Violence rises in Haiti as mob justice eclipses police
Reporters note summary executions become daily in Port au Prince amid crime surge after Aristide return. U N mission logs 52 killings in March and 20 in early April as clinics are robbed and storefronts looted. Vigilante groups replace weak police, with 45 of 52 March killings mob driven and renewed after Easter. Inflation, malnutrition, and unemployment heighten fear.
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Haiti
le Nouvelliste
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
U.N
Port-au-Prince
VE Day memories sought by Sun Journal readers
The Sun Journal invites veterans and home front residents to share their VE Day reflections marking the war’s end. Readers should write VE Day at Sun Journal P.O. Box 1149 New Bern NC 28563 or fax 638 4664 with name and phone number by Friday.
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Europe
The
Sun Journal
P.O. Box
New Bern
N.C
Allies push display of ribbons for Cherry Point jets
Allies urge locals to show support as 160 Navy F A 18 Hornets may relocate to Cherry Point MCAS, part of BRAC 95 hearings in Baltimore. Economic impact skews to Craven County with about 11 000 new homes and 25 000 new residents if jets arrive, plus $150 million payroll.
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Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Allies
North Carolina
Virginia
Baltimore
Craven County
Virginia Beach
Pentagon
Tom Thompson
Economic Development Commission
BRAC
Tidewater
Thompson
Norfolk
Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
Nadep
Raleigh
BRAC #95 commission
Tri
Craven Kills Minority Representation Resolution
Craven County commissioners deadlocked 3-3, killing a plan to expand the Craven Regional Medical Center board to add two minority seats. The tied vote ended efforts by the black community to restore a minority voice after ousters left one black member among six Democrats.
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Board of Craven Regional Medical Center
Craven County
Board of Commissioners
Chuck Tyson
North Carolina Railroad Board
Sun Journal names new advertising director Dennis Frazier
Dennis A. Frazier has joined the Sun Journal as advertising director, announcing plans to lead a staff of about 20 including six outside sales reps. A North Carolina native with longtime Nash County ties, he comes from the Rocky Mount Telegram as major accounts manager and promotions coordinator and aims to bring passion and new sales tactics to the paper.
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Dennis A. Frazier
The
Sun Journal
John R. Graham
North Carolina
Frazier
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Nash County
Gettysburg
Representa
Rocky Mount Telegram
Two men arrested in Oklahoma City bombing case
Gary Land and Robert Jacks were taken into custody in Carthage Missouri on material witness warrants tied to the Oklahoma City bombing. A white Arizona registered Thunderbird led to the arrest after a motel sighting near Eel Lake. The pair had ties to Kingman Arizona and Vinita Oklahoma, with the motive of victim search and debris clearance ongoing at the Murrah Building site.
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Oklahoma City
Carthage
Gary Allen Land
Robert Jacks
FBI
Dan Vogel
Arizona
Eel Lake
Highway Patrol
Archie Dunn
Dunn
Land and Jacks
Kingman
Ariz
Timothy McVeigh
Vinita
Okla
Jacks
New York Times
Washington Post
Perry
McVeigh
Vinita Motel
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Jon Hansen
Hansen
John Doe 2
Weldon Kennedy
John Doe
Junction City
Kan
False alarm: Police stop man in mistaken identity case
Police halted a man after a brief stop that concluded he was not involved in the case under investigation. No charges were filed as the incident ended without further action.
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