Oceana base faces 1993 BRAC pressure amid planes near homes
Residents clash over a $24 million plan to move schools and keep Oceana Air Station’s future alive. Supporters cite economic gains from Navy jobs while opponents fear noise and property devaluation as BRAC plans center on F-14 and A-6 reductions.
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Oceana
Bob Freeham
Cherry Point
Margaret Rodgers
Rodgers
Virginia Beach
Seatack Subdivision
Ray
Parker Jr
Patricia Barfield
BRAC
Navy
Beach Borough
Ann Coltrain
Coltrain
Linkhorn Park
Henrietta Black
Rowe
Oceana Air Base Faces BRAC 95 Decisions
Allies study incentives to keep Oceana as a master jet base amid BRAC hearings. Pickett likely to testify as Cherry Point supporters push for the base, which is the city’s largest employer with a 1994 payroll of 350 million. regional planning, air quality ties, and nearby Fentress Air Field influence the site’s future.
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Oceana
Pickett
Cherry Point
Rowe
Mississippi
Fentress
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pledge Belief Sparks North Carolina Classroom Debate
71 year old Pledge Bem comments on the pledge while Bryan and Judy Paramore back a bill mandating daily allegiance recitation in North Carolina schools. Legislators say it will restore order and respect though enforcement remains unclear. Rep John Nichols supports the measure and Sen Beverly Perdue urges daily recitation with silent respect for opting out.
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Bem
Bryan
Judy Paramore
North Carolina
John Nichols
R-Craven
House
Beverly Perdue
D-Craven
Pledge of Allegiance Debate Moves Toward Clarification
Debrah Ross of the ACLU of North Carolina notes the 1943 West Virginia case supports quiet refusal rights. The House Education Committee is asked to rewrite the bill, later reassigned to an ad hoc panel, to allow opting out without punishment, with Craven Pamlico and Jones counties already allowing teacher discretion and Craven's board to decide on regulation or recommendation.
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American Civil Liberties Union of
North Carolina
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Supreme Court
West Virginia
ACLU
House Education Committee
Craven
Pamlico
Jones Counties
Craven County
R E M drummer Berry undergoes brain surgery
R E M drummer Bill Berry is recovering after surgery to stem brain bleeding in Lausanne Switzerland. The band says a world tour is on hold while Berry, 36, recovers from two aneurysm repairs.
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Bill Berry
Bertis Downs
Associated Press
Lausanne
Switzerland
Berry
University Hospital Center of
Vaud
Paris
Berlin
Helsinki
Scandinavia
Britain
Downs
University of Georgia
le Matin
Michael Stipe
Dole challenges Gingrich on new ideas in NYT Magazine
Senate leader Bob Dole questions the Gingrich vision, saying ideas may be plentiful but few are good. He jokes about Gingrich’s staff stockpiling “Newt’s ideas” in five file cabinets, with a tiny one labeled “Newt’s Good Ideas.”
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Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich
Dole
New York
Times Magazine
Senate
Party of Ideas
Newt
New Bern resident Cheatham calls for traffic light coordination on US 17
Sun Journal quotes Sun Journal reader Cheatham, a New Bern resident who enjoys martial arts and exercising with his doberman. He urges better traffic flow on US 17 by coordinating the stoplights, describing current timing as terrible.
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Cheatham
New Bern
Pot de Caponnin
Sun Jornal
Sun Journal
P.O. Box
N.C
Actress Christine Taylor Emulates Marcia Brady in Movie
Christine Taylor, 23, stars as the eldest Brady daughter in The Brady Bunch Movie and says she grew up hearing she resembled Marcia Brady. She studied Maureen McCormick’s TV portrayal, noting the hair flip as a key signature. Jim Hanks, brother of Tom Hanks, seeks his own breakout as he doubles for Tom in projects.
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Christine Taylor
Marcia Brady
Taylor
Maureen McCormick
People Magazine
Hanks doubles and Williams face baseball strike and stroke
Jim Hanks discusses publicity from sharing resemblance with Tom Hanks and a role in Tuba City Blues as Ted Williams comments on baseball’s strike. Williams, recovering from his third stroke in Florida, plans rehab and fishing trips to enjoy the countryside.
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Forrest Gump
America
Tom
Gump
Hanks
Jim
Buford
Tuba City
Ted Williams
Florida
Boston Red Sox
Williams
Nancy Reagan Discusses Ronald Reagan Health Struggles
Nancy Reagan spoke on CNN about husband Ronald Reagan’s early Alzheimer's diagnosis. She described him as fine at times but noted the disease is hard on loved ones and reflected on the costs of caring for him.
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Washington
CNN
Larry King
Nancy Reagan
King
Ohio men issue unauthorized mushroom cloud stamp fuels row
Two central Ohio men produced and sold nonofficial stamps depicting a mushroom cloud over Japan to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They argue the stamps honor history, not celebrate war, and have sold about 32,000 stamps with a goal of 1 million by August.
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Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U.S. Postal Service
Ohio
Gerry Newhouse
Ron Kaplan
U.S
Newhouse
U.S.A
Kaplan
Bob Greene
River Bend weighs recall power for officials
Voters in River Bend consider empowering recall of elected officials with options for yes or no by calling local numbers. The discussion ties to a broader question on government balance and budget concerns amid constitutional amendment defeats.
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River Bend
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