New Bern Officials Weigh County Convention Center Plan
Craven County and New Bern officials consider a county funded convention center with a 1 to 3 percent occupancy tax increase. Hotel interests clash on tax size while urging careful site selection and feasibility studies before committing funds or zoning actions.
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General Assembly
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R-Craven
Gary Bleau
Craven County Board of Commissioners
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Bleau
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Hospitality Association
Harold Blizzard
The
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Gary Johnson
Sheraton Grand
Democrats Tighten Grip on 1996 Convention Plans
Democratic leaders say the 1996 Chicago convention will be tightly scripted to renominate President Clinton. Don Fowler and Debra DeLee stress focus on Clinton’s re election, avoiding intra party challenges while using the event as civic education and activist motivation. The piece compares 1992 and 1968 conventions as cautionary benchmarks.
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Debra DeLee
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Larry Sabato
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White House
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Canadian net-cutting boat heads to Spanish trawlers
Ottawa warns it may arrest or use warp-cutters to stop 12 Spanish turbot trawlers after failed talks with the EU. Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin says conservation rules are opposed by Spain and notes continued fishing near Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Brussels talks continue without a deal.
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Fisheries
Brian Tobin
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Spain
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British Columbia
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Belgium
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Newfoundland
McCartney and Ono Reconcile After Long Rift
The Sunday Times reports decades of hostility between Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono have ended. Ono, widow of John Lennon, visited McCartney's England studio with her son Sean Lennon and spent a weekend with the McCartney family, ending years of tension sparked by Ono's 1969 marriage to Lennon.
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