House pushes bill to curb UN peacekeeping and curb president power
The House passed a GOP tone legislation 241 to 181 to reduce U.S. support for U.N. peacekeeping and restrict presidential authority over foreign command of troops. Clinton administration opposes the measure as an infringement on executive power, while Secretary of State Christopher warned it would threaten national security. The bill also backs NATO expansion to Poland Hungary the Czech Republic and Slovakia and mirrors elements of the Contract With America.
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Bob Dole
R-Kan
Warren Christopher
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Hungary
Czech Republic
Slovakia
NATO
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Grandparents Services and NC Mom Newsletter Launch
As a resource for grandparents raising grandchildren the project offers services while a single North Carolina mom launches a newsletter for single moms Life section notes. NASCAR season kicks off with the Daytona 500 setting the pace for the year in sports coverage.
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Daytona
Neuse River bridge plan adds pedestrian overpass
DOT engineers add a pedestrian crossover at Elder Street in James City and an access road by Duck Creek Marina to the Neuse River bridge project at New Bern. The overpass costs about 700000 dollars and serves James City residents split by US 70 with foot traffic between the two sections.
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Neuse River
New Bern
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Hattie Moore
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Bridgeton
Storm Floods Western North Carolina Counties
A tropical rainstorm soaked western North Carolina causing widespread flooding in Cherokee Clay Macon Swain and Graham counties with Cherokee hardest hit. About 30 Cherokee families were evacuated from Beaver Creek area as rivers rose and roads flooded. The Red Cross opened an emergency shelter at Andrews High School and a prior mid January flood damaged many homes and businesses across the region.
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Bryson
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Dial
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Red Cross
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Beaver Creek
North Carolina
Rowan County
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Landis
Raleigh
Charlotte
South Carolina
Helms attacked as misrepresenting aims in arms control
U S arms control chief John D Holum rebuked Sen Jesse Helms for masquerading as a reformer while seeking to dissolve the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Helum defended the agency as independent streamlined with a 250 person staff and a budget stuck since the 1960s He argued absorbing it into the State Department would weaken direct access to the President and the agency’s independent voice in policy debates
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State workfare plan could force 14 000 food stamp recipients to work
North Carolina legislators consider a statewide workfare proposal in five counties to require food stamp recipients aged 60 to 64 to work in nonprofit roles to receive benefits. The plan tallies hours by dividing the benefit value by minimum wage, with exemptions for those over 60, with children under six, or with disabilities.
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Alamance County
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R-Davie
Lorien Schmidt
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