Thaw Begins in North Carolina After Record Cold
A frigid Arctic air mass that sent temperatures to record lows began to ease today in North Carolina as a thaw started to unfold across the region. Officials warned of lingering wet surfaces and potential icy patches as warmer air moved in.
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North and South Forecast Warm, Windy, and Showers Across States
North Carolina sees mostly sunny warmer today with windy afternoon and highs in the 50s. Virginia turns mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 40s to 50s and possible light rain late. Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas expect milder conditions with a mix of sun and scattered showers, high 40s to 60s, and a chance of mountain showers. Extended outlook shows cooler relief Monday with highs 40s to 60s coast to mountains.
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Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Canada
Florida
High Point
Friendship Weather Station
Charlotte Applies New Housing Regulation Rules
Charlotte and Mecklenberg County approve a rule requiring planning commission site plan approval before construction permits. The ordinances pass unanimously and take effect 45 days from adoption, placing future apartment complexes under new oversight.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Planning Commission
House aims to curb seniority grip on committee chairs
Democrats and Republicans in separate caucuses approved rules to allow votes on committee chair selections and limited members to one subcommittee chair. The reforms, driven by younger members, are modest but seen as a step away from a 50 year seniority-dominated system. Only Rep. John McMillan faces a potential challenge this session.
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Washington
House
GOP
Dem
Ocrats
John McMillan
D-S.c
District of Columbia
Prosecutor Seeks taped Calley Interviews for Magazine
A federal judge orders a Feb hearing in Columbus to examine seizing taped Calley interviews by Esquire writer John Sack. Army prosecutor Capt Aubrey Daniel III seeks the tapes to hear the third part of the Calley series amid a habeas motion dispute.
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Americus, Ga
Columbus
William Calley Jr
U.S. District Court
J. Robert Elliott
Americus
John Sack
My Lai
Esquire Magazine
Calley
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
Aubrey Daniel III
Army
Kennedy
Daniel
Sack
Ft. Benning
Washington
New York Times
Earl Caldwell
Caldwell
Miss America 1969 to Wed Illini classmate
Judith Ann Ford Miss America 1969 will marry Edwin Clifford Johnson a University of Illinois student from Rockford on August 14 Both are physical education majors with Ford a junior and Johnson set to receive his B A this year
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Judith Ann Ford
Edwin Clifford Johnson
University of Illinois
Kennedy Wept Telling Father of Accident
A private nurse says Senator Edward Kennedy cried when telling his father about the 1969 Chappaquiddick car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. Rita Dallas recalls Kennedy’s poor sense of direction and a Cape upbringing as the elder Kennedy reportedly faced a national media storm.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
Rita Dallas
Joseph P. Kennedy
The
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Ted
Chappaquiddick
Dallas
Cape
Chappaquiddick Island
Miss Kopechne
Robert F. Kennedy
Legislator pushes anti secrecy law open meetings bill
North Carolina legislator Rep. Carl Stewart seeks a statewide open meetings bill modeled on Florida and Texas laws. He would require public access to all formal debates and votes at state and local levels, arguing taxpayers demand transparency. He notes current sessions often go into closed doors despite formal votes being public.
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Gaston County
Carl Stewart
D-Gaston
North Carolina
Raleigh
Vclvic
VMI ID Ulalveu
Florida
Texas
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