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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1994
Page
2
Aldermen voiced satisfaction with ARS pricing as trash collection costs rise to 9.70 per month per household. The plan shifts New Bern to a flat monthly rate covering weekly residential pickups and monthly cardboard recycling, with seniors paying reduced rates and city subsidizing tipping fees.
The Craven County murder case involving Youssef heats court action as attorney Frazier seeks to move the trial to federal court under an 1886 civil rights law while disputing the NC Bar and Ward and Willey face withdrawal, with Youssef facing a March 1992 homicide charge and a lengthy defense dispute.
Rodney King agrees to drop two appeals in his suit against Los Angeles. The city will pay King 3.8 million dollars in compensatory damages and will waive about 28 thousand dollars in legal costs. The accord ends three years of battles over medical bills and damages from the beating.
Jerry Lee Lewis reaches a settlement with the IRS after years of tax fights. He will fund the $560,000 payment through a forthcoming tour, a potential biography, and other ventures. Lewis has previously faced seizures of property and assets since 1977, was found innocent of tax evasion in 1984, and filed for bankruptcy in 1988.
Band leader Cab Calloway, 86, recuperating after a massive stroke in June. He checked out of a White Plains hospital Monday and is resting near his daughter's home. Spokespersons said his condition is stable as he recovers.
A Comfort Inn New Bern housekeeper Brown says she enjoys outdoors and planting flowers and argues that government should not control smoking cessation, while noting personal choice in deciding to quit smoking amidst calls for research and tobacco tax debate.
Mike Love sues Brian Wilson over a promised share of a $10 million settlement with A&M Records after a computer diary claim fails to surface. A Los Angeles judge orders Wilson to pay, while Steve Earle faces misdemeanor drug possession charges in Nashville tied to a 1993 incident. bail posted by his wife.
A California judge ruled that Shannen Doherty’s ex landlord can sue for breach of contract but not for bad faith due to lack of a special relationship. Mark Nishimura seeks 136,300 for damages including a 9,769 sofa, 260 ottoman, and 4,790 alarm system after evicting the actress from a furnished Beverly Hills apartment.
Chicago columnist Mike Royko argues for moving Simpson’s trial to a foreign country or, more plausibly, to a bench trial with a single judge. He notes biases in media and jurors, cites legality doubts, and favors a judge trained in law to ignore sensationalism, concluding he did not call the hotline.
U S forces delivered 96 000 quarts per day of purified water near Goma, far below the 5 million daily minimum cited by the United Nations for about 1 million people. Brig Gen Jack Nix stressed clean water as the top priority as aid begins.
Prakow, a Canadian nurse with CONCERN, works 18 hour days at Mugunga camp hospital near Goma amid Mozambique and Rwanda refugee crises. She treats 150 patients daily, organizes patients in tents, and shifts between civilian and military patients while living in a crowded, sleep-deprived condition. Six soldiers died in one hour as she labors under brutal conditions.
Readers are asked if Carolina Bays were caused by an ancient meteor shower. Vote by calling 638-3579 for yes or 638-6552 for no. A separate poll asks if ending federal tobacco research funding would hurt North Carolina’s economy, with a respondent noting taxes from tobacco as a counterpoint.
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