Parker County Commissioner Faces Bond Hearing and Agenda Debate
Craven County officials debate meeting rules as Parker faces a federal bond hearing in Elizabeth City. Parker risks revocation for allegedly violating bond terms by remaining in office. Supporters urge vacancy. opponents accuse him of seeking attention and eroding public trust.
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Institute On Government
Chapel Hill
Bell
Parker
Elizabeth City
U.S
Douglas McCullough
Whitted
Bleau
Phillips
Buzzy Stubbs
Tyson
Craven County
Crops Face Flood Damage Near Neuse River
Farmers describe tobacco drought damage with drowned and flopped leaves and rain washing gum from crops. Corn damage uncertain but water later could rise in area. six inches of rain near Smithfield may back flood water into fields. Insurance agent J W McLawhorn to survey damage. full assessment expected mid next week. damage anticipated to be extensive once in fields.
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Dunham
Heath
Neuse
Smithfield
J.W. McLawhorn
Tobacco farming shifts in Craven area amid rising acreages
Craven County 1995 tobacco data show 5 131.66 acres on 480 farms with 10 818 594 pounds, up from 1994 4 422
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Sanderson
Consolidated Farm Service Agency
Craven County
Tyndall
Spring Garden
Jones
Pamlico
Pamlico County
Jones County
John Walston
Craven County Committee of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Williams
New Republican leaders take trips at industry expense
New GOP leaders in Congress face scrutiny as annual disclosures reveal multiple trips financed by industry groups. Orrin Hatch spoke in Los Angeles for MCA Corp and traveled to London for Huntsman Chemical, with other trips funded by Glaxo and Upjohn. House members Dan Schaefer and Bill Goodling, Pat Roberts and others traveled with or for industry groups, raising questions about outside influence as rulemaking on telecommunications, education, farming and more unfolds.
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Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Orrin Hatch
Los Angeles
MCA Corp
MCA
Hatch
R-Utah
London
Salt Lake City
Bill Goodling
R-Pa
New Orleans
Louisville
Mother Teresa draws 14,000 to Charlotte Coliseum
Mother Teresa spoke to about 14 000 people in Charlotte as she opened a convent in the Cherry neighborhood and urged prayers for the world’s poor. Debo rah Dorland from Chapel Hill and Elizabeth Richard of Charlotte described personal touches as the nun from Calcutta greeted attendees. Vice President Al Gore announced a national effort to reinvolve men with their children.
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Mother Teresa
Charlotte Coliseum
Elizabeth Richard
Calcutta
Deborah Dorland
Dorland
Chapel Hill
Richard
Coliseum
Charlotte
William Carlin
Jesus
America
Missionaries of Charity
Cherry
al Gore
Fatherless Homes and Affirmative Action Debate Spark Local Meeting
Upstate New York resident Kiernan voices concern over the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, saying it may hinder progress for minority empowerment. The Father to Father initiative aims to unite agencies to strengthen father support, stressing the impact of fathers on children’s success. Baltimore’s Annie E Casey Foundation notes fatherless children face higher poverty and destitution risk.
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Kiernan
Upstate
New York
The
Supreme Court
Gore
Ralph R. Smith
Baltimore
Annie ‘ Casey
Graham told to rest as doctors urge respite for Graham
The Rev Billy Graham, 76, collapsed in Toronto and doctors at East General Hospital urged a prolonged rest up to three months to recover from age related illnesses. The world famed evangelist is advised to take a long holiday to return to preaching.
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Billy Graham
Michael Bentley- Taylor
Toronto
East General Hospital
Graham
Little Man Fishes for Michael Royko Autograph
A father on a golf course stakeout to get a signature from Michael Royko for his eight year old son. The Great One offers a brief nod and a kind smile as the boy receives a legible token of the moment. Royko’s syndicated column appears on this page Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Chicago Bulls
Bulls
North Carolina
Michael
Mike Royko
Downtown New Bern building boom prompts poll
Readers weigh in on downtown New Bern development. Call 638-3579 for yes and 638-6552 for no to vote on the A3 poll about the spate of building.
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New Bern
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