Defense proposals advance in Congress on HIV and abortion bans
Substantive defense measures move through Congress with budget figures. Proposals include discharge of active duty personnel who test positive for HIV, reestablished abortion ban in military hospitals, and granting expeditionary medals for service in El Salvador. Republicans frame actions as moral defense, Democrats promise floor fight. Senate debate centers on broader spending alongside Clinton defense cuts.
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el Salvador
Duncan Hunter
Calif
House
National Security Committee
Rosa DeLauro
D-Conn
Senate
Senate Services Committee
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate Budget Committee
Clinton
Local Businesses Aid Demobilized Citizens in Sunday Feature
A Sunday feature highlights how local businesses support displaced residents after a disaster. The piece blends community resilience with profiles of workers, volunteers, and small firms adapting to post event needs across the city.
Crash Kills Two Jones County Men in Fiery US 258 Collision
Two Jones County men died early Thursday when a westbound pickup crossed five lanes and struck a delivery van on the US 258 shoulder near Jacksonville. Michael Blizzard 27 of Comfort and Joseph Storer 28 of Trenton died on impact. Kenneth Williams escaped injuries. blood tests pending. Storer recently moved from the Washington DC area to North Carolina.
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Jones County
Michael Lynn Blizzard
Comfort
Joseph Darwin Storer
Trenton
Jacksonville
NC 111
State Highway Patrol
Kenneth Ray Williams
Wilmington Morning Star
Ing
US 258
Randy Hammonds
Williams
Onslow Memorial Hospital
Hammonds
Wendy Robinson
Storer
North Carolina
Washington, D.C
Jones forecasts half of Hornets for Cherry Point base
U S Representative Walter Jones Jr says BRAC deliberations may award Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station half of 160 F A 18 Hornets. He voiced optimism on WTKS 107.3 FM noting staff discussions with BRAC agents but cautioned no formal BRAC recommendation exists and will be clarified in June ahead of Clinton’s July 1 BRAC report.
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U.S
Walter Jones Jr
R-N.c
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Jeremy House
WTKS
BRAC
Jones
House
Navy
Cecil Field
Fla
Cherry Point
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Pentagon
Chuck Pizer
Washington
Hog farmers seek cooperative as survival tool
More than 100 pork chops grilled drew area hog producers to the Craven County Cooperative Extension Service as Laurie Sun reports. Eastern North Carolina farmers gathered in small groups to share country cooking and discuss strength in numbers as a plan for survival.
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Craven County Cooperative Extension Service
North Carolina
Farmers rally to join Eastern Foods cooperative drive
W.G. Simmons notes small hog farmers struggle against larger producers like Murphy Farms Carrolls and Cargills. Eastern Foods formed in February to help adapt to corporate markets. Thursday's meeting attracted about 70 farmers eager to learn why a cooperative can help, with cars lining the venue.
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Carroll's
Cargills
W.G. Simmons
Trenton
Eastern Foods
City dismisses wastewater plant manager in New Bern
New Bern fires wastewater treatment plant manager John Thorne, a former Clayton supervisor, while interim head Bill Yates runs the plant. The move follows months of equipment and personnel troubles including a 5000 gallon sludge overflow and a fired employee who later sued over reinstatement and conditions.
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New Bern
John Thorne
Thorne
Clayton
William Coward
Bill Yates
Don Reuter
Division of Environmental
DEM
Reuter
Donna Polizzi
Budget Senate Hums Toward Balanced Plan Amid Polarized Debate
Senate moves to back a GOP budget aimed at cutting deficits by 2002 with a plan to shrink government. Majority Leader Bob Dole said the Senate will join the House, pursuing about a $1 trillion seven year cut to create a surplus. Daschle vows protections for Medicare and education while proposing offsets.
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Senate
House
Dole
Kan
America
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Gripe
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Clinton
White House
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Debates Tax Cuts Amid Beltway Spending Fight
The vote totals show 238 to 193 supporting a tax break package worth 350 billion for families corporations and investors. Senators consider a separate 961 billion measure to cut more than 100 programs with no tax reductions and is likely to pass.
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