16 Aug 1993
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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1993
Page
1
James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, was murdered during a roadside stop along Interstate 95 near Lumberton, North Carolina. Teens Larry Demery and Daniel Green, both 18, were charged with first degree murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy.
The state funds a decade long upgrade of I-85 from the Catawba River to Kings Mountain. Belmont and McAdenville segments are finished with new asphalt and barriers. A Charlotte contractor began the next phase May 31, aiming for finish in 1998, with tranches wrapping by Christmas 1994.
President Clinton, bloodied but unbowed after winning a deficit-reduction battle, moves to overhaul the health-care system with a speech to the National Governors Association in Tulsa. He aims to spark a broader, countrywide debate beyond Washington, while facing a wary Congress wary of new taxes. Republican support and bipartisan effort are framed as essential to passing reform.
In Aurora Colorado a 34 hour Mass by Pope John Paul II drew about 14000 worshippers who needed medical help and water as crowds grew exhausted by the heat. A teenage pilgrim from Houston described many near collapse up front.
Gazette staffer notes Gov Jim Hunt has appointed nearly half of the state's 83 superior court judges and will fill nine new judgeships plus two vacancies. The article highlights a lawyer with limited practice who became a pivotal figure in the judiciary, including a successor for Gaston County Superior Court Judge Robert Kirby who retired.
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