Skeels faces death penalty bid in Stokes murder case
Testimony in Onslow County court described the 1986 knife point robbery of cab driver Marilyn Kurek near Jacksonville. Prosecutors argue for the death penalty, while the defense notes impairment from drug use and taunts the jury with alternative sentencing possibilities. Family members express relief as the trial proceeds toward verdict.
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Skeels
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Jacksonville
Onslow County Superior Court
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McFadyen
Michael McGay Reeves
Ernil
Reeves
Carteret County
Stokes
Havelock
Edenton
Sam
Nancy Everett
Everett
Goldsboro
Baillie
Flooded harvests raise disaster aid questions across counties
Officials led by Hunt and Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham surveyed farms two weeks of steady rain damage. A federal disaster assessment could take until mid next week, with preliminary reports showing tobacco, vegetables, cotton and wheat hit in Bladen to Washington counties. Rain totals in Sampson reach 24 to 27 inches since June 1, delaying harvests and leaving soybeans unplanted as farmers struggle in cotton and tobacco fields.
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Jim Graham
Charles Albertson
Duplin County
Clay Johnson
Bob ‘Murphy
State Agriculture Department
Federal Consolidated Farm Service Agency
Bladen
Columbus
Cumberland
Duplin
Hoke
Pender
Robeson
Sampson
Wayne
Wilson
Martin
Johnston
Greene
Jones
Hyde
Washington
Sampson County
Losses Mount as N C Farmers Face Big Rain Damage
Craven, Jones, and Pamlico counties report heavy crop losses with tobacco and cotton hardest hit. Jones County expects 3.6 million in tobacco losses and 2.2 million in cotton. Craven preliminary figures suggest 6.75 million tobacco and 2.4 million cotton losses. Federal aid may require 35 percent damage or 80 million in losses, with assessments ongoing as rain continues. Farmers struggle to spray weeds and plant soybeans delayed past early July.
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Judy Hudgins
Farm Services Center
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Craven
Jones Counties
Dunham
Jones County
Craven County
Jim Hunt
Jones
Clay Johnson
Hunt
Johnson
Small
Obey criticizes cuts as protest against tax benefits
Obey says the cuts are a protest vote aimed at blocking a tax cut for the wealthy, calling it the leading wedge toward the rich man's tax cut. Republican lawmakers threaten a government shutdown this fall to stand firm on their seven year plan to shrink government and erase the deficit.
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Obey
Court ruling condemns using race in voting districts
Cleo Fields argues the 1994 95 term end ruling shows the court uses equal protection as a weapon against minority voters. Kennedy writes the 5 4 decision finds state lawmakers 1992 plan violates voters rights by segregating districts by race, akin to segregation in parks buses golf courses beaches and schools.
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Cleo Fields
D-La
Anthony M. Kennedy
Glamorous Lana Turner Dies at 75 in Century City Home
Lana Turner, the sweater girl turned glamor star, dies at 75 at her Century City residence with daughter Cheryl Crane by her side. Once a leading MGM figure, she earned an Oscar nomination for Peyton Place in 1957 and starred opposite top men in classics like The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Daily Variety
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Gable
John Garfield
Kirk Douglas
John
Cass Timberlane
Racy
Milton Berle
Turner’s
Lana
Hollywood
Schwab
Artie Shaw
Steve Crane
Cheryl
Crescent City Celebs Face Flighty Scandals and Bright News
SUN JOURNAL highlights resident Life at the YMCA with plans for July fourth. Hugh Grant returns to England amid scandal with Elizabeth Hurley and a Los Angeles public lewd conduct case. Paul Newman knights donors for Barretstown Camp Ireland, expanding care for ill children. Dudley Moore welcomes a son Nicholas Anthony Moore with Nicole Rothschild.
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Los Angeles
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Star of
Thompson
James Hahn
Hugh
Paul Newman
Dublin
Ireland
Newman
Kenneth Branagh
Virgin Empire
Richard Branson
Knights of the
Nicholas
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Nicholas Anthony Moore
Moore
Nicole Rothschild
Rothschild
Questioning sexism in admiration and appearance norms
Mike Royko discusses a reader question on sexism, male gaze, and admiring women in tight shorts. He cites public reactions from women like Michelle DeFalco, defends his views with examples, and questions societal standards of decorum and attraction in sports and media.
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Burbank
Ill
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