World Bosnia Serbs sever ties with Belgrade amid war
Bosnian Serbs cut all political and economic links with Yugoslavia today after rejecting a new peace plan for the third time. Milosevic, Serbia's leader, faces sanctions pressure while Bosnian Serb authorities and border measures threaten supply lines and travel bans.
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Navy narrows sites for Cherry Point airfield in Carteret Beaufort counties
The Navy Engineering Command trimmed nine potential sites to three privately owned parcels in Beaufort and Carteret counties for an outlying Cherry Point airfield to train 200 F A 18 Hornets from Cecil Field. Pentagon caution notes a land acquisition ban. only possible concessions from the secretary of defense could unlock options.
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Cecil Field
Fla
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Secretary of Defense
Glenn Flood
Flood
Congress
Department of Defense
Scott Kisch
Air Station
Joint Public Affairs Office
Gentian to depart Fort Macon for Haitian rescue mission
The 180 foot Coast Guard cutter Gentian will leave Fort Macon Saturday afternoon for Haiti to rescue migrants from overloaded vessels. After a four day voyage it will relieve the Bittersweet of Woods Hole, Mass. Ensign Brian Hofferber says the Gentian will stay in Haiti until mid September as part of Operation Able Manner, which has aided about 16,000 Haitians in July. The ship carries about 55 crew and can hold 175 or more Haitians.
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Garden trophies from Olivers Crossroads dazzle locals
Measur ing up P J West of Olivers Crossroads in Jones County receives help from his daughters Tammi Meadows and Regina West as they compare a mammoth cantaloupe and a pumpkin from his garden. The cantaloupe measures 36 inches across and 19 inches long weighing 30 pounds, while the pumpkin runs 55 inches around 22 inches long and weighs 65 pounds. West credits special ingredients for the oversized yields.
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Olivers Crossroads
Jones County
Tammi Meadows
Regina West
Jones’ Garden
Jones
Infant to be buried as parents remain missing
The Associated Press reports in Gastonia that 5 day old Emanuel Matthew Cameron died in a Greenville hospital. His North Carolina parents remain missing for over a month and the infant's body lay unclaimed until relatives located it. Police search continues as funeral plans proceed.
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Amtrak Derailment Prompts Rail Safety Summit Call
Investigators weigh track conditions and possible mechanical failure in the Lake Shore Limited derailment near Batavia New York. Secretary Pena said he will convene rail officials to rededicate efforts to rail safety as about 110 of 360 passengers were injured and several remain hospitalized.
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Clinton pushes scaled health reforms for universal cover age
President Clinton presses for health reform that targets 95 percent of Americans while backing private insurance for all. He vows to keep Congress in session if needed and shifts blame to Republicans for slowing progress as Al Gore heads to a Capitol Hill rally.
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