Byrd Pushes Financial Disclosures for Press Members
Washington lawmakers debate press disclosure as privacy issue not free speech. Sen Robert Byrd would require Senate accredited reporters to annually disclose primary employers and any outside income sources. The move highlights ethics concerns over reporters accepting speaking fees from groups they cover, though practical impact remains limited.
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Congress
Washington Press Corps
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
ABC
Sam Donaldson
Byrd
Washington
George Will
Carl Rowan
Delinking with China blamed as failed policy fuels tension
The piece argues U.S. policy on China under Clinton worsened ties by linking trade and human rights. It claims Beijing tests U.S. resolve, detains Americans, and tightens Tibet pressure while Washington lacks a strong ambassador. It notes China exports over 40 billion to the U.S. versus 10 billion in the other direction, suggesting leverage.
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China
America
Clinton
Cina
Deng Xiaoping
U.S
Taiwan
Lee Teng-hui
State Department
Li Peng
Cornell
Harry Wu
Iran
Pakistan
Tibet
United States
Beijing
Tennessee
Jim Sasser
Clinton’s Shaky Stand On Affirmative Action Explored
Paul Greenberg argues that Bill Clinton’s shift on affirmative action preserves the principle of discrimination in practice by favoring outcomes over individual merit. The piece critiques terms like flexible goals, notes past Senator Humphrey’s ideal of equal opportunity, and condemns quotas as a hidden form of bias. It concludes that Clinton dodges the core principle, aligning with interest groups while undermining genuine equality.
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Bill Clinton
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Clinton
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Carter
Henry Woods
Paul Robeson
Thomas Lowell
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Barbara Jordan
Supreme Court
Bosnia
Deflating a political balloon in North Carolina Senate
Raleigh reports the state Senate clashes over the Taxpayer Protection Act with Republicans arguing it trims spending less than their version while Democrats contend growth would slow without harming schools or prisons. Sen Gulley denounces both as sham measures and notes the act is not binding on future assemblies. Paul O Connor, Capitol Press Association columnist.
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Raleigh
Senate
Gulley
Durham
General Assembly
House
Paul O'Connor
Capitol Press Association
Political Labels Don’t Tell Story in Forum Letter
Spencer P. Mehl of New Bern critiques Paul Field and Walter Williams for partisan misstatements. He urges focusing on issues over parties, warns against divide and conquer tactics, and calls readers to consider all sides via radio, TV, and informed voting. Local concerns include crime education health care rivers tourism sewage moratoriums fishermen ecology.
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Paul Field
Sun Journal
Walter Williams
Field
Williams
Fields
Bill Harper
Spencer P. Mehl
New Bern
Behavior still key to contracting AIDS
A reader responds to Vir ginia Shaw with CDC figures through December 1994, stating 85 percent of AIDS cases stem from voluntary activities, 7 percent from heterosexual contact, 1 percent from hemophiliacs, and 2 percent from transfusions, urging an end to the lifestyle to solve the problem.
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Virginia Shaw
Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Helms
Neighbors Praise Tom Flanagan Cleanups in Craven County
Dot Guest of Havelock commends Tom Flanagan his wife and two sons for four years of roadside litter cleanup along Belangia Road and Adams Creek Road from Long Creek to Belangia. She notes the positive impact and urges litterers to consider the curb appeal they spoil and offers thanks.
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Tom Flanagans
Great Neck Point
Adams Creek Way
Craven County
Flanagan
Belangia Road
Adams Creek Road
Long Creek
Bela
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