Right To Die Debate Spreads Across Medical Ethics Panel
A physician, a lawyer and a clergyman at the North Carolina Bar Association panel clash over when life sustaining measures should be withdrawn. Dr. Davis argues for physician discretion and cites evolving death definitions and costly life support. Manning urges courts not to decide. Dr. Edwards notes clergy oppose encouraging death while allowing withholding extraordinary measures.
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Myrtle Beach
D.C
Arthur E. Davis
Howard Manning
Albert G. Edwards
Raleigh
North Carolina Bar Association
Davis
Manning
Edwards
Asheville Considers Twin Tunnels For U S 70–74
Asheville city council backed twin tunnels over an open cut through Beaucatcher Mountain delaying highway expansion for years. The June 17 vote reversed prior open cut support as state highway officials warned of extended environmental reviews and new plans. About 350 people gathered at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium to hear both sides in the three hour public hearing.
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Asheville
Beaucatcher Mountain
Bill Rose
U.S
Rose
Board of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Beaucatcher
Thomas Wolfe
North Carolina Swine Flu Shots Delayed
Raleigh AP reports vaccine production problems push NC swine flu immunization to late August or September. Dr. Peter Rogers says the crash program may still vaccinate everyone by November, with distribution through private physicians, county clinics, and centers. He notes under 24 immunity issues and plans to test alternate vaccines.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Peter Rogers
State Health Department
Rogers
Scattered Showers and warm weekend forecast for Carolinas
National Weather Service predicts drier NC today with a cold front bringing showers soon. Triad area expects partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers mainly afternoon and evening, highs in the 70s to 80s and coastal 80s, cooler mountains. South Carolina to stay partly cloudy warm with scattered thundershowers through Saturday and into Tuesday, highs in the 80s and 90s in the Midlands.
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National Weather Service
North Carolina
Triad
South Carolina
Midlands
West Point cadet cheating scandal widens to 400
Witness Capt Bruce Sweeny testifies that 300 to 400 members of the Class of 1977 at the U S Military Academy cheated on a graded home study problem. The hearing, part of a long running honor code case, continues as boards convict most already heard and review the remainder into fall.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Bruce Sweeny
Sweeny
Lwo
Steven Verr
AME Church Selects Four Bishops After Ballots
Delegates at the AME Conference in Atlanta elected four bishops after about 36 hours of continuous balloting by 1,400 delegates. Revs. Frank Cummings, Phillip Cousins, Donald Ming, and Rembert Stokes were chosen, with a fifth bishop to be selected after further ballots. The contest reflected a Southern demand for a Southerner among the five finalists.
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Atlanta
African Methodist Episcopal
AME
Frank Cummings
St. Louis
Phillip Cousins
Durham
N.C
Donald Ming
St. Albans
N.Y
Rembert Stokes
Wilberforce
Ohio
Mr. Cummings
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