Packwood Proposes Welfare Block Grants With Fewer Restrictions
Senate Finance Chair Bob Packwood drafts a welfare reform plan to shift control to states using federal block grants. The approach drops spending limits favored by conservatives, drawing GOP and Democrat criticism. House plans would bar cash to unwed teen mothers and children, a rule Packwood may drop. Moynihan warns states may lose money, harming low benefit regions, while Gramm argues welfare funds encourage more births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Bob Packwood
Oregon
Packwood
NBC
Meet the Press
House
A. Sidney Johnson
The
American Public Welfare Association
Phil Gramm
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Senate
Gramm
Moynihan
D-N.y
South
Gas price spike hits North Carolina motorists
Drivers face one of the sharpest recent spikes as unleaded regular rises about 16 cents in five weeks from 1.057 to 1.16 in North Carolina. In the tri county area prices range from 1.129 to 1.299 a gallon amid high demand and low inventories. AAA Carolinas president David Parsons cites heat driven travel, an Iranian oil embargo, and OPEC cuts as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Iran
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
North Carolina
Tri-County
David Parsons
American Automobile Association
Carolinas
AAA
Chamber weighs selling downtown Heilig Levine building
New Bern area chamber of commerce board may decide next week whether to sell all or part of the Heilig Levine building to outside buyers. County leaders propose legislation to double occupancy taxes to fund a convention center project and buy the property for 500000, with partial demolition for parking and lease to the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heilig- Levine
New Bern Area
John Nichols
R-Craven
Heilig-Levine
Chamber
NC's tire reef disaster prompts costly cleanup effort
North Carolina's Yaupon Beach tire reef, built in the 1970s to reuse tires and boost marine life, has become an expensive mess. rusted cables released tires, triggering a statewide cleanup with a $200,000 contract to US Tire Recycling and prior spending of $118,000 to remove about 25,000 tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaupon Beach
Oak Island
U.S. Tire Recycling of
Concord
Steve Murphey
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
North Carolina
Dave Beckner
Long Beach
National Marine Fisheries Service
Murphey
Tire
U.S. Tire Recycling
Specialized Marine Inc
Wilmington
Burt Lea
Specialized Marine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Faircloth
Washington
GOP
Lauch Faircloth
R-N.c
Jesse Avery
S. Journal
Kasey Horton
Ryan Kosco
Chariie Peek
Sir
Curtis King
New Bern
Pdla Calagardlpe
Dgamprnina Pelin Aig
Chevron
US 70
Vivian Sun Journal
Craven County
Steve Hicks
Ann Landers
Linda
Associated Press
Cape Lookout
ECU
Donovan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!