Craven County approves school bond despite tax worries
The Craven County commissioners and school board leaders pledge support for a school bond to fund repairs at Havelock schools, despite an increased amount. Officials stress the need for funding and plan forums to explain the bond to residents while avoiding tax hikes.
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Havelock
Lee K. Allen
Gary Bleau
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Hemphill
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Craven County
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Evans Named to Fill Vacant County Commission Seat
Evans 64 is nominated by the Democratic Party to fill the seat left by Gerald Parker after Parker resigned July 5 following a drug conviction. Parker, convicted May 26 of conspiracy and maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, plans an appeal. Evans is a retired Cherry Point Civil Service employee.
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Evans
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Gerald Parker
Parker
New Bern
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Harold Blizzard
Blizzard
North Carolina reports mixed STD trends in 1995 data
A North Carolina study from Chapel Hill outlines current STD trends with declines in some infections yet high statewide totals. Through mid 1995 the state counted 11 619 gonorrhea 1 192 syphilis and 7 730 chlamydia cases, versus 1994 totals of 28 932 gonorrhea 3 150 syphilis and 17 796 chlamydia.
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CDC
Bosnian Serb Column Advances Toward Croatia Across Serb Areas
Witnesses report a massive Bosnian Serb force moving toward Croatia from northern Serb held Bosnia. Milosevic loyalist units accompany the fighters as Yugoslav troops push through Serbia toward Croatia's eastern border. The move risks widening the war if tanks cross. Croatian Foreign Minister Granic says no immediate effort to reclaim the eastern sector.
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Slobodan Milosevic
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Zagreb
Mate Granic
Bosnian relief shifts to worry over Croatian advance
In Sarajevo and Zagreb Bosnian officials fear Croatian military gains rivaling Serb threats. After cooperation allowed Croats to aid Bosniaks and recapture towns Bosansko Grahovo and Glamoc, suspicions rise whether Croatia seeks territory as well as aid. Yeltsin mediation talks add to unease about possible division of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Moscow
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Sailor in famed Times Square kiss finally identified
Life magazine confirms nurse Evelyn Shain as the nurse from the 1945 Times Square kiss. A retired New York detective, Carl Muscarello, now claims to be the sailor, matching Shain’s recollections of the scene and aftermath.
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Life
Shain
Santa Monica
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Kisser
Carl Muscarello
South Florida
Muscarello
Alfred Eisen
New York
Anderson’s New Bern resident profiles hog waste concerns
A local reader notes Anderson’s move to New Bern and highlights a standout action by the North Carolina General Assembly this year. The reader wishes the Legislature had done more about hog waste, signaling ongoing environmental and agricultural policy debate within the state.
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North Carolina General Assembly
Elvis Down to Earth Says UNC Professor at Ole Miss
University of North Carolina professor John Shelton Reed told the International Conference on Elvis Presley in Oxford Mississippi that Elvis was an ordinary Southern boy raised in Tupelo. The lectures trace Presley's Southern roots from Tupelo to Memphis with tours of his birthplace and Graceland concluding Friday.
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Elvis
John Shelton Reed
Reed
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University of Mississippi
Oxford
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Tupelo
Presley
Memphis
Tenn
Graceland
Horror film director Adamson found dead in home tub entombment
Police say independent contractor living in the director’s India California house was arrested in Florida on murder investigation. Adamson, known for Dracula Ve Frankenstein and Blood of Ghastly Horror, hadn’t been seen in five weeks before his body was discovered in a tub encased in concrete at his residence. Autopsy pending. motive unknown.
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al Adamson
India
Los Angeles
Fred Fu
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bruce Bower
Fulford
Florida
Adamson
Bower
Samuel Sherman
Zappa Monument Planned in Vilnius Post Communism Era
Lithuania will honor Frank Zappa with a six foot stone statue in a downtown Vilnius park approved by city officials. The monument, born from Vilnius's Frank Zappa Club, marks a shift from a communist era honor system to celebrate the late American musician who died at 52 from prostate cancer.
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Frank Zappa
Vilnius
Zappa
Soviet Republic
Europe
Baltics
Reggie Jackson and father honored in Hall of Fame moment
Bob Greene reflects on Reggie Jackson's tribute to his father, who shaped his discipline and grammar. He contrasts Jackson’s praise with a broader call for parental guidance amid societal decline and cites a USA Today arts story on violence in rap culture as a cautionary counterpoint.
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USA Today
James T. Jones IV
Richmond
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Treach
Bob Greene
North Carolina faces question on funding to control venereal diseases
The A1 story asks whether the state should spend more on prevention and treatment of venereal diseases, weighing public health gains against budget constraints and political considerations. Officials cite rising cases and need for outreach, while critics warn against stigma and long-term costs.
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