Public hearing set as city fires plant worker for insubordination
Probe ties and allegedly lying about doing 80. Polizzi plans to air concerns at a 3 p.m. Monday City Hall hearing. Muse, in his termination memo, cites insubordination for revealing untreated sludge details to the DEM and the city’s hauler. City Manager Hartman says the firing stemmed from violating an order not to discuss plant operations with outsiders and for lying about it.
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Muse
Dem
Bill Hartman
Polizzi
Hartman
John Thorne
Thorne
Clayton
Raleigh
Leigh Honeycutt
County discharges wastewater to Brices Creek amid heavy rains
Rainstorms force county to release treated wastewater into Brices Creek to protect dikes after lagoon levels rise. DEM officials advised action without explicit authorization. February discharge and potential fines under review. County expands plants and borrows land for land application to end moratorium.
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Hayes
al Hodge
DEM
Washington, N.C
Hodge
Reuter
Gary Bleau
Brices Creek
Neuse River
Croatan National Forest
Bleau
North Carolina judges to speed up long pending murder cases
District officials plan to assign senior resident judges to review backlogged criminal cases, especially capital murder, with Mitchell indicating potential terms of court if needed. DA McFadyen called the move outstanding as Craven County, Craven 60 percent, and District 3B face 1,200 pending cases, many in Craven. Archie Defronso Nolan, 34, faces a second murder trial for the death of Dog Ray Rhue Jr. in January 1994 after a drawn out legal battle and multiple appointed lawyers, with the case lingering over a year.
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W. David McFadyen Jr
Craven
Carteret
Pamlico
Craven County
Jones County
Bill Andrews
McFadyen
North Carolina
Criminal Superior Court
Strange bedfellows Strom gets award from Urban League
Strom Thurmond the longtime segregationist accepted an Urban League honor in Washington for mentoring Armstrong Williams and forging cross race ties. Thurmond urged equality and acknowledged personal change while defending his past.
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Strange Bedfellows
Strom
Urban League
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Washington, D.C
Greater Washington
Pamlico County Center Seen as Benefit to Oriental Resident
Oriental resident Oriental Woodard recalls attending films at the town Old Theater and says the upcoming Pamlico County Civic and Cultural Center will be a positive addition. He looks forward to its opening and the new cultural opportunities for Oriental.
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Woodard
Oriental
Pamlico County
Awards tally highlights Hoop Dreams and Forrest Gump
The awards committee gave Hoop Dreams a special recognition though it missed Oscar nods for best documentary or best picture. Forrest Gump won best picture from the Producers Guild while ER was named best series. Evangelist Tony Alamo faces a large tax debt with an IRS auction in Fort Smith Arkansas offering jackets and gear from his followers to reduce a debt of about 1 million. Alamo filed for bankruptcy in 1992 and received a six year prison sentence in Tennessee for tax evasion.
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Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild
Tony Alamo
Internal Revenue Service
Fort Smith
Ark
Alamo
Tennessee
Gabriel says technology aids writing but lacks sex appeal
Peter Gabriel lauds technology for music creation while noting it changes workflow. He recalls using a programmable drum machine and explains limits in romance, joking that appealing presentation outweighs storage rigs. He recently released a CD ROM and is developing an interactive title.
Clinton praises Louganis for AIDS honesty on public education
President Clinton met with diver Greg Louganis and praised his candid disclosure of AIDS. He called it important work to educate the public about the disease and urged continued openness. The Dove Awards host lineup includes Steven Curtis Chapman and partners Gary Chapman Twila Paris and CeCe Winans. The ceremony airs April 27 from Nashville, on The Family Channel.
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Clinton
Louganis
Steven Curtis Chapman
Chapman
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Gary Chapman
Twila Paris
CeCe Winans
Gospel Music Association
Family Channel
Justices attack dissents in Richard child custody ruling
Bob Greene notes the Illinois Supreme Court majority criticized Justice McMorrow's 38 page dissent on the Richard case. The piece highlights claims that the ruling lacked sufficient facts and violated Illinois law and constitutional protections for the child known as Baby Richard.
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Richard
James D. Heiple
Michael Bilandic
Charles Freeman
John Nickels
Moses Harrison II
Mary Ann G. McMorrow
Justice McMorrow
Ben Miller
McMorrow
Baby Richard
Illinois
Atlantic City
Illinois Court
Supreme Court
Springfield
Ill
Bob Greene
Debate over replacing food tax with new tax plan
The piece raises a question on dropping the state sales tax on food with a caller asking support at 638-3579 for yes. It also questions New Bern’s growth with calls for more construction on Clarendon Boulevard, insisting frontage roads and a bypass are needed now.
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Clarendon Boulevard
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