Equal Employment Gets Emphasis by North Carolina Council
The North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, now a state agency since 1967, calls for stronger focus on equal employment in government, business, and industry. Judge Snepp administered oaths to Chair Coltrane and Vice Chair Taylor with 16 members. A study proposal targets minority recruitment in state jobs and medical fields, while the next meeting is set for November 29 at an unspecified site.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Good Neighbor Council
Superior Court
Frank W. Snepp
D.S. Coltrane
James T. Taylor
Charles Dunn
Dan Moore
Dunn
Marshall Rauch
Gastonia
Marie Grant
the Biblical Recorder
Nashville Votes Liquor By Drink In Restaurants
Nashville residents approve a statewide first by reversing the 58 year ban on mixed drink sales in restaurants. Voters tally 47 214 to 36 253 in Nashville to legalize liquor by the drink, ending brown bagging for public drinking. The campaign split Chamber of Commerce aligned groups from church and Baptist leaders.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
an_ organization
Tennessee
Chamber of Commerce
Church of Christ and Baptist
Minority Voters Split Over Antipoverty Bill Amendment
Senators Sam J. Ervin Jr and B Eve Rett Jordan of North Carolina joined the minority in a 54 35 vote as the Senate defeated an antipoverty bill amendment. The proposal by Senator Peter Dominick would have shifted the Head Start program from the Office of Economic Opportunity to the U S Office of Education.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
B. Everett Jordan
North Carolina
Senate
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
Office of Economic Opportunity
U.s.office of Education
Thieu Sees New Era In Vietnam
Saigon chief of state Nguyen Van Thieu declared South Vietnam on the threshold of a new era and urged U S unity to persevere against the Communists during the dedication of the new 2.6 million embassy. US Ambassador Bunker voiced progress but emphasized Vietnamese solutions. Buddhists faced a new political crisis led by Tri Quan.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
Thieu
America
Vietnam
Bravo Smokes Gets More Time From Court
A federal bankruptcy reorganization plan will allow Bravo Smokes Inc to continue operations to give the firm's president time to file a plan for paying creditors. Key creditors include Rumrill Hoyt Inc with 60000 and General Nutrition Corp with 402000 claims. The plan was filed on December 4 with December 20 set for creditor confirmation. The firm moved operations from Hereford to Dallas to access personnel for promotion.
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Amarillo, Tex
Bravo Smokes, Inc
Rumrill-Hoyt Inc
New York
General Nutrition Corp
Pittsburgh
Bravo
Hereford
Tex
Dallas
Soviets Expand Arms Ties With Arab States
The Soviet Union offers weapons and training to Sudan Yemen and Jordan, aiming to widen influence in the Middle East after assisting Egypt Syria Iraq Algeria and Somalia. Western Jordan shows limited interest while Iran is the only paying customer, accepting $110 million in equipment for gas, academic observers say.
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Israel
Soviet Union
Middle East
Kremlin
Sudan
Yemen
Jordan
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Algeria
Somalia
Hakim Abdel Amer
Iran
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