP
Jimmy
The
Defense
Environmental Protection Agency
San Diego
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
the Enterprise
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