North Carolina Wins Military Budget Share for 1996
North Carolina gains federal military construction funds led by Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg. The state receives $59 million for Lejeune water treatment and training facilities, $32.3 million for Fort Bragg, and $18.2 million for Pope AFB. Seymour Johnson AFB and New River are also slated upgrades as part of a $246 billion Defense budget.
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North Carolina
California
Virginia
Maryland
Camp Lejeune
Fort Bragg
Pope Air Force Base
U.S
Bill Hefner
Hoke County
Cumberland County
Hefner
House Appropriations Committee
Marine Corps
Department of Defense
New
River Marine Corps Air Station
Goldsboro
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
William Perry
Womack Army Medical Center
Congress
Pentagon
North Carolina hit by Arctic cold and record power use
Frigid Arctic air blanketed North Carolina as temperatures plunged to minus 9 atop Mount Mitchell and a 15 000 megawatt power peak was logged at 8 a.m. Duke Power cited unusually high electricity demand while heating contractors and plumbers saw surge in calls. A Durham shelter reported a 31 percent rise in weekend activity for homeless services. An elderly man, Thomas Lawson, died of burns from a Sunday fire started by a candle during a power outage.
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North Carolina
Randy Wheeless
Duke Power Co
Wheeless
Mount Mitchell
Marsha Porter
A.Z. Price and Associates
Charlotte
Leon Saul
Willie Saul & Son Plumbing Co
Alamance County
Durham
Ken Rogers
UNC
Chapel Hill
Thomas Lawson
Lawson
County to hire two daytime EMTs for rescue squads plan
Jones County will select two paid EMTs to cover daytime rescue calls from 8 am to 5 pm, one based in Trenton and the other in Maysville or Pollocksville, with about 15 000 in pay and a start toward paid service while maintaining some volunteer shifts.
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Larry Meadows
Trenton
Maysville
Pollocksville
Comfort Rescue Squad
Jones County
Jones
Meadows
Onslow County
Trenton-area
Woman convicted in neglect death in Moore Haven
Cheryl Mickler, 39, wife of a paraplegic man, was found guilty of failing to properly care for 3-year-old Scott Mickler in Moore Haven Florida. Jurors deliberated one hour before conviction. Sentencing set for March 6.
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Moore Haven
Fla
Cheryl Mickler
Scott Mickler
Mickler
John Pietrofesa
Reagan Birthday Dinner Gathers GOP Leaders and Hopefuls
In Washington the GOP honors Ronald Reagan on his 84th birthday with leaders Newt Gingrich and Dole among attendees. 1996 hopefuls Tommy Thompson Gramm join Margaret Thatcher in attendance as Reagan and Nancy watch from California. Cake, meat loaf and mashed potatoes mark the celebration. The event follows a party line item veto victory in the House.
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Ronald Reagan
Washington
Newt Gingrich
House
Reagan
White House
GOP
Congress
Senate
Kansas
Dole
Wisconsin
Tommy Thompson
Texas
Phil Gramm
Margaret Thatcher
Maggie
Ron
Thatcher
Nancy
C-Span
California
Reagans
Sun Journal Notes Quinn’s Hobbies and Clinton Vote
Sun Journal profiles New Bern resident Quinn who works on and enjoys cars and would likely back Bill Clinton in a current election. The piece lists his dual roles and personal interest as a snapshot of voter sentiment.
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Quinn
New Bern
Bill Clinton
Sun Journal
Journal
P.O
N.C
Moments in film and theater shape famed careers
Eldred Gregory Peck began on Broadway after losing his first name in transit and later starred in Roman Holiday and To Kill a Mockingbird. A new Vanity Fair excerpt details Katharine Hepburn's early life and loves, including a brother's suicide impact, while noting deaths of Betty Davis, George Kalafatis, and Art Taylor.
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Eldred
Gregory Peck
New York
Gregory
Peck
Kilimanjaro
Katharine Hepburn
Hepburn
Manhattan
Barbara Leaming
Vanity Fair
Howard Hughes
Spencer Tracy
Tracy
Ford
Mary Ford
Cecile de Prita
Betty Davis
The
Royal Academy of Dancing
London
George Kalafatis
Jim Rice
Mike Hargrove
Dennis
Boyd
Cleveland
Art Taylor
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Heroes and role models in sports and society
Bob Greene argues that society overreaches in idolizing athletes as heroes while other professionals like teachers and doctors also falter. He notes the bygone era when sports stars were larger than life filled a need, but warns modern disillusionment creates a hero void and suggests heroes are scarce in today’s world. Mantle is cited as a nuanced example of public admiration amid personal struggle.
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Sports Illustrated
Verducci
O.J. Simpson
Babe Ruth
America
Mickey Mantle
Mantle
New York
Bob Greene
President Clinton budget funds Cherry Point and New River project
Citizens respond to a poll on a $27 million military construction package in North Carolina. Calls to approve or reject are prompted with telephone numbers. The letter offers political commentary and questions the governor’s actions and Walter Jones’s reactions.
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Clinton
Cherry Point
New River
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Newt
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Lesley Newman
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Robin Givens
Hilton Head Island
S.C
Paul Quinn
Eldred Peck
Tom Verducci
Martin Lancaster
Congressional Lobby
Walter Jones
Good Ol’ Boy Network
Tourna
Freedom
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