Zinni Says US Led Force Ready to Meet Somali Threat
Off Somalia coast near Mogadishu a multi nation task force led by Lt General Anthony Zinni readies to pull out last UN peacekeepers. He warns warlords and clans may threaten airport, not trust, as 14 000 troops and 23 warships stand by to cover the withdrawal and protect personnel.
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Mogadishu
U.N
Somalia
Anthony C. Zinni
Zinni
U.S
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Ali Mahdi Mohamed
Aidid
Ali Mahdi
United Nations
Shield
NC defends base as BRAC showdown nears
North Carolina officials press back as Navy plans to divert 160 F A 18 Hornets to Cherry Point face BRAC scrutiny. Rep Walter B Jones Jr says keep politics out of the base realignment process while Virginia leaders push to move the jets to Oceana. State Senator Beverly Perdue vows talks with Defense Secretary William Perry ahead of the next closings list.
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North Carolina
Washington
Navy
John Dalton
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Walter B. Jones Jr
R-N.c
Oceana Faces Its Own Woes If Closure Moves F A 18s
Supporters of Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach fear a 1995 Base Closure and Realignment Commission plan to divert 160 F A 18s from Cherry Point to Oceana. The shift could saddle the Virginia base with new problems and vulnerabilities as it adjusts to expanded operations and crowding.
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Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Oceana
Widow sentenced for murder role in Pamlico case
Patricia Gaskins Brawner 20 of Reelsboro received 25 years in Pamlico County Superior Court for accessory after the fact of murder and solicitation to commit murder in the 1993 stabbing death of her husband Tony Brawner. Her boyfriend Jeremy Oakley 21 was already sentenced to life plus 30 years.
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Pamlico County Superior Court
Patricia Gaskins Brawner
Reelsboro
William Anthony
Tony” Brawner
Jeremy Lee Oakley
Tony Brawner
Oakley
Brawners
Jerry Tillet
Brawner
Tillet
W. David McFadyen Jr
Poll finds Clinton lacks appeal in North Carolina
A Mason-Dixon Sun Journal poll of 809 Tar Heel voters in North Carolina shows only 25 percent favor reelecting President Clinton if voting were held today. Powell leads overall with 60 percent favorable, Dole 58 percent, and in head to head matchups Powell 54 31 Clinton and Dole 53 39 Clinton. Republican support favors Dole 44 percent among registered Republicans. Powell 16 percent. Gramm 13 percent.
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North Carolina
Bill Clinton
The
Sun Journal
Colin Powell
Kansas
Bob Dole
Powell
Clinton
Dole
Phil Gramm
Texas
GOP
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Indiana
Richard Lugar
Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter
GOP presses cuts in public broadcasting and school programs
House subcommittees approved about 7 billion in cuts across housing environmental veterans and NASA as Republicans push to shrink government. They aim for 1 trillion in future reductions while Democrats protest deep cuts to needy programs including public broadcasting and the school lunch program.
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House
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Bob Livingston
R-La
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
Clinton
Capitol
Red Nate
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Cecil Field
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Beaufort
S.C
BRAC
Florida Naval Air Station
Beverly Perdue
Craven
Defense
William Perry
Dalton
Sources
Walter L. House
State Bureau of Investigations
McFadyen
Patricia Brawner
Charlie Peek
Patricia Gaskins
Steven Lacy
Pamlico County
Mason-Dixon Political /Media Research
Ann Landers
PBS
Judiciary Committee
Appropriations Committee
Arthur Smith
Kinston
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