Private marinas defend waterfront access in NC bill debate
Marinas Propst argues private facilities sustain public waters and meet boating needs, criticizing environmental groups. New Bern attorney Clark Wright Jr. says most back the bill. state Rep John Nichols advocates no easements or fees. Bob Peele of the NC Fisheries Association endorses plan after multiple drafts as fair and improved.
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North Carolina
New Bern
Clark Wright Jr
Citizens For Water Access
CAMA
John Nichols
Rcraven
Health and Environment Committee
Nichols
Health Director: No rat-borne threats in Craven County
Craven County Health Director Wanda Sandele says no diseases carried by rats are known locally. She calls rats a nuisance similar to flies or mosquitoes and reports no rat bites or attacks documented this year or last.
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Craven County
Wanda Sandele
Craven County Health Department
NC Official Rules Out FDA Tobacco Regulation
FDA Rep Charlie Rose pledged Congress would knock down any FDA effort at tobacco regulation. North Carolina Agriculture spokesman Jim Devine scoffed at comparing the boon crop to codeine or morphine, insisting tobacco is not a mind altering drug and no one drives under nicotine influence. He said youth ads stopping and vending machine bans are achievable by other means.
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Charlie Rose
D-N.c
Fayetteville
Congress
FDA
Jim Devine
N.C
Tobacco Companies
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Waxman
Rose
Wendell Ford
D-Ky
Philip Morris
Kessler
FDA weighs steps to curb youth smoking and regulate nicotine
Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry echoed the White House aim for FDA action on tobacco. FDA chief Kessler discussed discouraging youth smoking, possible bans on vending machines, stronger warnings, and restricted advertising including Joe Camel. Industry critics argue tobacco regulation lies outside FDA.
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Mike McCurry
FDA
Kessler
Joe Camel
Tobacco Institute
Brennan Dawson
White House
Congress
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Economy gains steam as retail sales rise in June
Washington reports show retail sales up 0.7 percent in June with May revised to a 0.9 percent increase. Industrial output at factories, mines and utilities adds 0.1 percent, keeping inflation tame at a 0.1 percent consumer price rise. Clinton team hopeful amid reelection bid.
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Washington
U.S
White House
Federal Reserve
Clinton
Duke heiress adopted daughter denied claim to 127 million trust
New Jersey Superior Court on Thursday ruled Chandi Duke Heffner, adopted daughter of Doris Duke, has no claim to the 1924 127 million Duke Endowment trust. Judge Katherine Ris found she is not a lineal descendant and that adult adoption in 1924 could not bind the trust. Heffner's team plans appeal, and a separate 65 million settlement remains unresolved.
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New Jersey
Chandi Duke Heffner
Duke
Superior Court
Katherine Ris
Elizabeth
Dupuis
Heffner
Duke Endowment
James
James Duke
David G. Keyko
New Jersey Supreme Court
Miss Duke
Duke Trust Fund
Sony frees Michael from contract in high court win
Sony Music Entertainment settled a long dispute with George Michael on Thursday and agreed to release him from his 12 million multi album contract. The singer had sued to end the deal after failing to back his shift from sex symbol to serious musician. Details were not disclosed. Michael's lawyers had appealed a prior ruling.
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Sony Music Entertainment
Thursday
Michael
Sony
Van Audenhove from Zurich on vacation weighs in on televised trials
Cartoonist Mike Van Audenhove questions televised coverage of trials like Susan Smith and the Simpson case. He says he does not watch such trials and believes it is not the public's business. He emphasizes personal opinion over public spectacle.
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van Audenhove
Zurich
Switz
Susan Smith
Russia
Mike Royko
Singer Michael signs with EMI Dreamworks unit
The contract violated free trade rules in the EU. On Thursday Thorn EMI PLC announced Michael signed with its Virgin music unit. Richard Leahy, Michael's music publisher, said the singer would record for Gef fen's new Dreamworks label and release a new album within a year.
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European Union
Thorn Emi PLC
Michael
Virgin Music
Richard Leahy
Geffen
Dreamworks
Fergie’s Budgie TV Series to Air on Fox This Fall
The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, joins Fox to bring Budgie the Little Helicopter to American screens this fall. The English animated series adapts her children's book character for the Fox Children's Network, underscoring Ferguson’s entry into Hollywood. She notes she is a 35 year old separated working mother with two children and aims to pursue television ventures.
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Duchess of York
Fox
Budgie
Atlantic
Sarah Ferguson
England
Prince Andrew
Hollywood
Cooke to wed Ramallo in Virginia license filing
Jack Kent Cooke, 82, Washington Redskins owner, sought a marriage license in Winchester Virginia to wed Ramallo of Bolivia. It would be his fifth marriage and her third, with a 60 day license validity. their 1990 marriage was annulled in 1994 after Ramallo’s previous divorce. The couple previously faced a $600,000 jewelry dispute, later settled.
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Jack Kent Cooke
Washington Redskins
Winchester
Victoria Tomarry Ramallo
Bolivia
Cooke
Ramallo
Les Paul Faces Recovery After Collapse In Nashville Event
Guitar legend Les Paul is expected to recover from a collapse that prevented attendance at an 80th birthday celebration in Nashville. His manager said chest pains and shortness of breath prompted doctors to treat him at home in Mahwah New Jersey before a planned flight to Tennessee for the Country Music Hall of Fame event marking Gibson’s 100th anniversary. The Les Paul line remains a cornerstone of Gibson with a custom edition recently selling for thirty thousand dollars. Paul rests under doctor care and is not believed to be in life threatening danger.
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Les Paul
Nashville
Mahwah
N.J
Henry
Gibson Guitars
Country Music Hall of Fame
Paul
Harold Stern
Stern
Poland and other nations guard flags with strict laws
Mike Royko muses on flag burning and compares U S laws with Poland Germany and Russia noting penalties for insulting damaging or removing national symbols and for degrading groups while joking that even dumb laws serve a purpose and suggesting the U S consider similar patriot statutes.
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Nasal Ario
Hugh Grant
England
Wham
Zap
Poland
Germany
Russia
Washington
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