World Leaders Rally Against Poverty at Copenhagen Summit
At the U N gathering in Copenhagen 120 leaders spoke against poverty and unemployment urging action though few concrete commitments emerged. Mandalas Mandela and others hailed the summit as a step, while critics warned the final document offered vague goals and relied on more aid and self help.
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United States
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Mandela
Helmut Kohl
Havelock backs effort to keep Cherry Point jets
North Carolina plans a public push to keep the 160 Navy F A 18 jets and related personnel at Cherry Point Marine Air Station. Governor Hunt to hire a Washington consultant to lead a BRAC campaign while a Havelock committee orders a local coordinator. The push cites a $150 million annual payroll and up to 12000 new residents as stakes in the 1993 BRAC decision.
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Virginia
Defense
William Perry
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Washington, D.C
Havelock
Coordi
Hunt
U.S
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
District Court Judge Rond Alter? Community service row.
District Court Judge Hartin Rountree of Greenville issues a 100 hour community service sentence to Chris Wright, now 17, for past grand theft auto, with residents voicing mixed opinions on the program’s effectiveness as officials note decades of hours served and stories of skill building.
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Hartin Rountree
Greenville
New Bern
Chris Wright
American Refuse Systems
James City
Wright
Lee Lumpkin
District 3B
Clarks
Pat Battle
State scrubs plan for Pierce rest homes prison site
Craven County and New Bern dropped as host locations for a state substance abuse prison project tied to 175 inmates. Pierce, a major donor to Gov. Hunt, owned 34 rest homes in Winston-Salem and New Bern and faced ethics concerns and zoning issues. Correction Secretary Freeman canceled the contracts amid probe into a high ranking official's conflict of interest.
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New Bern
Craven County
Winston-Salem
Pierce
Jim Hunt
Oaks Road
Ken Bumgartner
River Bend
Correction
Franklin
Freeman
Darrell Taylor
Taylor
The
Six Missing After I-5 Bridge Collapse Amid California Storms
Search teams flew over flood swollen creeks in central California for six people missing after a bridge collapsed and cars plunged into the waters. One body was spotted before searches were abandoned due to heavy rain. The 100 foot I-5 section sank near Coalinga, closing a 200 mile stretch of the main artery through farm country. Evacuations continued in Monterey County as rivers flooded, leaving thousands homeless and eight dead overall. Police described drivers attempting to warn others as cars plunged into the river. a body was seen downstream, but conditions halted ground efforts. A patrol plane and helicopter used the closed freeway as a landing strip to survey the area.
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California
Monterey County
Salinas
Carmel
Coalinga
Fresno
California Highway Patrol
Dave Sigler
Scott Davis
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