BRAC 93 Moves Planes Troubling to Cherry Point and Oceana
City and military officials debate relocating aircraft under BRAC 93 as Cherry Point faces a $380 million relocation cost and Oceana lobbies to receive the planes. Pentagon officials delay comment while local leaders push for Cherry Point while noting 25 million spent to date.
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Sun Journal
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Virginia
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Nolan Wells
Gary Elsten
Wade Nelson
Rest home plan spurs mixed reaction in North Carolina cities
New Bern Rest Home houses a mix of elderly, mentally impaired, and recovering alcoholics with state funded costs of about 55 dollars per day per prisoner. Plans to convert additional sites at Winston-Salem New Bern Tarboro Charlotte Durham and Parkton face neighbor opposition and concerns about supervision. Prisoners with under a year left would work locally under a private treatment program modeled after 21 states.
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New Bern
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Ken Bumgarner
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Hospital Board Accepts Debt for County Hospital Expansion
The hospital board agreed to take on the county debt from a 1993 plan to issue 46 million in revenue bonds for new construction and to acquire two private facilities New Bern Surgery Center and New Bern Diagnostic Center. The move aims to free county funds for schools and infrastructure while officials say patient rates should not be affected as debt payments come from hospital revenues.
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Craven County
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Oceana
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Board of Commissioners
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New Bern
County Board of Commissioners
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Linda Staunch
Leeza Gibbons Injures Hamstring Saving Son at Spa
Leeza Gibbons tore a hamstring while rescuing her 3-year-old son Troy from a whirlpool at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles during a weekend anniversary trip. Publicist Leslie Garson said Troy was unharmed, and Gibbons was ordered to use crutches for a couple of weeks but continued hosting her daily show Leeza with guest Richard Simmons.
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Bel-Air
Los Angeles
Leeza
Troy
Leslie Garson
Gibbons
Richard Simmons
Deford cautions on heroes in sports at CMU
Frank Deford, billed by GQ as the world's greatest sportswriter, warned at Central Michigan University that society wrongly seeks heroes in athletics. He argued that sports and true heroism are separate, noting consequences of treating young athletes as idols.
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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant
Deford
GQ Magazine
Hanks Critics Say Humorous Gown Walk at Pudding Pot
Tom Hanks, honored as Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, arrived in a blue ball gown and red wig. He accepted the Pudding Pot amid Harvard theatre group proceedings, with remarks hinting at amusement over the award attire and ceremony.
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Tom Hanks
Hanks
Hasty Pudding
Harvard University
Community notes on holidays and honors mix in local chatter
New Bern carpenter and motorcycle fan speaks on Presidents Day. A drama group dresses a performer in a blue satin gown and pink shoes amid jokes about cross dressing. Local officials praise the community college and cite a parking issue. past honorees include Cruise Eastwood Williams Cagney Spielberg Carson Newman.
Brown to perform in Vietnam trip amid anniversary events
James Brown, 61, plans Vietnam shows April 8 and 9 with Veterans of Foreign Wars. Proceeds will aid Vietnamese veterans education. The run marks the 20th anniversary of Saigon's fall and aims to promote global humanity.
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Wwe
Brown
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Happy landing for Fossett after Pacific solo balloon flight
Steve Fossett, a 50 year old American stockbroker, surveys his ballooning gear in a farmer's field near Leader Saskatchewan Canada after completing the first solo balloon flight across the Pacific.
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Steve Fossett
Leader
Saskatchewan
Canada
Pacific
Sports Yak Yak on Baseball Strike and Celery Crap
A Joe from Cicero calls in to vent on the baseball strike and presidential politics linking patriotism, the FBI, and the Army. The host and caller ramble through Abe Lincoln, Michael Jordan, Clinton, Roosevelt, party politics, and celery salad as a running gag. Royko’s column note appears.
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Cicero
Abe Lincoln
Abe
Michael
Clinton
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Army
Haiti
Lincoln
Mike Royko
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