North Carolina Governors Letter on BRAC Refutes Virginia Cost Claims
Gov. Jim Hunt sent a letter to the defense secretary urging equal time to rebut Virginia lawmakers’ cost estimates for F A 18 relocations. Officials cited Navy and BRAC plans, with figures ranging from 103 million to 312.1 million, while wetlands impact is contested. Hunt urged action before BRAC 93 changes proceed.
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Jim Hunt
Defense
North Carolina
Virginia
John Warner
R-Va
U.S
Owen Pickett
D-Va
Atlantic
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Cherry Point
Oceana
John Peters
Engineering and Construction Command
Peters
Kim Dixon
Navy Office of Information
Washington
Cecil Field
Beaufort
Navy
Congress
BRAC
Fla
S.C
Marine Corps Air Station
Norfolk Naval Air Station
North Island
Calif
Naval Air Station
Dalton
Department of Defense
The
Sun Journal
Perry
Hunt
Craven
Jones
Perdue
Ocean base in Virginia Beach faced zoning clash over flight path
Oceana in Virginia Beach sits in a dense city of 416 662 with crash risk zones over schools and a major mall. City resisted Navy pleas, then pledged 24.4 million to move schools from the flight path and now enforces strict noise and hazard disclosures for property sales near the base. Oceana plans to phase out A 6 Intruders and F 14 Tomcats, leaving capacity at 40 percent.
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Navy
Lynnhaven Mall
Virginia Beach
Karen Lasley
Lasley
Brac ’95
Cecil Field
Fla
Troy Snead
Oceana
Murder Enters Love Triangle as Oakley Attacks Husband
Patricia Brawner and Charles Oakley confront a fatal attack in a Florida love triangle. Witness statements describe a planned murder after a day home alone with Tony Brawner, a logger, discovered dead with Oakley in the shower. Oakley later confessed to investigators in Craven and Pamlico counties.
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Oakley
McFady
Patricia Brawner
House
New Bern
McDonald's
Tony Brawner
Pamlico County
Brawners
Brawner
Kenny Rogers Appears in Legends in Concert Show
Kenny Rogers substituted for impersonator Mark Hinds during Legends In Concert at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas. Rogers sang The Gambler and Ruby, then duetted with Dolly Parton impersonator Sandy Anderson on Islands in the Stream. Audience largely believed they watched the real star, though most were not fooled.
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Kenny Rogers
Roger
Mark Hinds
Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino
Ruby
Dolly Parton
Sandy Anderson
Rogers
Ken Kragen
Los Angeles
Kathy Slorak
Des Moines
Carly Simon Plans Tour Warmup Amid Stage Fright
Carly Simon nerves over first tour in 14 years as she prepares a March trial run with small shows in California Connecticut Chicago and Ohio before a larger outdoor tour in early summer.
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Carly Simons
California
Connecticut
Chicago
Ohio
Palmer man and wife vacationing at Fairfield Harbour
A retired Palmer Mass electric company worker and coin collector, who enjoys sports, travels with his wife Irene to Fairfield Harbour for a weeklong stay. He notes New Bern’s parking is easy and asks what could be done to improve downtown parking, adding he hasn’t had parking problems yet.
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Electric Company
Palmer, Mass
Irene
Fairfield Harbour
New Bern
Historic Twain bridge offered free to good home
The Missouri Department of Transportation seeks a new owner for the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, a 2,637 foot structure over the Mississippi River to be replaced after 60 years. The agency will detach and deliver the bridge, but the buyer must move, reconstruct, and provide a plan for a constructive use. Randall Dandy warns against tasteless projects.
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Missouri Highway and Transportation Department
Randall Dandy
Department
Basinger backs NH bid to ban exotic circus animals
Actress Kim Basinger joins efforts to make New Hampshire the first state to prohibit use of exotic animals in circuses. She cites cruelty and asks Sen Burt Cohen to sponsor the bill, prompted by Rye constituents’ circus complaints. The piece also notes the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival lineup and other arts awards.
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Kim Basinger
New Hampshire
Sen
Burt Cohen
Tie
Cohen
Rye
Numbers on Shirts: The Silent Spring of White Sox
In Sarasota, the White Sox clubhouse displays packing labels from The Liebe Company with numbers that will become jerseys. Willie Thompson, 56, amid blank uniforms, reflects on a spring training season driven by unknown players and the strike's impact on fan support and team identity.
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Chicago White Sox
Sarasota
Fla
Liebe Company
Chesterfield
White Sox
Willie
Thompson
Sox
Dodgers
Yankees
Willie Thompson
America
Hollywood
Jack McDowell
McDowell
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Dawaylan McCoy
Dallas
King of Vibes
McCoy
Indiana
Angelo Pizzo
Baseball
Bob Greene
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Craven County
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