Nation sets late vote on 30 billion crime bill
Democrats and moderates worked through final details of a 30 billion crime bill on Saturday and prepared to bring it to a late night House vote. No handshake deal with 30 to 40 Republicans existed, but cuts of over 3 billion mainly from crime prevention were agreed upon to win GOP support. President Clinton urged quick action while Senate hurdles loom with possible filibuster opposition.
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D-Mo
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Clinton
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph Biden
Biden
Craven County weighs affordable senior benefits plan
A three year Craven County Aging Planning Board report urges low cost, multi agency steps to aid aging residents. It recommends relying on churches and volunteers, expanding in home care and housing, geriatric clinics, senior wellness programs, grants for subsidies, and CARTS will add five vehicles by 1998 to meet rising demand for services.
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Craven County Board of Commissioner
Aging Planning Board
Beanber Board
Leslie Moxley
Pamlico Sound Legal Services
North Carolina
Moxley
Craven County Health Department
Thelma Chadwick
United Senior Services
Aging services proposal for Craven County Sun Journal
The Craven County Sun Journal reports a plan to ease aging with a certified care clinic, medical examinations, and training for families. recruit volunteers. pursue grants for assisted living homes. offer maintenance and weatherization help. wellness and exercise programs on local TV. pet therapy. transportation subsidies. and employment by turning hobbies into income for seniors.
Health care reform pivots to budget focus in Congress
Washington notes the health reform debate narrowing to a basic aim of preserving some reform while prioritizing deficit reduction. A bipartisan plan emerged as a cautious, market oriented approach, shifting away from universal coverage and reflecting liberal wariness toward minimalist compromise.
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Clinton
Senate
George Mitchell
Ron Pollack
Families USA
Clintons
EPA pressures Jones on Trenton sewage
The EPA is pressing Jones County for details on providing sewer service or upgrading septic systems in five predominantly black neighborhoods near Trenton. County Manager Larry Meadows says no progress is being reported and no implementation timeline exists. The issue dates to a 1991 federal lawsuit by Trenton resident Johnson Willis alleging racial discrimination in sewer expansion.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Jones County
Trenton
Larry Meadows
EPA
Peter T. McGarry
Jones Commissioners
Nolan Jones
Monktown
Haiti
Johnson Willis
Willis
College aid war reshapes high school graduates choices
Mooresville high school graduate weighs Emory Yale and Davidson offers with Davidson's 21000 annual merit aid closing the gap to a 22534 cost. Emory covered tuition, Yale offered need based aid about 6000. Experts warn bidding wars and shifting enrollments as colleges face the tight pool of college age students. Duke and Wake Forest among private schools limiting new merit aid while UNC chapels full-ride program signals rising aid influence.
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Emory University
Yale University
Davidson College
Davidson
Emory
Yale
Hart
U.S
Iaicers
North Carolina Financial Aid
Gardner-Webb College
Boiling Springs College
Unc-Chapel Hill
Duke
Robert Zemsky
Institute For Research On Higher Education
University of Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Duke University
Wake Forest
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