Carrboro drives to ban new drive-throughs amid village aim
Carrboro North Carolina votes to ban new drive throughs to preserve a village feel. The town council cites aesthetics and traffic concerns while national trends show drive throughs shaping fast food culture. Residents discuss impact on shoppers and local business in a moisture of opinions.
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Carrboro
N.C
Grady Sturdivant
Main Street
Sturdivant
Research Triangle
Barber
Sierra Madre
Calif
San Juan Capistrano
California
Atlanta
Lee Morris
McDonald’s
Sea
Ron Fennel
Ounee Hospitality & Travel Association
Julie Cleary
Pat Caffery
Convention and Visitors Board
San Bernardino
Bill Sieber
Sieber
E.F. Bavis & Associates
Cincinnati
Chapel Hill
Scott Smith
Clean Machine
Wendy's
UPS still feels the 1998 strike a year later and delays persist
ATLANTA AP. A year after UPSs 15 day Teamsters strike the company remains hurt with 11 000 union jobs cut vs promised 2 000 full time hires not materializing. Volume down about four percent and rivals FedEx and the Postal Service have absorbed much of the lost business.
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Atlanta
United Parcel Service
Gweniia Brown
UPS
Teamsters
Ron Carey
Federal Express
The
Postal Service
Norman Black
Company
Carey
Richard Black
Dodgeville
Wis
FedEx
United States
Black
Huntsville
Ala
Nathan Wilson
Prison population rise pushes above 1.2 million in 1997
The Justice Department reports a 5.2 percent increase to 1,244,554 adult inmates in 1997, driven by longer terms for violent crimes and steady inflow of offenders. More than 500,000 others were in jails or awaiting trial, with projections suggesting combined prison and jail totals may pass 2 million by 2000.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau
Sentencing Project
Two Boys Found Dead in Trunk of Parents Car
In Greensboro Pennsylvania two young brothers ages five and two were found dead in the trunk of their parents car along with two dead puppies after disappearing from home. Police questioned parents Car Wright and Sherry Wright as autopsy was planned for Monday. cause of death not released.
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Greensboro
Christopher Carl Wright
Drew Everett Wright
Car Wright
Sherry Wright
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