Debate over school prayer sparks local talk and legal questions
Wright and Nolan Jones defend voluntary student prayer as a community issue while legal experts note students retain constitutional rights to pray in school. The discussion centers on whether a local resolution should prompt school endorsement or merely acknowledge prayer.
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Nolan Jones
Jones County
Armey
Laura Crumpler
N.C
Jones
Louise Muse
Students Pray at School Seek Bible Club and Guidance
Golden and Schofell, high school students, joined See You at the Pole with 32 peers to pray at flagpoles and hope to organize a Bible club. They say school prayer helps cope with stress but fear scorn if done openly and critique the 1963 ruling on school-sponsored prayer. They believe prayer could curb drugs and violence, though tolerance for others’ beliefs remains contested.
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Schofell
Supreme Court
Haiti Braces for Aristide Return Amid Coup Aftermath
Haitians in Port au Prince and across the country prepare for the return of Aristide with murals brightening walls once whitewashed after the coup. Pro democracy supporters march while army leaders flee to exile, and U.S. plans to house Cedras’ officials spark debate over aid and repatriation funds.
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Haiti
Raoul Bramby
Panama
Michel Francois
Dominican Republic
United States
U.S
Jean-Robert Martinez
Cedras
Haiti Crisis Shapes U S Pressure and Aristide's Return
The United States urges restraint as Haiti faces ongoing turmoil. President Clinton invites relatives of U S troops to a White House event to spotlight U S involvement while Aristide seeks parliamentary approval for a prime minister and weighs a potential term extension amid exile concerns. U S officials expect Aristide may pursue court or constitutional routes for any extension. A private security firm is hired to assist in safeguarding Aristide as forces arrive and stabilize the region.
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Haiti
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Wee Ge
Greenville artist among five North Carolina Award recipients
Five North Carolinians received the state’s top honors for fine arts literature science and public service at a Raleigh banquet. Greenville painter Sarah Blakeslee won for fine arts. Elizabeth Spencer of Chapel Hill earned literature. Marshall of Hillsborough honored in science. Richard Jenrette and Freda Nicholson recognized for public service with historic preservation and science education impact noted.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Sarah Blakeslee
Greenville
Elizabeth Spencer
Chapel Hill
Marshall
Hillsborough
University of North Carolina At
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Richard Jenrette
New York
Jenrette
Freda
Charlotte
Nicholson
Discovery Place Science Museum
Whitestone returns home to hero's welcome at airport
Heather Whitestone, Miss America, arrives in Alabama for the first time since her coronation and is greeted by about 100 people at Birmingham Airport. Among the crowd are a dozen elementary students in Miss America T-shirts. Governor Jim Folsom Jr. (implied) joined the welcome remarks.
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Heather Whitestone
Alabama
Whitestone
Birmingham
Jim Fok
Craven County native Anglin plans sale in Havelock
Anglin, a Craven County native now residing in Florida, visited this week to arrange selling a home in Havelock. She was asked about the Iraq troop movement toward Kuwait and replied that she did not think it would last long, hoping for a swift resolution.
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Craven County
Florida
Havelock
Iraq
Kuwait
Joltin Joe DiMaggio to lead Half Moon Bay parade
The 79 year old baseball legend will ride in a convertible as grand marshal of Half Moon Bay's Art and Pumpkin Festival parade on Saturday. He will not speak and attends as a favor to a festival committee friend. Whitestone, who is deaf, signs I love you to the crowd while Clipper and his wife greet supporters.
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Joe DiMaggio
California
Half Moon Bay
Joe
Tim Beeman
Kennedy honored for aiding disabled in New York
New York Governor Cuomo lauded John F Kennedy Jr for his work with the disabled through his non profit Reaching Up which funds scholarships and mentoring for direct care workers such as hospital orderlies home attendants and nursing aides The executive order also creates a task force to study training and career advancement for direct care workers.
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Kennedy
New York
Cuomo
Reaching Up
Rock throwing on Chicago Skyway prompts deadly warnings
A driver describes a rock the size of a bird shattering his windshield near Chicago with pedestrians behind him. Several witnesses report teens throwing bricks and rocks at vehicles, fearing a fatal accident. Police response is criticized as ineffective, with officials urging caution and citizens to report incidents.
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Tollbooth
Mike Zelek
Bartlett
Ill
Doug Johnson
Highland Park
Gary Baiers
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Chicago
Poll on school prayer and public influence on courts
A reader poll asks if a grassroots school sponsored prayer movement can affect Supreme Court decisions on church and state. Call 6383579 for yes and 6386552 for no. Votes show 47 calls with reactions labeling recent Iraq Haiti Congress news as more engaging than the O J Simpson trial.
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Haiti
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