Environmental protest urges action on NC nuclear fuel unload
A coalition of environmental groups rallied outside Governor Jim Hunt demanding federal court action to halt unloading of 153 spent nuclear fuel assemblies at Sunny Point. The ships, cleared by a federal appeals court, would move the waste by rail to Savannah River Site, while South Carolina sues for further environmental studies.
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Jim Hunt
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Coastal Alliance For A Safe Environment
Governor’s Mansion
Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal
Wilmington
Hunt
Ron Shackelford
Coastal Alliance For
Department of Energy
Savannah River
Georgia
South Carolina
U.S. Energy Department
Reno pledges crime bill aid for NC rural towns
U S Attorney General Janet Reno told a youth summit that rural North Carolina communities will not be left behind by the new federal crime bill. She promised more police officers for small districts and offered a toll free line to help secure funds, as politicians including Vice President Al Gore and Senator Bob Dole campaigned in the state. A panel of high school students spoke before Reno, with Fisk High School student Lawanda Nowlin highlighting school violence.
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North Carolina
al Gore
Kansas
Bob Dole
Senate
Lawanda Nowlin
Fisk High School
Reno
Bible courses finding room in high schools
In Mocksville, Davie County High School offers a new Bible history elective for 20 students, taught neutrally as historical text. Teacher Joan Coe aims objectivity while stressing tolerance, and the course mirrors a South Rowan model already in its 14th year.
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Derek Lidbom
Lidbom
Winston- Salem
Davie County High School
Joan Coe
South Rowan High School
Davie High
W.G. Potts
South Rowan
North Carolina
Warren Nord
University of North Carolina At Chapel
Supreme Court
Winston- Salem Journal
Coe
Ben Forrest
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