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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1994
Page
2
Residents recall a sudden shake in eastern North Carolina with reports of a loud noise. Geologist Christine Powell notes uncharted faults exist but funding limits charting. Officials say aftershocks unlikely. the event appears isolated in the five-county area.
City officials weigh a nudity ordinance influenced by an Indiana precedent upheld by the Supreme Court in 1991. The plan would ban most nudity but allow exotic dancers with pasties. Mayor Bayliss and Alderman Raynor seek constitutional clarity while Pop’s nightclub owner Phil Holloway weighs the impact on his business and possible temporary cessation of exotic dancing.
Brown notes value of shade for forest floor insects amid fire damage. Two colonies of endangered red cockaded woodpeckers likely killed. surviving habitat destroyed. Fire fighting cost tallied at 5 million dollars. Plans call for grading and replanting longleaf and loblolly pines after dead timber is cleared. Some peat burning could continue for months. Investigation links Croatan blaze to possible auto insurance scam involving a 1992 Isuzu found burned on Black Swamp Road. Agencies involved include Craven County Sheriff, Fire Marshal, NCIS at Cherry Point, SBI, and U S Forest Service. A Camp Lejeune Marine, currently deployed, is named a prime suspect. no arrests made.
Messer, living near Asheville, reveals a ruby he found while helping gem cutter Sam Fore of Henderson County. Fore notes the stone's unique qualities from the first cut, while Messer insists he remains modest and intends to use proceeds for family needs and museums.
Washington AP report reveals a four-tower National Reconnaissance Office complex near Dulles Airport is the CIA’s secret superstation for satellite imagery and signals intelligence. The project cost around $310 million, far above prior estimates, and was concealed from Congress and the public. A review panel will question CIA officials about disclosure and cost effectiveness.
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley Jackson fled Hungary aboard a private Boeing 727 to dodge media, heading to an unknown destination after arriving in Budapest to shoot a video for History. At a hospital visit they pledged to pay 120000 for four year old Bela Farkas liver transplant, a boy abandoned by his mother with one year to live without surgery. Bela’s operation will be in the West due to local hospital limits. Previously married in May, the couple kept a quiet public presence amid the filming plan.
York argues against sending U.S. military forces to Haiti, saying the country’s government issues and national spending make troop deployment impractical. He questions broader use of troops worldwide when governance at home is imperfect.
Curtis Armstrong, known for Booger in Revenge of the Nerds, volunteers as a clinic escort at Pensacola Women's Medical Services to shield patients from protesters. He cites deep sadness and anger, recalling a fatal shooting at a separate Pensacola clinic and his long activism since 1989.
U S Senator Howell Heflin left University Hospital in very good shape four days after chest pains. Doctors performed tests and were pleased with results, with a fuller statement promised later. Heflin, 73, had been moved from a Maryland medical center after the Thursday pains and was discharged Monday.
Robbed of routine by the O J Simpson hearings a detective testifies about the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found Four detectives left the murder scene to search Simpson’s estate without a warrant and questions about the live in maid reveal social divides Vannatter recalls autopsy participation and the Hertz license check highlighting the celebrity culture clash and the investigator’s restrained calm in a city courtroom snapshot.
City officials in New Bern push back on claims of public nudity as a citywide problem. Residents are invited to call 638-3579 to vote yes on the issue. The measure appears tied to an A1 story and seeks community input.
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