Quaker to Hit Eastern North Carolina Tremors of 1971
The 1971 tremor rattled eastern North Carolina with no injuries reported. Residents from New Bern to Craven County reported shaking lasting five to six seconds as witnesses compared the sensation to a rolling newsprint stack and an exploding rumble. Dispatch centers logged hundreds of calls while officials assessed the event and its impact on daily life.
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National Weather Service
Raleigh
Sun Journal
Richard Taylor
New Bern
Burbage Festival Highlights Food Fun and Family
At the fest, Jackson Sams enjoyed the stage antics and a painted dagger tattoo while kids queued for $1 face painting. Vendors sold ceramic pigs and knit goods as Terry Holmes’s Smithfield BBQ drew the crowds with $1.50 sandwiches. Some attendees, like Bill Garrett of Fairfax, preferred rain to country music, amid cheerful crowds and playful reenactments.
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Escapee Stromer’s estranged wife and daughters witness case
Judy Stromer of Iowa City and two daughters from his first marriage served as prosecution witnesses last year as a Pitt County jury convicted Stromer of kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old girl on the night she graduated from Rose High School. Prosecutors said he also raped a 20-year-old and faced other alleged assaults in Iowa as investigators sought to prove a pattern.
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Sams
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Amanda Ramsey
Samantha Montemayor
Serbs reject peace plan and warn of shortages in Bosnia
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic warned of imminent supply shortages from Serbia and urged farms, stockpiling food, and house repairs. He cited a 10 hour workday, avoided direct criticism of Serbia, and likened the Serb Republic to a mother and child. Rebels and allies claimed gains near Vares as fighting raged on Mount Ozren between Vares and Tuzla.
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Radovan Karadzic
Karadzic
Vares
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Mount Ozren
Tuzla
Starr to state view in case unrelated to Whitewater
The article notes Starr plans to state his view in a case not connected to Whitewater. Clinton's lawyers push to freeze litigation against the president until he leaves office. Republicans expect Starr to maintain independence from the Fiske inquiry and resist pressure to align conclusions.
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Jackson and Presley Visit Hungarian Hospitals to Help Children
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson distributed toys and essentials at two Budapest hospitals in their first public appearance as a couple. Jackson, dressed in a dark railway-like uniform, assisted patients and posed for observers while reporters were kept outside. Fans gathered outside, some traveling from Slovakia and Austria to glimpse the duo.
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Sandor Bak
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Labor secretary to check fans' comments on strike
Labor Secretary Robert Reich will attend a Boston Red Sox game to hear hometown fans discuss the major league baseball labor dispute, a spokesman said. Reich offered to help resolve the standoff and observe fan sentiments at the event.
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Robert Reich
Boston Red Sox
U S Policy Talk and Baseball Trip Highlight Public Figures
CPA New Bern Rogers comments on free time with friends and family while debating whether the U S should deploy forces to Haiti. Reich, ex Yale professor and Red Sox fan, plans a Fenway doubleheader with his son and meetings with union reps and aides to union leader Donald Fehr.
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Steve Tthal
Osmond defies naive image amid worldly jokes
Marie Osmond, age 34, responds to jokes about her sparkling teeth and devout Mor mon faith. She says those who doubt her worldly view are naive, recounting experiences of friends who ruined careers by excess. Osmond, once a child star with Paper Roses, now tours as Maria Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.
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Los Angeles Times
Osmond
Maria von Trapp
Idol Hospitalized in West After Drug Overdose
Rock star Billy Idol was hospitalized in Burbank after a reported drug overdose and released Saturday. Publicists said he is fine and recovering with friends, with a prior January seizure blamed on overwork and a past motorcycle crash requiring leg surgery in 1990.
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Hollywood
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Diana of Wales Seen on Martha's Vineyard Amid Theories
Report notes Princess Diana staying on Martha's Vineyard near Tisbury Mass with chatter about where she resides. Local authorities deny details and no confirmation of her exact lodging amid speculation she could be with diplomatic host Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima.
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United States
Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima
Three Arkansas killers executed in one night
Three murderers Hoyt Clines James Holmes and Darryl Richley were executed by lethal injection in Arkansas on a single Wednesday night. The Rogers Northwest Arkansas Morning News notes the public and family reactions while recounting the Lehman case, where Don Lehman and family endured brutal murder in 1981.
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National Coalition To
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Darryl Richley
Rogers
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Arkansas Morning News
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Lehman
Clines
Holmes
Richley
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