Furniture Makers Fear Consumer And Labor Bills
Dan Kuykendall of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn warns that proposed Labor Reform Act and a federal Consumer Protection Agency bill could reshape the furniture industry. He says both measures risk driving up costs, reducing competition, and shifting focus to government oversight rather than customer needs. He predicts amendments, with the CPA bill posing greater danger due to creating a new bureaucracy.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Consumer Protection Agency
General Motors
Kuykendall
Washington
CPA
U.S
Tennessee
Southern Furniture Market Center
Inflation holds to moderate pace in August and September
Government figures show consumer prices up three tenths of 1 percent in August and September, yielding a projected 3.6 percent yearly inflation if sustained. Wholesale farm prices have trended down since April, with food costs easing and declines in pork poultry eggs coffee and dairy offsetting increases in vegetables and beef.
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Washington
Carter
Duncan Convicted On Six Charges
Edwin Duncan Jr a former Northwestern Bank chairman was found guilty on six counts of misapplying 257 000 in bank funds. He faces sentencing November 11 and a third trial November 7 on alleged illegal eavesdropping on FBI agents at the Wilkesboro North Carolina HQ.
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Winston-Salem
Northwestern Bank
Edwin Duncan Jr
Federal Budget
Bert Lance
Duncan
U.S. District Court
Internal Revenue Service
Hiram H. Ward
FBI
Wilkesboro, N.C
Elvis Presley Died Of Heart Disease Not Drug Link
Shelby County medical examiner Dr. Jerry Francisco said Elvis Presley died of heart disease and prescription drugs found in his bloodstream were not a contributing factor. He identified Ethinamate Methaqua codeine and barbiturates in significant amounts and listed other drugs in insignificant quantities. He noted some drugs may convert to morphine but Presley was not taking morphine.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Shelby County
Jerry Francisco
Presley
Francisco
Reader letters address school work after absence and tax deductions
A concerned parent asks about making up schoolwork after a diabetes related absence with homebound options. The High Point schools chief vows to ensure timely assignment delivery. A reader asks about deducting babysitting costs and car expenses for charitable service. IRS official explains mileage, uniforms, and recordkeeping. An anonymous woman comments on violence at junior high games.
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Jerry Shaver
High Point City
D.B. A. Glenn Jones
Internal Revenue Service
Jones
Paul Shinn
High Point
Anon
Spencer Receives Four Month Dishonorable Discharge
At Camp Pendleton Anthony Matthews of Cleveland pled guilty to six counts of assault and one of conspiracy and was sentenced to four months to hard labor, later reduced. Spencer, 24, of Igh Point, pled guilty to the same charges with attempted murder dropped, receiving four years confinement at hard labor reduced to eight months minus days served. The 14 black Marines faced charges for a 1976 barracks attack on whites, with six hospitalized and multiple trials concluding.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Lance
Anthony Matthews
Cleveland
Leatherneck
William R. Spencer
Igh Point
Spencer
Lance Cpl
Bobby R. Bishop
Bryan
Tex
Parainfluenza Virus Spreads In Triangle
In the Triangle area parainfluenza virus is spreading, with spikes in Raleigh and Chapel Hill. Dr. Fred W. Henderson of UNC says the outbreak may reach epidemic proportions and notes adults often contract it from children. Symptoms mirror flu with no real treatment beyond rest and fluids.
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Chapel Hill
Triangle Area
Fred W. Henderson
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Medical School
Raleigh
Houston
Tex
Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crash in Mississippi kills six
A Convair 240 carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed near McComb Mississippi after reporting fuel trouble. Three band members Ronnie Van Zant Steve Gaines Cassie Gaines died along with pilot Walter McCreary co pilot William Gray and road manager Dean Kilpatrick. Twenty injured.
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Mccomb
Miss
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ronnie van Zant
Steve Gaines
Cassie Gaines
Gaines
Walter Wiley McCreary
William John Gray
Dallas
Dean Kilpatrick
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Carol Wilson
Utley
Dan Kuykendall
William
Southwest Mississippi Medical Center
Mississippi
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