Record #:

2176

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

Both Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly agree that welfare needs to be reformed; however, the parties differ in their approaches to this issue. Republicans take a hardline stance, while Democrats advocate welfare as a temporary answer.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 7, Feb 1995, p10-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public welfare; Welfare recipients

Record #:

2187

Author(s):

Burnham, Linda Frye

Abstract:

The daughter of a tobacco farmer, Ava Gardner was born on Christmas Eve, 1922, near Smithfield. She achieved movie stardom in such films as THE SUN ALSO RISES. The Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield contains 100,000 mementos of her career.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 9, Mar 1995, p7-8, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990; Ava Gardner Museum (Smithfield); Motion picture actors and actresses; Museums--Smithfield

Record #:

2188

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Censorship was at issue over a painting entitled \"Man D\" by University of North Carolina faculty artist Elin O'Hara Slavik. The painting was to be exhibited at Raleigh's Artspace gallery, but, to Slavik's dismay, some sponsors objected to its content.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 9, Mar 1995, p15-16, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavik, Elin O'Hara; Women artists--Chapel Hill; Arts--Censorship--Raleigh

Record #:

2195

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

The North Carolina Resource Center, funded by state and federal monies, assists lawyers defending indigent clients in capital cases. Detractors in the General Assembly, unhappy with some aspects of the center, are seeking to eliminate funding.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 10, Mar 1995, p10-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Defense (Criminal procedure); North Carolina Resource Center; Public defenders; Legal aid

Record #:

2196

Author(s):

Smith, Jane

Abstract:

The South's General Textile Strike of 1934, the largest single- industry strike in American history, is today hardly known. A documentary film entitled THE UPRISING OF '34 recounts the event, but is experiencing some opposition to its showings.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 10, Mar 1995, p17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Documentary films; The Uprising of '34 (Motion picture); Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Southern states; Textile workers--Southern states--History

Record #:

2218

Author(s):

Holder, Nelda

Abstract:

The CAROLINA ASIAN NEWS, a Chapel Hill monthly that monitors local and global events for the Triangle's Asian population, recently celebrated its fourth anniversary. Kiduk Yang, a Korean American, is editor, publisher, and staff philosopher.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 12, Mar 1995, p11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

CAROLINA ASIAN NEWS (Chapel Hill); Yang, Kiduk; Newspapers--Chapel Hill

Record #:

2219

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

Three former Triangle basketball players, Kenny Blakeney (Duke), Ranzino Smith (UNC), and Kenny Dennard (Duke), discuss the pressures that attend scholarship athletes in big-time college sports

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 12, Mar 1995, p12-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

College sports; Basketball players; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Basketball; Duke University--Basketball

Record #:

2227

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

As Raleigh Mayor Tom Fetzer continues to campaign for re-election in. October, his agenda and his performance are scrutinized for favoritism and pork-barrel projects

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 11, Mar 1995, p16-19, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Raleigh--Politics and government; Fetzer, Tom Harrison, 1955-

Record #:

2237

Author(s):

Turner, Maureen

Abstract:

Three Triangle women, Linnea Smith (wife of Dean Smith), Cookie Teer, and Peggy Oettinger, debate the issue of pornography and its effects on both men and women.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 14, Apr 1995, p12-15, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Smith, Linnea; Teer, Cookie; Oettinger, Peggy; Pornography

Record #:

2248

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Ariail tours three Triangle gardens, the N.C. State University Arboretum in Raleigh, the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, offering observations and musings.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 13, Mar 1995, p15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Botanical Garden (Chapel Hill); Gardens--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area; North Carolina State University. Arboretum; Duke University. Sarah P. Duke Gardens

Record #:

2249

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The Second Annual Southeastern Microbrewers' Invitational was held April 8 at the Durham Civic Center. Over 40 microbreweries and brew pubs offered samples of their premium malt beverages.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 13, Mar 1995, p22, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Breweries; Brewing industry; Brewers

Record #:

2251

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

Branan raises the conflict of interest issue regarding members of the N.C. House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Institutions. Twelve of the twenty-two committee members have financial links to banks.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 13, Mar 1995, p10, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Conflict of interests; Banking law; North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee on Financial Institutions

Record #:

2264

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

New legislators have brought a different philosophy of the arts to the 1995 General Assembly, pushing cuts in personnel and program funding and requiring artists receiving grant money to sign contracts stating that they will not create \"obscene\" works.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 15, Apr 1995, p14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Art and state

Record #:

2267

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

While the state feels it is doing a good job of water-quality protection, a top-ten EPA rating on pollutants released into the ecosystem causes environmentalists and citizens groups to question the state's support of anti-pollution regulations.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 16, Apr 1995, p12-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water--Pollution--Laws and legislation; Riverkeeper; Neuse River; Environmental protection--Citizen participation

Record #:

2268

Author(s):

Sasser, Bill

Abstract:

To clean up their communities, neighbors in East Durham have joined forces with the Durham police. The program, Partners Against Crime, includes community policing, property redevelopment, and citizen involvement to help improve their neighborhoods.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 17, Apr 1995, p12-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Durham--Social conditions; Crime prevention--Citizen participation--Durham; Neighborhood--Durham; Durham--Police department