Marines identify two killed in Virginia training accident
Marines at Fort A. P. Hill in Virginia identified Lance Cpl. Steven V. Swearingen of Lancaster Ohio and Staff Sgt. Roy W. Burt of Baltimore Maryland as the two killed in a Wednesday training explosion on a firing range. Ten Marines another service member and a sailor were injured in the incident under investigation.
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Camp Lejeune
Army
Fort A.P. Hill
Virginia
Steven V. Swearingen
Lancaster
Ohio
Roy W. Burt
Baltimore
8Th Engineer Support Battalion
2Nd Force Service Support Group
Swearingen
Burt
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg
Medical College of Vir
Ginia
Richmond
Mark Hughes
U.S. Marine Forces Atlantic
Lejeune
Hughes
City report shows garbage costly but recycling costlier
Morehead City spends about 259 968 yearly on garbage collection and disposal. In 1993 94 the city paid Waste Industries 144 829 to collect trash and the regional authority 88 508 for regional landfill disposal. Recycling costs totaled 33 541 for curbside recyclables while landfill burial for the same items would cost 8 748.
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Morehead City
Waste Industries
Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority
Tuscarora
David Walker
Hand harvest oyster season opens Saturday sunrise
The hand harvest oyster season will begin at sunrise Saturday November 14 according to the state Division of Marine Fisheries. Commercial hand harvest hours are Monday through Friday with personal use oysters available seven days a week. Licenses cap hand harvest at five bushels per day, ten bushels per voyage. personal use one bushel per day, two bushels per vessel. Mechanical harvest allowed Monday through Friday up to fifteen bushels per operation, with restrictions in Neuse River tributaries South River Turnigan Bay Adams Creek Pamlico Sound areas near the Outer Banks from Hatteras to Davis Slough.
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State Division of Marine Fisheries
Neuse River
South River
Turnigan Bay
Adams Creek
Pamlico Sound
Hatteras
Davis Slough
Civilian at Cherry Point seeks restraining order in firing case
Joseph A. Mann of Carteret County sues the United States and base officials at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station seeking a federal injunction to halt his dismissal. The suit alleges medical issues and alcoholism were ignored and notes prior treatment and a 1992 requirement letter. Magistrate McCotter heard arguments but no decision issued. Mann seeks damages under the Family Medical Leave Act and ADA recognition of alcoholism as a disability.
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Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Joseph A. Mann
Carteret County
U.S. Eastern District Court
Mann
Charles K. McCotter Jr
New Bern
David Voerman
Marine Corps
N.G. Wall
Base Morale, Welfare and Recreation Office
Peninsula Hospital
Hampton
Mary Francis Center
Tarboro
David Haigh
United States
The
Sun Journal
Haigh
Voerman
New Bern Aldermen OK 6000 for Meals on Wheels
The New Bern Craven County board approved 6000 in special funds for Meals on Wheels, despite dissent over whether the amount was emergency only. The measure passed 4-2 with aldermen arguing over intent and annual funding precedent while eight seniors remain on a waiting list.
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Meals On Wheels
New Bern Board of Aldermen
Barbara Lee
McDowell
Tom Bayliss
White House
New Bern-Craven
United Senior Services
Lee
Thelma Chadwick
Chadwick
New Bern
Craven County
Jones County
Companies clash over AZT trial records in New Bern case
In Greenville, Burroughs Wellcome seeks to seal 57 documents from a 1993 patent trial in U S District Court New Bern, arguing they contain confidential research. Barr Laboratories and Novopharm USA oppose, saying an open record is needed. judge to rule in writing.
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Burroughs Wellcome
U.S. District Court
Malcolm Howard
U.S. District Court of Appeals
Barr
Novopharm
New Bern
New York
Thomas Curnin
George Lombardi
Barr Laboratories
Proposition 187 fueled battle in California race
A plan named Proposition 187 called Save Our State aims to limit services for illegal immigrants from schools to health care. Governor Pete Wilson backs it while Kathleen Brown signals support, arguing tax dollars should not aid unauthorized residents. The piece also references a lighter unrelated boat anecdote and a columnist note.
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Pete Wilson
Kathleen Brown
Kathleen
Wilson
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