Rain relief mixed with farm woes across Pamlico area
Heavy June rains and July August heat battered crops in Pamlico Jones Craven and surrounding counties. Extension officials said rain will aid soybeans and cotton if not prolonged, while hog lagoons faced inspections after a 25 million gallon spill. Farmers hope the relief lasts.
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Pamlico County
May
Minton Small
Jones County Cooperative Extension Service
Jones County
Small
Craven County
Cooperative Extension Service
Billy
Dunham
Division of Environmental Management
Tri-County
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Onslow County
New River
Andy Metts
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Metts
Flooding kills two in Alamance County and more flood chaos
The flood claimed the life of a 14 year old boy and a 73 year old woman in Alamance County as two bodies were found inside a car washed off NC 49 into a creek. A 53 year old woman remains missing. Linda Ironside of Durham is in critical condition after crashing on a flooded road. Authorities report widespread road closures, evacuations, and shelter operations across Charlotte Chapel Hill Robbins and surrounding counties as heavy rains inundated the region. The National Weather Service warned of continuing rain with a flash flood watch in 71 central and western counties and forecasts of 2 to 6 inches more in affected areas.
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Alamance County
NC 49
State Highway Patrol
Gene Johnson
Linda Anne Ironside
Durham
Greensboro
National Weather Service
Rick Neuherz
Central
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Chapel Hill
Robbins
Robert French
Cavalier
Britthaven of Charlotte Nursing Home
Sugar Creek
Cabarrus County
Kannapolis Village
UNC Chapel Hill
Granville Towers
Katie Kober
Moore County
Coral
East Mecklenburg High School Gymnasi
Briar Creek
Rescue 911
Flavia Hesselbarth
Kathy Sullivan
The
Red Cross
Rowan County
Rainbow Lake
Burlington
Leesona Division Textile
Tom Perrino
Sandy Goodman
Goodman
Raleigh
Wilmington
City Paints Shields in Bears Site as DOT Plans
Danny Meadows says the DOT is weighing chrysanthemums for the Sept 6 8 Board of Transportation meeting in New Bern but tar and paint will remain the long term fix. City crew started Friday mulching the pattern then applying tar and finally painting the shield in red black and yellow at an estimated 600 dollars for 15 gallons of paint with completion targeted Friday.
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Public Works
DOT
Board of Transportation
New Bern
Meadows
State Dot
Hartman
Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein Inc
New York Times Today
New York City
Steven Meisel
Madonna
Chavis Farrakhan rally falls short of million men goal
About 500 people gathered at Little Rock AME Zion Church in Charlotte to back the national Million Man March led by Louis Farrakhan and Benjamin Chavis. Chavis, former NAACP director, said church cooperation was essential to staging Charlotte’s event. Local ministers joined in support.
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Charlotte
Louis Farrakhan
The
Nation of Islam
Benjamin Chavis
Chavis
NAACP
Little Rock Ame Zion Church
Union Point hopes to host festivals after renovation
Sun Journal notes resident Shilander from New Bern enjoys cooking and boating and urges Union Point improvements. Readers recall past entertainment and band stand, suggesting festivals as a centerpiece. March organizers seek 1 million Black men to march on Washington October 16, framed as a day of atonement. Minister Robert X links the event to atonement for Black men toward Black women.
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Shilander
New Bern
Washington
Robert X
Farrakhan
Spike Lee plans Jackie Robinson film with Birmingham on location
Spike Lee plans a Jackie Robinson movie to mark the 50th anniversary of his Dodgers debut. He videotaped Rickwood Field in Birmingham and interviewed Piper Davis while negotiating Denzel Washington for the Robinson role. Release expected in 1997.
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Spike Lee
Malcolm X
Jackie Robinson
Lee
Birmingham
Ala
Rickwood Field
Piper Davis
Denzel Washington
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Winchester Embraces Patsy Cline for Festival Return
Winchester Virginia shifts from shunning Patsy Cline to celebration as hundreds plan to visit the singer's former soda shop and high school during the upcoming Patsy Cline Festival. Organizers led by Kitty Zuckerman say it is time to honor the remarkable talent behind I Fall to Pieces and Crazy, who died in 1963.
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Winchester
Patsy Cline
Kitty Zuckerman
Cline
Fuhrman insults Ito's wife highlights trial complexities
Mike Royko argues that the OJ Simpson case shows law can be overly tangled by Fuhrman whose offhand remarks about Judge Ito and his wife spark controversy. The piece muses on whether such provocations should affect verdicts or trigger personal vendettas, while noting jurors may recall Fuhrman’s denials of using the N word.
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Mark Fuhrman
Lance Ito
L.A
Fuhrman
Ito
1.0
O.J
Simpson
Fibber Fuhrman
Andrew Jackson
Charlton Heston
Mike Royko
Tourism hurts and farmers prosper from storms asks readers
Community survey shows tourism businesses fear tropical storm threats while farmers report beneficial rain. Readers are asked if they were helped, with yes or no options and poll results noting an eight-call tally and a 75 percent yes rate.
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