Gun fired on Huss campus as another gun found at school
Gaston police charged 17 year old Eric Tawan Wilson of North Gaston High in the first incident of a student firing a gun at Hunter Huss High School in Gastonia. A loaded .25 caliber pistol was also found at the school last Wednesday.
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Alexis High Schoals Road
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Julia Shovelin
Airline merger passes U.S. still requires British concessions
The Clinton administration approves British Airways investment in USAir amid calls for Britain to open its skies. Transportation Secretary Pena warns the deal could be killed next year without new access to Europe and relaxed foreign ownership limits. Big Three airlines condemn the plan as a threat to competition and American workers.
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Europe
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British Airways
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Robert Crandall
American Airlines
Forty counties declared disaster areas in state
Gov. Jim Hunt declared 40 counties disaster areas and the Council of State voted to use the last 900000 in its emergency fund for storm relief. He called the situation the most severe in their lifetimes as he surveyed snowbound western North Carolina by helicopter and planned to inspect coastal damage next. Emergency officials warned the funds will cover only a fraction of costs and more money or equipment will be needed.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
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Hunt
Hickory
North Carolina
Tad Bryson
Asheville
Hikers Sought as Snowbound Students Remain Missing
In western North Carolina more than a dozen Michigan students and teachers are stranded after a blizzard. Rescue teams scoured the snow covered mountains near the North Carolina Tennessee line while authorities said 24 were still unaccounted for among about 117 on the trip. The death toll rose to seven as crews planned first light searches and food fuel and medicine deliveries to those trapped.
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North Carolina
Tammy Buchanan
Graham County
North Carolina-Tennessee
Ray Carson
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper
Michigan
Bob Miller
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Miller
Carson
Nancy
North Carolina hit by disaster seven dead missing dozens
Early damage estimates on the coast reach 7.9 million dollars with 102,200 power outages reported. Shelters hold 6,300 people in 90 centers as authorities tally storm wrecks—2,738 since Friday night—while statewide fatalities and missing persons remain under review.
Growers hope losses are minimal in storm damage
GASTONIA The weekend’s blistering winds and fierce snowstorm threatened early peach blooms and flowering trees, according to agricultural specialists. Yet growers expect late blooming varieties to offset early losses as a warming trend starts.
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