Growth Dilemma Nets Private Prison Plan for Pamlico County
Pamlico County weighs industrial growth, sewer expansion, and a private prison to lift the tax base. Residents fear overdevelopment, while officials argue growth could fund schools and services without raising taxes. Community opposition centers on prison and sewer land sites near Mill Pond Road and NC 306, with debate over tax and service implications.
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Pamlico County
Marion Altman
Arapahoe
Triangle
Hardee’s
Prescott
Randy Beeman
Doug Kearney
Pamlico Chamber of Commerce
Kearney
Mill Pond Road
NC 306
Pamlico Community College
Beeman
Defense argues Adams not guilty in MP shooting case
Marine Marti testified the MPs acted according to training when confronting Pvt. Adams, who believed he faced danger. Defense firebrand Joe Gilbert urged jurors Adams did not intend to kill, noting a despondent state, broken vision, and a failed attempt to flee with glasses on the car floor. A weapon was never found and the court-martial considered the charge excessive. He urged an investigation into the MPs and the convening general.
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Marti
Erlemann
Adams
Joe Gilbert
Jacksonville
Gilbert
Pvt. Adams
Kevin Chevail
Tobacco on TV: Gingrich urged to defend tobacco industry
A May episode of Crossfire features Rep Burr defending tobacco as critics label anti smoking efforts as political correctness. Elizabeth Whelan of the American Council on Science and Health urges Republicans to disassociate from tobacco, while Phillip Morris and other industry leaders back tougher hearings on Capitol Hill. The piece notes campaign ties and industry influence in the GOP.
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North Carolina
Walter Jones Jr
Elizabeth Whelan
American Council On Science and Health
Phillip Morris
Geoffrey Bible
Capitol Hill
Thomas Bliley
R-Va
House Commerce Committee
Bliley
McEnroe Accused of Elevator Outburst by Neighbor
Eleanor Weinstein, a 61 year old Manhattan resident, told the Daily News John McEnroe grabbed her from behind and spun her around as she complained about him monopolizing the building elevator. She recalled a furious tirade and demeaning remarks. Weinstein filed a harassment report, later disputed by her lawyer and McEnroe's spokesman. Police offered no comment on the case.
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John McEnroe
Daily News
Eleanor Weinstein
McEnroe
Manhattan
Weinstein
Staro
Virginia
Miller’s Village Inn
Gahanna
Paul Cunningham
Cunningham
America
Frances
Leonardsburg
Mary Augspurger
Mary
Bennett- Brown Funeral
Ashley
Alda
Switzerland
Dorothy Scott
Edna
Mildred Jones
Marion
Isadore Birbaum
Temple
Wayne Osmond Undergoes Brain Tumor Surgery at Duke
Wayne Osmond, 43, underwent a 12 hour operation to remove a malignant brain tumor at Duke University Medical Center in Durham North Carolina. He is recovering and was walking Friday in good condition. The tumor was found after severe headaches. doctors expect a good recovery.
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Wayne Osmond
Duke University Medical Center
Durham
N.C
Osmond
Singing
Branson
Brenda Golden
Nashville
Tenn
Golden
Henry Friedman
15-year-old Summer Employee Quoted On Heat At City Hall
Craig Speed, a 15-year-old summer worker from Vanceboro, says his hobby is basketball. He comments on heat noting that one hundred degrees is too hot.
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Craig Speed
City Hall
Vanceboro
Carter campaigns in Sudan for clean drinking water
Carter tours southern Sudan pressing for extended cease-fire, health care, and water treatment to fight Guinea worm and other waterborne illnesses. Aid work by Carter Center teams aims to vaccinate children and reach Nyamini villages since March 28. He meets government and rebel leaders to prevent renewed fighting.
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Sudan
Jimmy Carter
Carter Center
Atlanta
Nyamini
Carter
Khartoum
Kilbourne Kilbourne Mothers Club Minutes Through 1994
A Kilbourne Ohio mothers’ club diary recounts fifty years of community life from 1944 to 1994. Entries describe hunger for funds, craft purchases, dinners, anniversaries, lectures, and a 25th anniversary, with member deaths and ongoing meetings led by Virginia Sheets at age 71.
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Kilbourne
Ohio
Mothers’ Club
Mildred’s
Carolyn Fleming
Carolyn
W.B. Lavery
Joe Curmode
Sheriff's Department
Gertrude Wolfinger
Bev Pittman
Ruth Jumper
Rebecca
Irma Cline
Delaware
Virginia Sheets
Bob Greene
Dole eye blinking quoted as obstacle to presidency
The reader quotes mock a presidential race with dismissive lines about Bob Dole and a past president, criticizing appearance and age. The passage contrasts political images with the idea that a candidate must project strength, while diminishing modern leadership.
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Dick Durbin
D-Ill
Crossfire
Tom Lauria
The
Tobacco Institute
Gingrich
Blankley
Council
New York City
Phillip Morris, Brown & Williamson
RJR Nabisco
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston- Salem
Bad Boy
SUN Journal
John Goodman
San Diego
Old Globe Theatre
Goodman
Dan Conner
Mount McKinley
Avon
Dennis Quaid
Meg Ryan
Paris
Kevin Kline
Slovakia
Ryan
W Magazine
Quaid
Jack
Europe
Dennis Quain
Alda’s
Lazarus Chintz Room
Sen
Bob Dole
Reagan
Freedom
SUN the Journal, Inc
Pollock St
New Bern
Norton
Hague
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