Magically Extended Hours for Pamlico County Elections Debated
Staffing rules require counties under 14 000 voters to keep board of elections offices open Mon Wed and Fri. Pamlico County debates full time status for supervisor Mattocks to purge voter rolls before the November election, though law limits purges to four year presidential cycles. County budget shows six months full and six part time for the supervisor, with current plan through December. Mattocks unavailable for comment.
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Board of Election
Charles Hinsey
Johnnie McLean
State Board of Elections
McIntosh
Mattocks
Bill Rice
City to move toward total ban on adult stores in New Bern
A public hearing preceded an aldermen vote to tighten zoning and licensing on adult businesses, aiming for a total ban as no suitable locations exist outside restricted zones. The Craven-Pamlico Christian Coalition backs protests and monthly pickets, while owner Bell projects 1 to 2 million in first year sales amid religious opposition.
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Walter Leake
Bill Hartman
Supreme Court
Stacy Bantinhimer
Robert Raynor
Bell
Christian Coalition
New Bern
Neuse Boulevard
Havelock Debates Ordinance Against Adult Businesses
Havelock officials plan a 7 15 p m public hearing on November 14 to discuss a proposed ordinance restricting adult bookstores cabarets X rated theaters and similar venues within 400 yards of homes schools nurseries playgrounds and churches. The plan would bar such businesses within 1000 feet of each other to avoid a skid row effect while allowing only highway commercial zones. Public Safety Chief Campbell supports placing limits on adult venues to prevent the city from becoming noted for topless joints near the high school and notes no current city ban on selling porn or adult entertainment to adults over 21. The measure follows similar actions in nearby Jacksonville and Newport as planners cite anticipated growth from Cherry Point. The article also mentions two men in Jacksonville seeking license categories related to adult amusements.
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Havelock High School
Public Safety
Mike Campbell
Havelock
Campbell
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Jacksonville
Newport
Raleigh
Steen
David Woodall
Maysville targets adult business under new ordinance
McKillop faces misdemeanor charges after Onslow County authorities served a warrant Oct 5 over a female companionship business in Maysville. The operation, opened Aug 9, predates the Aug 15 ordinance. neighbors and water records suggest possible later timing. The case, postponed due to a judge's conference, may be heard Oct 21 or 28.
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Booker Prize in Scots novel stirs debate and praise
James Kelman wins Britain's Booker Prize for How Late It Was How Late set in Glasgow. Critics note coarse language while Kelman says the award affirms Scottish culture and language. the protagonist Sammy, an unemployed man who goes blind, navigates a hostile city under state scrutiny.
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Oxford
James Kelman
Iacocca Divorce Petition Sealed in Michigan Case
Oakland County Circuit Court records show Lee Iacocca's third wife Darrrien Earle filed for divorce and had the petition sealed on September 1 as he sought to repair their relationship. The timing places her filing weeks after his.
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Ilacocca
Donald Whitehurst of New Bern Comments on Iraqi Push Toward Kuwait
New Bern resident Donald Whitehurst, a welding and tractor-restoration hobbyist, voices a blunt view on the Iraqi troop movement toward Kuwait. He says, As far as I’m concerned, they ought to have took care of it the first time.
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Whitehurst
New Bern
Kuwait
Ork
Couple marries in 1991. Iacocca seeks divorce pause
In a legal note FE, Iacocca's attorney, said on Monday he did not know why the former spouse filed for divorce and requested time to attempt saving the marriage. The reference to Angeles appears as context for the couple's union date.
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Angeles
Iacocca
Celebrity doodles fund Live Bait Theatre auction gains
Chicago's Live Bait Theater held an annual celebrity doodle auction drawing stars like Walter Matthau Paul Newman and Debbie Reynolds. The event raised 13000 last year including 1800 for a self portrait and funded about 10 percent of the company budget. this year's auction featured 113 doodles.
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Paul Newman
Debbie Reynolds
Broadway
Tinseltown
Chicago
Edward
Live Bait Theatrical Co
Willis in Atlantic City Helps Break Ground for Planet Hollywood
Bruce Willis, in Atlantic City to break ground for a Planet Hollywood celebrity nightclub, smiles through questions about his stake saying I own everything. He teased fans to join him at blackjack tables while his wife Demi Moore and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are minority shareholders in the Planet Hollywood group.
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Atlantic City
N.J
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Demi Moore
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce not like Tumba the LA cheetah on The Suzanne Somers Show
Animal trainer Joan Embery, known for many TV appearances with tame animals, recounts an incident on the Los Angeles taping where Tumba the cheetah swiped at her face. Embery required stitches but finished the show before driving to San Diego.
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Tumba
Embery
Los Angeles
Suzanne Somers
Zoological Society of San Diego
San Diego
Stephanie Powers
Brick tossed through windshield near Chicago Skyway
Mike Royko recounts an incident where a brick was thrown from a sidewalk at two trucks near the Chicago Skyway tolls. A driver juries bystanders, police delayed action, and 911 confusion left Jenkins frustrated as no arrests occurred. The column questions city safety and police response.
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Jenkins
Lansing
Mich
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State Police
Mike Royko
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