Four Grocery Chains Resume Normal Hours In Raleigh
Four major grocery chains including Winn Dixie Food World Colonial Stores and A P announced return to regular hours as Gov Hunt faced pressure to make energy conservation mandatory. Stores plan exceptions for 24 hour locations and disputed residents' role in reducing use amid doubts over overall savings.
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Raleigh
Winh Dixie
Food World
Colonial Food Stores
A&p
Gov. Hunt
Henry S. Addison Jr
Colonial Stores
Forrest Collier
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Moratorium Lifts on Flu Shots for Elderly in A Victoria Era
Washington AP reports the moratorium on flu vaccines is lifted to protect the elderly and chronically ill from A Victoria flu, with concurrent swine flu vaccination. Secretary Califano notes no swine flu outbreak yet and keeps serum-only moratorium for swine vaccine.
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Washington
Miami
Califano
W-2 timing, address request, beetle cold analysis, and church piano aid
Readers ask about W-2 mailing deadlines and IRS remedies for late forms. An entomologist explains insect cold tolerance and overwintering, predicting Japanese beetles may persist but decline with protection in cold weather. A church seeks a used piano as it relocates to High Point Mall due to a gas shortage.
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Anon. A
Internal Revenue Service
R.C. Hillmann
Hillmann
North Carolina
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Kirkman Park
High Point Mall
Pete Witteveen
Governor backs bills to require standardized tests in NC schools
Raleigh AP reports Gov. Hunt endorses two proposed measures in the General Assembly. One bill by Sen. D Livingstone Stallings would require all public school students to pass a minimum competency test before high school graduation to ensure graduates possess essential reading and survival skills.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
General Assembly
North Carolina
Livingstone Stallings
D-Craven
Dwight Quinn
Dabarrus
Hunt
Cold wave and gas shortage risk returning next week
The cold snap and gas shortage may intensify next week after a brief easing. The Federal Power Commission reported about 380 million cubic feet per day flowing under emergency rules, about one percent of demand, with more supplies moving to pipelines.
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Washington
Carter
Federal Power Commission
Gas Rate Hike Hearings Delayed by Utilities Board
North Carolina utilities commission postponed a decision on rate hike requests from three gas companies. Chairman Tenney Deane cited staff limits due to a four day state work week and planned hearings if the delay ends. Industrial and commercial customers already bear the emergency gas costs.
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Collier
Paul Hitchcock
Energy Division
State Utilities Commission
Tenney I. Deane
Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
Commission
Tenney Deane
Jim Hunt
Super Slurper absorbs 5300 times its weight in water
A new material called Super Slurper soaks up water 5300 times its weight, a jump from 300 times its weight when discovered. Developed by USDA researchers in Peoria, it may aid diapers and farming in sandy soils, with production by a North Carolina firm starting this month.
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Peoria, Lll
William M. Doane
Agricultural Research Service
North Carolina
USDA
Northern Research Laboratory
Peoria
Association For
Doane
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