Public suspicion grows over missing Smith boys case
Union County investigators say neither Susan Smith nor anyone else is a suspect as public suspicion mounts after her two sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, vanished from her car. Sheriff Wells said lie detector reports were inconclusive and no ransom demand or motive has emerged while investigators pursue leads and a church vigil hopes for clues.
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Union County
Howard Wells
Susan Smith
Smith
Michael
Alex Smith
David Smith
Survey seeks old burying grounds in North Carolina
Donna Kelly, state coordinator of the North Carolina Cemetery Survey, notes that older cemeteries tell history through graves. The effort, born from a 1978 General Assembly study on abandoned cemeteries, aims to protect sites dating to the mid-1700s and earlier, many with wooden markers that did not survive.
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Old Burying Ground
Beaufort
North Carolina
Donna Kelly
North Carolina Cemetery Survey
Kelly
General Assembly
Edenton
Graveyard Point cemetery now under Pamlico care
Pamlico County has held guardianship of the Graveyard Point Cemetery for nearly a year after years of wrangling over control. The 0.75 acre site sits within Pamlico and officials say care and maintenance have improved under county oversight.
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Pamlico County
Graveyard Point
Federal judge raises Atlantic flounder quota
A Norfolk based federal judge increased the 1994 Atlantic flounder quota from 16 million to 19 million, ruling for 7,000 East Coast fishermen and firms that buy and sell the fish. Tim Daniels of Wanchese Fish Co. praised the decision as fair though regulators began quotas amid volatile harvests.
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Atlantic
U. S
Robert G. Friday
Doumar
East Sande
Scito
Tim Daniels
Wanchese Fish Co. Inc
White House gunman fires on mansion during attack
Francisco Martin Duran of Colorado Springs fired 20 to 30 shots at the White House Saturday while President Clinton and family were not inside. Passers by tackled him and handed him to Secret Service agents. Duran, 26, used a SKS Chinese semiautomatic rifle. Authorities pursued charges. fingerprints and records are being checked. Duran previously left home October missing person report filed by his wife Ingrid. Neighbors described him as an upholsterer who wore camouflage and served in the Army.
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Clinton
Francisco Martin Duran
Colorado Springs
Secret Service
Richard Griffin
Hillary Clinton
Chelsea
Duran
Tim Cahill
United States
Dee Dee Myers
U.S
Myers
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lee Brooks
Newark
Ohio
CSX Railroad
Brooks
Colorado
Ingrid
el Paso
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