Prison chief outlines open doors and high tech fence plan
Shields proposes a 24 hour roving patrol with car monitors to detect inmate movement at the perimeter and a public open door policy. He emphasizes transparency, notes prior service in the Air Force and a career in corrections, and highlights Hoke as his current six year superintendent role. He lists family details and local roots in Halifax.
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Sampson County
Shields
U.S. Air Force
Department of Correction
Caledonia Correctional Institution
Northampton County
Forbes Richest List Grows Watches Billionaire Club
Forbes reports 388 people with at least 1 billion in net worth, up from 358, totaling 893 billion. Asia dominates with Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea represented. US leads countries with 129 billionaires, followed by Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. The top ten include Gates, Buffett, Tsutsumi, Sacher, Tsai Wan-lin, and Shau Kee among others.
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Tsutsumi
Hans Rausing
Coof
Tetra Hea Group
Forbes
Asia
Hong Kong
South Korea
Taiwan
Indonesia
Mexico
United States
Japan
Germany
Thailand
France
Mixed Signals Mark Slowing Growth With Spurring Spending
The economy shows slower job growth and inventory buildup amid weak expansion yet May spending rose 0.7 percent. Long-term rates stay favorable supporting home sales and refinancing while a booming stock market boosts wealth. Analysts warn of a possible slowdown or further stagnation ahead as Greenspan faces reappointment in an election year.
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Commerce Department
Lynn Reaser
First Interstate Bancorp
Los Angeles
Greenspan
FOMC
Clinton
Major's Conservative leadership and unpopularity in powershift era
The text notes that John Major was the only Conservative leader to win a tightly fought contest, with prior leaders rising from within. It covers Thatcher and Heath losing at first real challenge, Major becoming youngest postwar PM in 1990, his pound crisis, and rising unpopularity since 1994. Ivor Crewe suggests a brief revival opportunity.
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Major
Edward Heath
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Europe
Ivor Crewe
Essex University
Gulf War vets report higher illness rates, CDC finds
A CDC study of 3,927 personnel from the Pennsylvania National Guard and other units shows Gulf War veterans experienced 13 chronic symptoms at significantly higher rates than non deployed troops. Diarrhea, memory loss, skin rashes, joint pain and fatigue were notably elevated, challenging VA data and bolstering veterans' claims.
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CDC
Scripps Howard News Service
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Veterans Affairs
Pennsylvania National Guard
Denise Nichols
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Colorado
Model's self-diagnosis linked to teen model's death
The 17-year-old supermodel Krissy Taylor may have died after using Primatene Mist, an over the counter inhaler not recommended for her. Broward medical officials cited possible heart problems and stress the drug requires physician diagnosis before use. Her sister Niki Taylor found her unresponsive. tests to determine exact cause are ongoing.
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Krissy Taylor
Taylor
William Bruno
Joshua
Broward County
Fla
Perper
Niki Taylor
Pembroke Pines
Seventeen
Simon blames stammer on mother’s affair in Vanity Fair
The August Vanity Fair profile describes Carly Simon’s unsettled childhood and how her mother Andrea’s affair with a 20 year old college student when Carly was eight led to a stammer stage fright neuroses and heightened sensitivities. The piece links family secrets to creative drive.
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Simon
Vanity Fair
Andrea
Carly
Peter
Local reader in Chapel Hill weighs redistricting ruling
Anne Occur, an ESL teacher and Chapel Hill resident who enjoys reading and gardening, says she has mixed feelings about the Supreme Court ruling on minority representation. She notes that if redistricting is done properly it should not be a threat and that minority representation is needed.
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Occur
Chapel Hill
Supreme Court
Houston singer wins order to stop harassing man
A man accused of harassing Whitney ON agreed to cease all contact with the singer, her family, and her management company Nippy Inc by court order signed in Morristown New Jersey. Houston had sued Marriott last month over flowers and repeated calls, including a May 17 claim of being her brother.
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Whitney
Morristown
N.J
Houston
Nippy Inc
Marriott
Nippy
Last vestige of Camelot for sale in Rhode Island
Camelot Gardens Associates offer Hammersmith Farm in Newport for 9.5 million dollars. The 28 room Camelot home linked to Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy hosts the Kennedy wedding reception and summer vacations. The owners bought the property in 1976 for 850000. Eva Gabor dies at 74 after hospitalization for respiratory distress infection. The Gabor family rose to fame in the mid century and Eva built a wig business later.
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Camelot
Hammersmith Farm
Newport, R.I
Jacqueline
John F. Kennedy
White House
Massachusetts
Camelot Gardens & Associates
Chris
Burr
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Janet Auchincloss
England
Charles I
Eva Gabor
Magda
Julie
United States
Hungary
Eva
Zsa Zsa
Nice People Pay for Housing Cops With Kindness
Joe Loudd, 55, reports an alleged Chicago Housing Authority police misconduct incident in a Robert Taylor Homes lobby involving a $150 loss and a disorderly conduct charge. He recounts a police investigation into his past, a letter saying the claim cannot be sustained, and a turn to community support including meals at Swissotel, rent help, and phone calls from strangers.
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CHA
Joe
Chicago Housing Authority
Robert Taylor Homes
Taylor
New Bern retirement rating sparks debate in city survey
Residents discuss ranking New Bern among top ten retirement spots or far lower after a city poll. Officials cite calls to municipal leaders on firework use amid safety concerns following Oklahoma City incidents.
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New Bern
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Paul Sacher
Tsai Wan-lin
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Kenneth Thomson
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