North Carolina plans 16 million for radioactive site map
A state board seeks another 16 million to fund a detailed geologic map for a Wake County proposed radioactive waste site. Regulators note about 75 million has been spent, and Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc. has not provided the map. The map would show faults and fractures to assess long term containment. Dayne Brown, head of the Division of Radiation Protection, says it impacts license decisions.
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Raleigh
Wake County
Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc
Chem- Nuclear
Dayne Brown
N.C. Division of Radiation Protection
Chapel Hill teen dies after self-inflicted gunshot at home
A 15-year-old boy, Ryan McKay Nicholas, died at UNC Hospitals from a single gunshot wound after handling a gun he believed unloaded. The incident occurred Saturday night at his Oak Crest subdivision home in Chapel Hill, where he was with six friends. Maj. Don Truelove of the Orange County Sheriff's Office confirmed the events.
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Chapel Hill
Ryan McKay Nicholas
UNC
Ryan
Chapel Hill High School
Oak Crest
Don Truelove
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Low smoke cigarette rivals race to market edge
Louisville based Brown and Williamson won a U S patent in July for a product similar to a new low smoke cigarette by R J Reynolds called Eclipse and heated a tobacco glycerine aerosol producing vapor. Both aim to deliver nicotine and tobacco flavor without tar or most cancer causing chemicals.
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Louisville
U.S
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Reynolds
Eclipse
Brown & Williamson
Waxman’s final salvo as anti tobacco chair unfolds
Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman unveils evidence showing youths move from low nicotine chewing tobacco to addictive smokeless brands as his chairmanship ends. Industry disputes claims while FDA weighs nicotine regulation and a broader crackdown on smoking in workplaces. Supreme Court case over Joe Camel proceeds as Reynolds plans smokeless cigarette.
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Washington
Tobacco
Congress
California
Henry Waxman
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee
Ing
Democratic Congress
Alan Hilburg
Smokeless Tobacco Council
Thomas Bliley
Virginia
Waxman
Thomas Lauria
The
Tobacco Institute
Food and Drug Administra
Tion
Supreme Court
R.J. Reynolds
Joe Camel
Reynolds
School vouchers gain traction in pilot talks
In Winston-Salem AP report critics warn against using tax money for private schooling while Republican lawmakers push for school-choice pilots. Rep. Steve Wood, ranking Republican on the House Education Committee, notes parallels with Smart Start pilots as justification.
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Winston-Salem
Steve Wood
House Education Committee
North Carolina Farm Prices and Market Notes November 1994
North Carolina farm markets show mixed price trends across hogs cattle calves and goats. Regional price reports from Kinston Wilson Robersonville and other markets list hogs 220-260 pounds with no trend, sows and boars at varied per head and per hundred weights, feeder steers and bulls prices, and steers plus feeder heifers in multiple weight ranges. State and regional markets cover apples beans cabbage cucumbers lettuce and tomatoes with wholesale Raleigh and Asheville values for vegetables and fruit. Also listed are NC eggs broilers cotton feed pigs grain prices and regional wholesale potato and cabbage prices.
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Associated Press Cares
Ceeiary of Mane
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
Department of Agriculture
N.C
Kinston
Wilson
Robersonville
Siler City
Clinton
Fayetteville
Dunn
Pink Hill
Pine Level
Chadbourn
Ayden
Laurinburg
Benson
M&l
M&l-1 Few 85- 96, $1 Few 69-77, Hol Few 55-64, (300-350) M&l
U.S
WNC
Asheville
Rome
Florida
New York
USDA
Piedmont
Creswell
Goldsboro
Rose Hill
Raleigh
Lamberton
Greenville
Pantego
Greenwille
Williamston
Elizabeth City
Cofield
Nashville
Barber
Candor
Charlotte
Monroe
Mount Ulla
Statesville
Norwood
Ing River
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Cherry Point
Avery Farms
US 17
New Bern
Craven County
North Carolina Department of Transportation
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