Gas prices rise across eastern North Carolina as summer travel begins
Gas stations in eastern North Carolina report steady price hikes with unleaded around 1.13 to 1.23 dollars per gallon and many stations citing competition and rising oil costs. Spokespeople attribute the increases to OPEC production cuts, higher demand, a weak dollar, and summer travel.
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Donna Emmary
Buck Wooten
New Bern
Servce Station
US 70
Servce
Neuse Boulevard
North Carolina
Wooten
Shell
US 70 East
Duval
Oriental
Dixon
Vanceboro
Forrest
Curtis King
US 70 West
Emmary
OPEC
D.J. Williams
Jenkins Gas
Pollocksville
Williams
Chamber mulls selling building to fund convention center
Hicks argues selling the chamber building could free county funds from a tax on the convention center. He notes insufficient money to buy the chamber property and build it separately, while urging focus on using other funds for development. House Bill 706 to raise Craven County occupancy tax sits in finance committee.
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Chamber
Hicks
Convention Center
Craven County
House Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Heilig-Levine
Front lines seesaw in Bosnian fighting
In northern Bosnia Serb forces clash with Bosnian Croats around the Posavina corridor and Orasje region as heavy shelling and ground fighting intensify. The siege of Sarajevo tightens with skirmishes near Dobrinja and Mount Igman road while U N officials warn food stocks in the capital shrink and aid flights remain suspended.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Bosnia
U.N
Orasje
Gary Coward
Vidovice
Brcko
SRNA
Posavina
Maj
Guy Vinet
Dobrinja
Mount Igman Road
Kris Janowski
U.S
Police seek warrants for cult leader in Tokyo subway attack
After eight weeks of inquiry police seek murder warrants for Shoko Asahara founder of Aum Shinrikyo and about 20 followers over the March 20 sarin gas attack in Tokyo's subways. The raid killed 12 people and sickened 5500 as authorities tighten security amid fears of retaliation.
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Kamikaishiki
Japan
Tokyo
Aum
Shinji Kyo
Shoko Asahara
Evers Williams pledges renewal as NAACP leader
Myrlie Evers Williams took the helm of the NAACP at a Washington ceremony in a bid to restore the organization as a political force. She pledged to rebuild, reach out to younger blacks, and fight inner city drugs while uniting across color and class lines. Her late husband Medgar Evers’s spirit was cited as guiding her.
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Myrlie Evers-Williams
NAACP
Evers- Williams
Washington
AME Church
Evers-Williams
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jesse Jackson
Colin Powell
Coretta King
Martin Luther King Jr
Medgar Evers
Mississippi
Eikenberry urges women to get breast cancer screening
Actress Jill Eikenberry told over 600 people at a luncheon for a New Mexico breast cancer fund that denial keeps women from getting checked. She and her husband Michael Tucker spoke after she revealed a mid 1980s diagnosis, stressing facing the disease together.
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Jill Eikenberry
New Mexico
Eikenberry
New Bern Addresses Downtown Parking Violations
Gibbs, a New Bern resident, enjoys videos in spare time as the city enforces new downtown parking rules. Officials propose a minimum one hour limit to park on downtown streets. The NBC series L.A. Law notes breakthroughs in recognizing isolation. Eikenberry emphasizes that learning you are not alone can change your life.
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Gibbs
New Bern
Eikenberry
Washington comments on submarine role and isolation
Denzel Washington discusses the demanding role of an executive officer aboard a nuclear submarine in Crims on Tide. He describes 70 to 80 days of artificial light and air, constant darkness, and disconnection from family as the character contends with the unknown fate at sea.
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Denzel Washington
Washington
Fred Rogers addresses 5000 graduates at West Virginia University
Fred Rogers, 60, stepped from his TV neighborhood to share gentle wisdom with 5000 graduates in Morgantown. He received an honorary doctorate and admitted his wishes to become a vet, pianist, or pilot never came true, noting the difference between wishing and realizing.
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Fred Rogers
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Rogers
Liddy defends stick figure Clinton target practice
G Gordon Liddy told a Spokane audience he was joking when he drew Bill and Hillary stick figures on paper and shot at them, saying the act was not an intent to harm the president but a playful moment.
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G. Gordon Liddy
Clinton
Spokane
Wash
Bill
Hillary
Haitian journalists complain of snubs by Julia Roberts
Journalists covering Julia Roberts in Haiti, the UNICEF goodwill ambassador, report snubs at a news conference with President Aristide and a cocktail party. Public affairs officials apologized as Roberts cited being shy and inexperienced in her new role.
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Julia Roberts
Haiti
Roberts
Unicef
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Royko apology lampoons scapegoating in Oklahoma bombing
Mike Royko reflects on a column blaming Middle East terrorists for the Oklahoma bombing and defends his correction after investigators pointed to homegrown culprits. He satirically targets Norwegians and Swiss as alternate guilty parties while acknowledging public reaction and his misstep.
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London
America
Sven Svenson
Oslo
McDonald’s
Ollie Olson
Ollie Olsonson
Norway
Norwe
Salmon Roorson
Yahn Yahnson
Wisconsin
Marine Barracks
Oklahoma
Mike Royko
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