Carter meets Haiti leaders as US warships loom offshore
In Port au Prince, Jimmy Carter pressed Haiti's de facto rulers to quit power peacefully to avoid invasion. After a three hour army headquarters meeting with Lt Gen Raoul Cedras and officers, Carter left amid pro army protests. A Haitian source called talks more positive than negative while a US official cited progress toward a document.
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U.S
Jimmy Carter
Haiti
Army
Raoul Cedras
For Democracy
White House
United States
Emile Jonassaint
National Palace
Army Headquarters
Carter
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cedras
Aristide
Recycled PET Turns Up in Everyday Products
The article explains how post consumer PET plastic, No 1 plastic, can reappear as laundry detergent boxes, pillow filling, carpet backing, or clothing. Citing Luke B. Schmidt and Tim Lee, it highlights plastic’s growth as a future reuse industry driven by widespread recycling in Craven, Pamlico, and Jones counties.
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Luke B. Schmidt
National Association For Plastic Container Recovery
Tim Lee
ARS American Refuse Services
Craven
Pamlico
Jones
From bottle to product a recycling journey unfolds
Craven County born polyethylene plastic bottle travels to Wellman Inc Johnsonville South Carolina, a major recycler. In 1988 about 375 million pounds of bottles were recycled yearly. now 450 million pounds are reborn into roughly 50 products. Facility recycles 2.4 billion pounds annually.
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ARS
Craven County
Pell Gibbs
Wellman Inc
Johnsonville
S.C
NC council approves hurricane standards
The state Building Code Council voted to require hurricane clips in new homes to fasten roofs to walls and foundations to footings, with phased deadlines from 1995 to 1997 for areas east of the intracoastal Waterway and parts of Brunswick, New Hanover, Onslow, Bladen, Columbus, and Duplin counties.
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State
Brunswick
New Hanover
Onslow
Bladen
Columbus
Duplin County
Building Code Council
Nation Shuttle adds extra day aloft during laser science run
Discovery ends a 10th day after conserving power for more science. Ground crews fired over one million laser pulses to study atmosphere while astronauts conducted untethered spacewalks the prior day. Researchers report data gaps and relay issues but remain hopeful about insights into desert dust and typhoon Melissa.
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Discovery
Earth
Carl Meade
Jerry Linenger
Bob Menzies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
NASA
Menzies
Melissa
Pacific
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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