Local tree sales boost charity drive this season
Civitan club opened for the season and sold over 50 trees in four hours. Moore’s Farms offered white pines from 5 to 25 dollars and Wayne’s Christmas Tree Farms sold cedar trees at 12 dollars. Cedars and Fraser firs lead demand while colorized pines slow needle loss. Wayne family aims to sell 1,000 cedars this year.
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Wayne’s
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Morehead City
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Waynes
Moore
Paschal
Civitan
John Paulee
Paschal and
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Tornado Kills Germantown Homeowner in Memphis Suburb
A tornado struck a two story home in Germantown, a fast growing Memphis suburb, killing Walter Person Jr. and another man. Deputy Chief Brian Roper said thirteen others were hospitalized as rescue crews with dogs and spotlights searched for a sixteenth missing person amid debris and brick and boards.
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N.H
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Germantown
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Gulf War veterans seek links to children birth defects
Pentagon and veteran groups debate whether Desert Shield and Desert Storm exposure affects families. About 700,000 troops served, with 29,000 veterans and 11,000 in the Pentagon registry reporting unexplained health symptoms. Congress passed aid for sick Gulf veterans, but families are not covered. More research is needed on possible links to children.
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Dennis Boxx
U.S
Congress
Charlotte
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Defense Department
Preacher Bakker’s Conviction Ties to Heritage USA Scandal
The 54 year old evangelist faces a conviction for overselling lifetime partnerships at Heritage USA in Fort Mill South Carolina and diverting 3.7 million in ministry funds to lavish purchases. He also ordered 265000 to Jessica Hahn to secure silence about a 1980 sexual encounter. The incident disclosures in March 1987 triggered his downfall.
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Fort Mill
S.C
Bakker
Jessica Hahn
New labeling rules and tariffs spur textile and grain policy shifts
The measures include labeling rules to curb clothing sewn in China, higher tariffs on wheat imports, provisions favored by tobacco growers, and changes to U S anti dumping laws to help U S manufacturers secure punitive tariffs.
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U.S
NRF Opposes China Clause in GATT Financing Package
The National Retail Federation argues the China provision will raise prices on shoes and sweaters, claiming the package is a grab bag of provisions supported by the administration and key committees.
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National Retail Federation
China
Supreme Court leaves Joe Camel tobacco suit alive
The Supreme Court rejected arguments by R J Reynolds that federal law preempts the California case filed by Janet Mangini. Mangini sued Reynolds in 1992 over Joe Camel ads she says enticed children to smoke, citing AMA figures showing teen Camel sales rising from 6 million in 1988 to 476 million in 1992.
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San Francisco
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Mangini
American Medical Association
Sex case figure to be released today
She pleaded no contest in January to 29 charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Eligible for parole from the start due to time spent in trial. Kelly pleaded before trial. The case stemmed from allegations of sexual abuse at the day care run by her and husband in Edenton. The couple maintained innocence as Robert Kelly Jr. received 12 life terms after a 1992 conviction on 99 counts of sexual abuse.
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Robert Kelly Jr
Edenton
Fleiss Case Nears Close as Trial Remains Secret
Heidi Fleiss faces closing arguments with a potential 11 year sentence while her alleged list of celebrity clients stays undisclosed. The trial includes five pandering counts and a cocaine charge. Prosecutors claim police entrapped Fleiss and targeted her. Officer Tone described June 9 1993 undercover meeting at the Beverly Hilton with four women. Jurors viewed a video of half dressed women at the sting. Burdet te testified she was sent to the hotel by Fleiss to meet an undercover officer.
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Hollywood
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Steven T
Los Angeles
Beverly Hilton
Takeshita
Brandi McClain
Burdette
Mehta Leads Israeli Philharmonic in Delhi Concert for Peace
Zubin Mehta brought the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra to New Delhi for a first Indian performance in 30 years. An audience of about 7000 cheered as the orchestra, directed by Mehta since 1977, played a program billed as a Concert for Peace to mark Gandhi's 125th birth anniversary amid no full diplomatic ties between Israel and India until 1992.
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Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
New Delhi
India
K. Gandhi
Scholar sought to provoke colleague’s death by action
A leading British academic Sir Kenneth, 74, says in his autobiography that he intended to kill a colleague without getting into trouble. Extracts from Marginal Comment appeared in The Sunday Times. Trevor Dover, history teacher and library head at Oxford’s Corpus Christi College, died by drug overdose after a confrontation with college president. Dover later became chancellor of St Andrews University in Scotland.
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London
Sunday Times
Trevor
Oxford University
Corpus Christi College
Dover
St. Andrew’s University
Scotland
Beauty queen attack survivor forgives rival in court
Melissa Scott forgave Tracy Lippard after Lippard was convicted on two counts of second degree attempted murder and other charges. Scott urged psychiatric help for Lippard while acknowledging the need for accountability. Lippard maintained innocence, while defense said testimony humanized her. Additional notes mention Paul Newman discussing future projects and a film release.
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Virginia
Scott
Tracy
Lewisburg
W.va
Tracy Lippard
Carlynn Weikle
Melissa
Lippard
Todd Lippard
Weikles
Melissa Weikle
Paul Detch
Christmas window displays timing for stores
Todd from New Bern works with boat canvas and gardens in spare time. The rule for displays says after Thanksgiving, around December 10. By Christmas, many are tired of it.
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Todd
New Bern
Boat Canvas
Firm Must Pay for Delivering Own Mail Reform Backfires
Chicago area business Iroquois Industries faced a fee for self pickup of mail after decades of using a private messenger for morning collection. The Postal Service backed off following a public backlash, leaving status quo in place as firms continue to retrieve their own mail.
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Postal Service
United States
Mike Royko
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