Free Counsel Ruled Out Drunken Driving Penalties Cut To Save State Money
North Carolina lawmakers cut drunken driving penalties to save money and removed free counsel for indigents charged with the offense. The change lowers fines and jail terms, addressing court chaos after a prior ruling extended indigent counsel for certain misdemeanors, and could cost the state about $100,000 yearly in added indigent defense.
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North Carolina General Assembly
House
N.C. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
McKissick backs separatist moves on campuses
At Shaw University Floyd McKissick, former director of the Congress of Racial Equality, praised black students’ voter education efforts and supported separatist actions by black college students nationwide including those at Duke University, while criticizing white student perceptions.
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Raleigh
Soul City
Floyd Mc Jin
Kissick
Wal
McKissick
Congress of Racial
Equality
Core
Shaw University
Duke University
Pearson Named NCEA President
Charles Pearson was elected president of the South Carolina Education Association, with Herman R. Griffin named vice president. New district directors include LeRoy Pittman, Vernon C. Culpepper, and Mabel J. Rogers.
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Ratrigh
Elliotte - Mecklenburg
Charles Pearson
South Carolina
NCBA
Raleigh
Herman R. Griffin
Pilot Mountain
NCHA
LeRoy Pittman
Kinston City
Vernon C. Culpepper
Burlington City
North Central
Mabel J. Rogers
Swain County
Mellow Yellow Banana Peel High Scare
In Charlotte AP report, parents worried as youths claimed roasted banana peels could induce a marijuana like high dubbed mellow yellow. FDA scrutiny noted with officials saying government chemists toasted banana peels for months and found nothing but toasted peels.
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Charlotte, N. C
Daniel Banes
Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Charlotte
Airborne Maneuver Under Way Near Seoul
Air Force and Army units from Pope Air Force Base move into Focus Retina, the Pentagon calling it the longest airborne assault operation. About 2,100 paratroopers and personnel will fly 8,500 miles from North Carolina to a zone near Seoul to link with additional U.S. and Korean forces in war games involving roughly 7,000 troops.
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Pope Air Force Base
N.C
South Korea
United States
Pentagon
Air Force
North Carolina
Seoul
Continental
U.S
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Bill Chaze
Associated Press
By McKissick
Pearson
NCEA
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Graut Titer
Bankamericard
NAN Amahdahha
Thermo
Odhner
Griffith Bauif Co
N. Main
Ray
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