Parole Shifts Stir Debate Over Georgia Style Release
Georgia’s quick release approach to overcrowding prompts North Carolina watchdog Fred G. Morrison to weigh similar moves. Laws enacted by North Carolina cut parole discretion for short offenders and some felons, releasing hundreds early while courts show more dismissals and suspended sentences amid crowding concerns. Public calls for punishment clash with fiscal limits on prison expansion.
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North Carolina
Fred G. Morrison
N.C
Morrison
General Assembly
Parole Commission
Institute of Government
Case for and against busing in school integration hearings
Senate Judiciary Committee hearings feature Kentucky officials and sociologist James Coleman arguing over four constitutional amendments to bar busing for integration. The discussion cites Louisville and Jefferson County court-ordered integration, Coleman’s shift from support to critique, and long standing issues of travel distances, neighborhood schools, and the Brown v Topeka precedent in the debate over forced busing and national racial integration.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Julian M. Carroll
Kentucky
Louisville
Jefferson County
James S. Coleman
University of Chicago
Coleman
United States
Jamestown
Cedarwood
Millis Road
Sedgefield
Florence
Supreme Court
Puerto Rico status debate grows amid protests and reforms
The Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Puerto Rico presented to President Ford a plan for a permanent union with the United States. The proposal would exempt Puerto Rico from federal environmental rules allow island immigration limits and enable local minimum wage setting.
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Commonwealth
United States
Puerto Rico
Friends
Popular Democratic Party
White House
U.S
Island
Independentistas
Spain
Autonomistas
Assimilistas
Truman
Nationalist Party
House of Representatives
Market Report Shows Steady Health For Fall Furniture
The Fall Southern Furniture Market displays steady health with cautious buying to replenish inventories. Case goods lead gains while upholstery shows mixed results due to price competition. Bicentennial promotions have partial lift. The Jamestown notes honor retiring Mayor Thomas C. Ragsdale for 28 years of service.
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Jamestown
Duke
FBI kept JFK files from Warren Commission
FBI withheld hundreds of raw Kennedy assassination documents from the Warren Commission. Hoover’s confidential notes show sharp criticism of Johnson, Curry, Katzenbach, and Goldwater, plus pressure to rush a preliminary report before Bobby Kennedy returned. Commission later sought raw materials but never received them.
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Washington
FBI
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Commission
J. Edgar Hoover
Dallas
Jesse Curry
Lyndon Johnson
Hoover
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Justice Department
Bobby
Nicholas Katzenbach
Walter Jenkins
Jenkins
Katzenbach
Bureau
Oswald
U.S
Earl Warren
G-man
President Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
LBJ
Goldwater
Letter to the Editor on natural gas shortages and policy
A reader rebutts Jack Andersons charge of a government conspiracy with oil and gas interests. The letter argues shortages this winter stem from declining old gas fields and long standing federal price ceilings that deter exploration. It cites FPC statistics, notes interstate prices, long term contracts, and estimates the impact of decontrol on residential bills, warning against keeping prices artificially low.
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Jack Anderson
Federal Power Commission
Mr. Anderson
FPC
Congress
Federal Energy Administration
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George Jones
Oral Roberts University
Asheboro
Dan Rominger
High Point
Progressive Grocer Magazine
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Lone Ranger
Tonto
Milwaukee Journal Fight Newspaper Syndicate
Kennedy
United Feature Syndicate
Lee Harvey Oswald
Secret Service
J. Lee Rankin
Edgar
Richard
Schweiker
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