Mayberry Jail to Open After Mount Airy Renovation
Mount Airy plans a $2,000 overhaul of the old city jail to create a Mayberry inspired tourist site. Downtown Mount Airy Inc will install Aunt Bee touches, a rocking chair, picnic basket, doilies and flowers, with photos and props from The Andy Griffith Show era.
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Mayberry
Mount Airy Inc
Old City
Aunt Bee
James Clark
Ts Club
Nashville
Tenn
Squad Lancer
Campbell's
Andy Taylor
Barney Fife
Tanya B. Jackson
Surry
Griffith
Suly
Jor
Barney
April Gunter
Sullivan Scraps 18 Million Teen Sex Survey
Washington officials announced cancellation of the five year American Teenage Study planned by the Public Health Service. Secretary Louis Sullivan cited potential harm to anti casual sex messaging and possible intrusion into families privacy. Critics called the move political and wasteful while supporters urged continued research to reduce pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases among youths.
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Health and Human Services
Louis Sullivan
Public Health Service
Sullivan
Department of Health and Human Services
Gary L. Bauer
Conservative Family Research Council
William Dannemeyer
Calif
House
BasE closures unlikely to be halted by complaints
A House subcommittee 17-2 votes to keep intact the list of 34 bases slated for closure despite member complaints. Senators doubted any reversal, with support voiced by Cohen and others. The debate over the process and specific sites, including Loring Air Force Base, Fort Devens, and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, highlights partisan tensions and potential political influence.
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Patricia Schroed
Indiana
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Loring
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Bush
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Fort Devens
Mass
Tion Fort Devens
Boston
Kennedy
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Foglietta
Scotfree
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Virginia
Sam Nunn
John Warner
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