Clinton tours Haiti amid praise and probe of Aristide
President Clinton visits Haiti to tout the mission that restored Aristide’s government and to thank U S troops for moving the nation from fear to freedom. The trip follows allegations of involvement by Aristide’s administration in a political assassination this week and signals a UN handover of peacekeeping duties. Clinton’s nine hour stop included a morale boost at Warrior Base Haiti and a reminder that U S forces will be halved to about 2400 as operations transition.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
U.S
Haiti
Aristide
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Warrior Base
Eric Roble
Jacksonville
Fla
Dave Barry on contract with America Life and Final Four
Dave Barry surveys political and sporting minutiae in a Sunday column. He muses on contract talk with America Life and the reduction of the Final Four to a final two, offering wry commentary and observations.
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Dave Barry
America
Life
Man pleads guilty in fire linked to Croatan blaze
David Edward Hamann 27 pleaded guilty in federal court to arson of a motor vehicle engaged in interstate commerce over a 1992 Isuzu truck set aflame in Croatan National Forest last spring. He sought an insurance settlement and involved Camp Lejeune Marines. The fire caused 24 600 acres burned, $2.5 million in damage, and $5 million to extinguish. Hamann faces up to 10 years and a $250 000 fine. He is among four Marines charged. three others await trial.
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Croatan National Forest
David Edward Hamann
Hamann
Kellan
Camp Lejeune
Samuel Edward Perry
Lance Cpl
Darrin York Hackett
Jack Melvin Knouse Jr
Spe
Cial
Knouse
Perry
Marine Corps
Hackett
2Nd Marine Division
Nichols bill to compensate landowners for regulatory value losses
A North Carolina House committee sponsor Rep. John Nichols of New Bern proposes payments to landowners when regulations reduce land value. The bill targets state and local ordinances, including zoning and marsh-drainage controls, with 66 co-sponsors, facing uncertain Senate fate and strong opposition citing overbreadth and impact on environmental laws.
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John Nichols
New Bern
GOP
Congress
Nichols
Senate
Environment Committee
Derb Carter
Southern Environmental Law Center
Chapel Hill
Transpark lures chief from Va to North Carolina
Thompson Tom Greenwood, Raleigh native and Virginia’s longtime marketing manager since 1987, was unanimously chosen by the Global Transpark Commission as executive director. He will start June 6 at the Kinston jetport site, earning 80 000 dollars annually plus benefits, to build a cohesive regional development plan for the 13 county zone.
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Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Global Transpark Commission
Raleigh
Thompson
Tom” Greenwood
Greenwood
Transpark
Kinston
Commission
Marvin Raines
New Bern
Tom Bayliss
Midlothian
Jetport
Global Transpark Foundation
Carl Grant
Rutgers University
New Jersey
University of Cincinnati
University of Oklahoma
Raines
Pentagon gay policy battle reaches federal court ruling
U S District Judge Eugene Nickerson ruled the don t ask don t tell policy unconstitutional and barred discharges of six gay service members in New York The decision labeled the policy Orwellian and cited its uneven enforcement while administration officials plan to appeal Opponents call the policy inconsistent with many commanders varying in stance and effect A Lambda Legal official argues openly serving gays strengthen defense despite political vows by President Clinton.
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Eugene Nickerson
Pentagon
Nickerson
New York
Defense Department
Kenneth Bacon
Robin Kane
National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Washington
Beatrice Dohrn
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Clinton
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