Jones County records first murder of year in 1994 case
Killing had issued a bulletin on Cannon with clothing details and crime data. The Jones County murder marks the first of the year. The prior May 1994 killing of 22 year old Albert L. Meadows of Trenton ended with killer John Braxton Rouse pleading guilty to Meadows' murder and another shooting, receiving life plus 20 years.
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Albert L. Meadows
Trenton
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Military base fuel ops clash over private contractor study
Cherry Point officials sought a waiver to bypass an A-76 cost study for on base fuel handling. Maytag argues the base saved money for years, while Marines claim hidden costs and free labor. Maytag considers legal action as private contractors gain traction nationwide.
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Nolan Wells
Cherry Point
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Frank Pulis
Pulis
Army
Navy
School resource officer program eyed for Craven County high schools
Craven County considers continuing a school resource officer at Havelock High after a four month trial in 1994-95. Funding relied on grants and county money with matching funds sought from Craven County and state sources. The program aimed to deter violence, improve safety, and maintain security as officials discuss alternatives and ongoing policing plans.
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Sneeden
Campbell
Havelock High
Craven County
Governor’s Crime Commission
Terrence Hicks
Hicks
Sheriff's Department
Ken Boucher
Ken Bumgarner
New Bern High School
WasteTown Creek spill in Brunswick County
State investigators traced a waste leak to a lagoon clay liner breach in Brunswick County. Waste entered underground pipes and was carried away before the leak was plugged by late Tuesday. Wilmington's Cape Fear River intake remains north of Elizabethtown and unaffected. investigators will decide on fines after completing their inquiry.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Elizabethtown
Bladen County
Brunswick County
Mike Williams
Reuter
Clinton weighs tough tobacco rules in North Carolina plan
Clinton leads round table with teens parents and clinic staffers as he debates curbing youth smoking and the federal move to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug. The potential measures include banning vending machines and restricting ads while industry responses unfold. North Carolina lawmakers fear economic impact from tobacco profits.
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Clinton
North Carolina
Philip Morris
Kimba Wood Love Judge Drama Shocks NY High Court Tale
Kimba Wood once a top Clinton pick for attorney general appears in a tabloid fueled saga as the so called love judge. A bitter divorce reveals diaries and alleged affairs involving Wood and her financier husband Frank. The incident follows her fall while avoiding photographers outside her Manhattan home.
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United States
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East Side
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Frank
Time Magazine
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Clinton
Nancy
Kimba
New York Daily News
Europe
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Liddy Mock Trial Explores Free Speech in Chicago
G Gordon Liddy stood as a witness in a hotel ballroom mock trial sponsored by the American Bar Association. The event examined First Amendment free speech amid talk radio culture, with jurors reportedly split on guilt or innocence.
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American Bar Association
Chicago
Former 60s militant in Atlanta shoot charge
H. Rap Brown, once SNCC leader and outspoken advocate of armed Black rights, is jailed in Atlanta on felony counts of aggravated assault, carrying an unlicensed pistol, and possessing an unlicensed weapon. Bail set at 27000. he did not plead. Police linked the arrest to a two week old incident where a man was shot in the leg. Brown was identified by the victim. Police say the case appears random though the men knew each other. Brown’s lawyer cites a vendetta amid ongoing controversy from his client’s past statements.
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Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee
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Michael Hauptman
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Abu-Jamal
Europe
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Daniel Faulkner
Rome
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Berlin
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New York
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William Styron
Sophie’s
Abu
Marianne Gingrich lashes out at public life and Hillary effects
Marianne Gingrich speaks to Vanity Fair about public life and her husband Newt Gingrich. She criticizes Hillary Rodham Clinton and says first ladies face a brutal experience. She prefers privacy and notes she wants no public role while the Gingriches live in suburban Atlanta. Newt Gingrich plans to decide by December 15 on another presidential bid.
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Hillary
Gingric Rodham Clinton
Atlanta
Gingrich
Write to survive on death row in a literary twist
In a provocative column, Mike Royko argues that writing can matter more than weapons for death row inmates. He discusses Mumia Abu Jamal, the 1981 Philadelphia cop killer, noting Abu Jamal’s literary fame and international support while questioning the broader issue of voiced injustice versus the victims’ families.
Citadel admission vote on Shannon Faulkner Saturday
Readers weigh in on admission to The Citadel with a call-in prompt. A separate poll asks if North Carolina should spend more to fight venereal disease, urging fines for offenders. The caller supports harsher action citing spread to others and unborn children.
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the Citadel
North Carolina
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