Marines join firefighters at North Carolina forest blaze
In Hampstead North Carolina Marines replaced tired volunteers on lines around a peat forest fire that has burned 73 000 acres over ten days. About 200 workers remain on site with 150 forest service staff and 21 volunteer units. Firefighters seek more rain and faced limited Marine equipment while a helicopter tour planned to assess wildlife damage.
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Hampstead
N.C
North Carolina
Donald Kass
The
State Forest
Fire Department
Pender County
Onslow County
Kass
Forest Service
Holly Shelter
George Smith
State Division of Wildlife Management
Sunbelt faces rural decline threatens regional growth
A blue ribbon panel reports rural neglect hinders South’s booming economy urging urgent action in education small business and roads. It notes rural illiteracy high school completion gaps and job losses in textiles while Atlanta dominates new employment and tobacco demand slides in North Carolina.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Southeast
MDC Inc
Chapel Hill
N.C
Ford Foundation
R.J. Reynolds Foundation
Mississippi
William Winter
Georgia Capitol
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Joe Frank Harris
North Carolina
Utah approves 71 million plan to pump flood waters from Great Salt Lake
The Utah Legislature backed a 71 million plan to lower Great Salt Lake levels by pumping excess water into a western desert basin. Gov. Norm Bangerter called the move a gamble but says it is the only realistic way to avert flooding along I 80 and near two rail lines as runoff remains well above normal.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Norm Bangerter
Bangerter
Desert
Great Salt Lake
West Desert
Man Dies After Car Strikes Pair on I-20 Near Greensboro
Greene County coroner says 50 year old Hershel Landon Watts died instantly when struck by a car on Interstate 20 as he and 12 year old Ricky Cruz sat on the highway. The boy was in critical but stable condition at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta. Watts reportedly told an acquaintance he would kill the boy and kill himself if separated. Watts pulled the boy onto the highway before the collision. Watts was not Ricky’s father but had raised him. Larry Young, who sheltered Ricky in his Helena mobile home seven months prior, described the boy’s earlier night request for supper and care.
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Greensboro
Hershel Landon Watts
Here
Greene County
Steve McCommons
Ricky Cruz
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta
Watts
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Terry Cooper
Ricky
Larry Young
Helena
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Arby’s
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Garfield & Wadley
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