News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Raleigh City Council

Council member is installed after election protest clams. Picture. N&O, Dec-22-79, 25:2
Officials push for water plant expansion. N&O, Dec-22-79, 25:2
Raleigh gives jobs plan to Wake. N&O, Dec-23-79, 1-27:1

Raleigh City Council

Broken promises, alleged paybacks put wall between council, legislators - Jn 26 92, 1

Raleigh City Council

City officials want lending probe (for discrimination) - Ja 7 82 31
City Council to ask Legislature to continue law easing land sales - My 19 82 3C

Raleigh City Council

Council OKs test of new workers for drug abuse - Ja 7 87 1C

Raleigh City Council

Triangle governments disagree on strictness of WATERSHED rules - Ja 4 88 1
Neighborhood 'infilling' threatens to stir conflict - Ja 5 88 1
City passes law protecting gays (and anti-apartheid policy) - Ja 6 88 WA-1
Raleigh backs rules to protect Falls Lake - Ja 6 88 1C
Watershed landowners fear nest eggs on line - Ja 11 88 1C
Council panel approves redivision on (Chateau La Pointe) subdivision - Ja 12 88 2C
Swift creek watershed rezoning opposed - Ja 13 88 1C
Ousted councilmen outspent winners - Ja 14 88 1C
Owner's stand on baseball team surprises officials in Raleigh (BASEBALL, PROFESSIONAL) - Ja 21 88 1C
(Downtown) Office tower start-up could be in summer - Ja 20 88 7D
City offers state aid in monitoring treatment plants - Ja 20 88 3C
Raleigh group picked for baseball team (BASEBALL, PROFESSIONAL) - Ja 20 88 1
Raleigh resident seeks neighborhood rezoning - Ja 20 88 16C
City vows to fight for train route (AMTRAK) - Ja 23 88 1C
City council adopts expensive goals' list - Ja 24 88 30A
City panel backs police jobs policy - Ja 27 88 10B
Panel suggests viewing deck atop building; Proposed 26-story structure needs city approval of
height (SKYSCRAPERS) - Ja 27 88 1C
Day-care decision set Tuesday (and zoning) - Ja 30 88 1C
With split vote, council blocks day-care center - Fe 3 88 1C
Audit of City Market developer's accounts ordered - Fe 6 88 1C
City plan for traffic irks DOT; Centennial Campus roads stir dispute - Fe 6 88 1C
(Temple Beth Or) Congregation pushing to keep left-turn option (Creedmoor Rd.) - Fe 10 88 1C
Reassurance sought for Market tenants - Fe 13 88 8D
Speedy council action urged on Centennial Campus plans - Fe 14 88 43A
Arts groups ask city for $120,000 more - Fe 17 88 1C
Rein set on spending by visitors bureau - Fe 19 88 24C
Public spaces urged for mall office building (and watershed restriction) - Fe 23 88 1C
City Council sings: Take us out to the newly designed ball park - Fe 24 88 1C
Council panel supports extra Artspace funding - Fe 24 88 2C
Panel opposes hearing on Oberlin project - Fe 24 88 3C
Council to seek new developer for city project - Fe 27 88 1C
Poulton requests quick action on rezoning request for campus - Fe 27 88 1C
Council gets 2nd swing at baseball pick - Fe 29 88 1
Editorial: Council boots a big one - Mr 1 88 8A
Baseball group gets more time to seek waiver - Mr 2 88 1C
Council OKs loans for two arts groups - Mr 2 88 2C
Falls Lake watershed rules criticized - Mr 2 88 1C
Raleigh council posts choice; 'Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill' preferred for Triangle mail - Mr 3 88 2C
Raleigh council OKs 25-story office building - Mr 8 88 1C
Cates critical of planning panel's pace - Mr 9 88 10B
Chairman of drug task force will resign, but stay on panel (Brownlee) - Mr 9 88 3C
City asked to revise ethics law - Mr 10 88 10B

Raleigh City Council

Foes brace for changes in Raleigh's land-use plan - Jn 13 88 1C
Proposal would filter arts funding - Jn 16 88 1T
Raleigh panel backs development shield - Jn 16 88 2C
Auditorium lobby plans unveiled; Raleigh council discusses whether patrons will applaud
changes - Jn 17 88 1C
Elting pressing for extra cent in property tax; Funds would aid public housing - Jn 18 88 1C
3 city employees get 10 percent pay increase (McCormick; Smith; Benton) - Jn 21 88 3C
City Council votes to increase housing allotment by $600,000 - Jn 21 88 3C
Council gets traffic plan for Centennial Campus - Jn 21 88 1
Pests (pigeons and squirrels) could fall prey to winged city workers (falcons) - Jn 22 88 1C
Centennial Campus road plan endorsed by council committee - Jn 28 88 1C
City urged to spread word of business opportunities - Jn 29 88 2C
Panel asks Raleigh to develop program to protect trees along major roadways - Jy 1 88 1C
Horse patrol for Raleigh given boost - Jy 2 88 1C
Tax rate raised 6 cents by city; utilities up 7% - Jy 2 88 1C
Arts groups assail plan tying funding, population - Jy 6 88 2C
Garner annexation sparks dispute with Raleigh - Jy 6 88 1
Public housing limit called too restrictive - Jy 6 88 1C
Council members oppose DOT plan for Beltline - Jy 7 88 1
Roads chief says federal cuts threaten Beltline, other projects - Jy 8 88 1
Beltline squeeze put on Raleigh; DOT tells city to support plan or wait on work - Jy 9 88 1
Beltline directive rejected; City Council panel wants alternate plan - Jy 12 88 1
Garner to accept Raleigh land deal; Town to compensate for annexation - Jy 12 88 1C
Arts commission role draws mixed views - Jy 13 88 2C
Lack of inner breakdown lane for Beltline risky, experts say - Jy 13 88 1
Panel suggests easing rules on home storage buildings - Jy 13 88 2C
Forester spares the trees; City of Oaks seeks to keep its mantle - Jy 19 88 1C
Raleigh council rejects Beltline plan, tries to keep project alive - Jy 20 88 1
Rezoning bids stir concerns on Crossroads - Jy 20 88 1C
Neighborhood opposes crossroads rezone plan - Jy 27 88 1C
Panel suggests Centennial Campus revisions - Jy 29 88 1C
Ashland Chemical given until October to get waste-extraction system working - Au 3 88 3C
City Council rejects immediate talks on widening of Beltline - Au 3 88 1C
NCSU, council reach compromise on campus; Vote on Centennial rezoning set for today - Au 3 88 1
Centennial Campus rezoning approval follows compromise - Au 4 88 1C
Raleigh, DOT plan Beltline meetings soon - Au 4 88 1C
New Beltline plan may save time; Alternative probably wouldn't need impact study, officials say - Au 5 88 1
Editorial: - Urgency on the Beltline - Au 6 88 12A
Future availability of water for growing Triangle debated - Au 9 88 1
Joint effort backed on watershed regulations - Au 9 88 18C
Council panel slows U.S. 70 building plan - Au 10 88 18C
DOT, Raleigh agree on Beltline; Plan to preserve median in some areas to delay project, officials
say - Au 16 88 1
Planning area swap proposed; Garner tries to mend rift with Raleigh - Au 17 88 1C
Decision on Beltline plan at least 4 months off - Au 30 88 2C
Plan outlined for nurturing high-tech firms - Au 31 88 1C
Council backs rescue plan for City Market - Se 1 88 1
Rezoning on U.S. 70 backed - Se 2 88 1C
Council panel endorses shopping center rezoning - Se 13 88 4C
Council panel denies rezoning for site of home for ex-convicts; Planning panel had backed
rezoning - Se 14 88 1C
City Council approves spending formula for Raleigh arts groups - Se 16 88 22C
Council proposes letting residents shape development (of neighborhoods) - Se 20 88 1C

Raleigh City Council

Leesville Road rezoning backed by panel (Map) - Fe 16 89 1C
Council OKs $250,000 more for auditorium renovation - Fe 17 89 1
Editorial: Flourishes and foolishness - Fe 18 89 16A
Billboard ordinance proposed - Fe 22 89 2C
Council adopts ban on foam cups, plates; Budget shuffled to pay for auditorium - Fe 22 89 2C
Panel renews efforts for business incubator - Mr 1 89 2C
'80s boom leaves imbalance in Raleigh council districts (Map) - Mr 2 89 1C
City Council looks to limit damage from storm runoff - Mr 3 89 2C
Editorial: Campbell's ill-chosen words - Mr 3 89 18A
City leaders seen as anti-business - Mr 7 89 1D
Central pool site sought in Raleigh - Mr 8 89 4C
Chamber urging quick project review (proposed downtown buildings) - Mr 9 89 2C
Voters may decide on civic, arts center bonds; But downtown coliseum would not be on ballot - Mr 11 89 1C
Coliseum bond vote rejected; Civic Center, auditorium put on ballot (Map) - Mr 17 89 1
Editorial: City arena deserves a vote - Mr 18 89 18A
City thanks tornado volunteers with festivities - Mr 19 89 38A
Council sets vote for bond issue, again rejects coliseum - Mr 22 89 1C
Lakeside building opposed (White Oak Lake; Map) - Mr 22 89 2C
Raleigh council considers annexations - Mr 22 89 2C
Republicans offer plan to expand Raleigh City Council to 10 members - Mr 22 89 1C
Raleigh panel holds line on fares for Pullen rides - Mr 29 89 2C
Annexation proposal meets with opposition - Ap 5 89 2C
Raleigh panel backs curbside recycling - Ap 12 89 1
Wade Avenue plan concerns Raleigh panel (Map) - Ap 12 89 1C
Council poses ways to protect Umstead - Ap 18 89 1C
Meeker urges delay of Outer Loop - Ap 19 89 1
Council split over where to put pool - Ap 21 89 1C
Council panel backs buying White Oak Lake - Ap 25 89 1C
Panel backs $5,300 grant for Wake recycling project - Ap 26 89 1C
House panel OKs bill allowing increase in Raleigh auto tax - Ap 27 89 16C
Council adopts plan, vows not to urbanize watershed - My 3 89 1
Council gives Outer Loop low priority - My 3 89 1C
Road extension, soccer field opposed at hearing - My 3 89 3C
Council cool to Five Points rezoning plan (Map) - My 10 89 1C
Foes of Raleigh rezoning raise financial security issue (Map) - My 17 89 1C
Raleigh council gives reprieve to old house - My 17 89 2C
State asks city to ease reviews so building plans can proceed - My 19 89 1C
Community appearance awards are presented - My 20 89 7D
Raleigh panel considers housing project bonds - My 24 89 1C
Likely mayoral contenders seek alternatives to property tax hike - My 27 89 1C
Eliminating city support for CCBI discussed by some council members - Jn 2 89 3C
Raleigh leaders back off clause on apartheid - Jn 6 89 1C
City Council increases size of (Mount Hope) cemetery - Jn 7 89 1C
Council delays Civic Center referendum - Jn 7 89 1
Council deletes anti-apartheid rule in contract - Jn 7 89 1C
Raleigh council deluged with appeals for money - Jn 7 89 4C
Raleigh may use hotel, tourism taxes for center - Jn 10 89 1C
Panel backs Umstead protection, doesn't require retention ponds - Jn 13 89 1C
Council considers shopping-center limits - Jn 14 89 1
City panel advises reduced funding for human services - Jn 20 89 8B
Council votes to restore money for low-income housing - Jn 21 89 2C
Council waters down Umstead protections - Jn 21 89 1
Member says Raleigh council leaning toward compromise on voting districts - Jn 21 89 2C
Taxi service for disabled to change under new plan - Jn 22 89 1T

Raleigh City Council

Raleigh unveils $3 million plan to expand Memorial Auditorium - Mr 10 88 16C
Rules to protect neighborhoods draw criticism - Mr 14 88 1C
Council gets proposal to rezone stadium site (NCSU property) - Mr 16 88 2C
Council members split over task force report on drugs - Mr 16 88 1C
Plans for wider Beltline give City Council pause - Mr 16 88 1C
Plans OK'd for 26-story tower - Mr 16 88 1C
$15.7 million bond referendum considered for water projects - Mr 17 88 1C
Centennial Campus traffic proposal criticized - Mr 18 88 24C
Mayor: Raleigh council not split on drug report - Mr 18 88 2C
City restricts buying by visitors bureau - Mr 19 88 3C
Meeker renews call to delay Outer Loop - Mr 23 88 2C
Council studying higher user fees in bid to make parks self-sufficient - Mr 24 88 1
City considers smoking ban on elevators - Mr 25 88 1C
Panel seeking data on park-fee proposal - Mr 25 88 4C
Editorial: How not to finance city parks - Mr 26 88 12A
City Council panel shaping ordinance to protect neighborhoods - Mr 27 88 42A
Troubled City Market lost more than $800,000 in 1987, audit reveals - Ap 1 88 1C
Editorial: Prudence on new campus - Ap 6 88 8A
Homeowners tell city to leave them out - Ap 6 88 16C
Raleigh approves plan to fight drug abuse - Ap 6 88 16C
Cities consider bans to curtail smoking in public places - Ap 7 88 6T
City panel endorses elevator smoking ban - Ap 13 88 3C
Council gives builder more time to start downtown Raleigh project - Ap 14 88 7T
Final plans for museum in the works - Ap 14 88 11T
Raleigh council bans smoking on elevators - Ap 20 88 2C
Two trolley-style buses get backing of council - Ap 20 88 1C
Council panel backs increased auto tax - Ap 21 88 1C
Watershed consultants offer alternative to smaller houses - Ap 21 88 7T
Downtown Boulevard beautification backed - Ap 22 88 1C
Widening of roads sought - Ap 22 88 1C
Developer impact fee discussed - Ap 23 88 1C
Editorial: Small tax with big benefits - Ap 25 88 10A
Neighbors fight housing plans; Foes seeking change in policy to block units for poor tenants - Ap 26 88 1C
State to challenge cost of city's Beltline plans - Ma 3 88 1C
Beltline widening debated at meeting - Ma 4 88 2C
Creedmoor Road rule approved; Council votes to cut strip development - Ma 4 88 1C
City Council's law and finance panel to consider plan to bury utility lines - Ma 9 88 4C
Fees may increase for using some facilities at city parks - Ma 10 88 3C
Public housing limit prompts racism charge - Ma 10 88 2C
Council panel suggests making Good Friday 11th city holiday - Ma 11 88 18C
Panel OKs Umstead development plan - Ma 11 88 1
Plan would vary Beltline median according to type of area nearby - Ma 12 88 2C
Plan to enliven Saturdays at City Market hailed - Ma 14 88 3C
Council approves plan for capital improvements - Ma 18 88 3C
Raleigh council tightens restrictions on public housing - Ma 18 88 1C
Editorial: More homework on housing - Ma 19 88 14A
Raleigh seeks to publicize city programs - Ma 19 88 15T
Raleigh council delays building baseball park - Jn 1 88 1C
Elting proposes council pay raise - Jn 2 88 1C
Council's house divided on Raleigh housing policy; Questions of race, class, ability to pay raised - Jn 7 88 1C
Baseball stadium bids held - Jn 8 88 3C
Human service agencies protest Raleigh budget - Jn 8 88 2C
Legislators, council settle for $10 vehicle sticker - Jn 8 88 1

Raleigh City Council

Amphitheater plan prompts council walkout - Se 21 88 1C
Council OKs rezoning for shopping center - Se 21 88 2C
Infill plan praised, lambasted; Some want, others fear development regulation - Se 21 88 1C
Editorial: Whose job is it, anyway - Se 24 88 12A
Panel backs more downtown Raleigh patrols - Se 24 88 3C
Decision near on Beltline; Council takes field trip, studies options - Se 27 88 1C
Raleigh tire dealers protest upcoming disposal fee - Se 28 88 1C
Raleigh panel suggests marker for Kate Smith - Se 29 88 25A
Builders may be required to 'respect' lay of land - Oc 12 88 3C
Joint Raleigh, Garner panel to study issues - Oc 13 88 1C
Raleigh council divided on Beltline median - Oc 18 88 1C
Raleigh council gives staff guidelines on Beltline plan - Oc 19 88 1C
Divided council retains limit on housing projects - Oc 21 88 1C
Owners reject offer to lease White Oak Lake - Oc 22 88 2C
Plan limiting Atlantic Ave. traffic backed - Oc 26 88 1C
Proposal to test ordinance for planning offered - Oc 27 88 1C
Proposed limits on buildings debated - No 1 88 3C
City council votes to expand CAT bus system No 2 88 1C
Raleigh backs effort to host World Games No 2 88 16C
Most Garner, Raleigh leaders endorse plan to settle disputes No 3 88 4C
City may drain Longview Lake; dam cited No 10 88 WA-1
Editorial: While the council fiddles... No 15 88 14A
20 protest rezoning land on U.S. 70 but they may face less-favorable deal No 16 88 2C
City Hall ban on plastic foam urged No 16 88 2C
City panel against plans for U.S. 70 building No 23 88 2C
Panel endorses protection plan for watershed No 23 88 1C
Raleigh committee recommends enlarging Mount Hope cemetery No 23 88 1C
Zoning delay leaves Wake plans shaky No 24 88 1T
Meals are turning wheels of diplomacy for area politicans No 28 88 2C
City Council panel endorses development of U.S. 70 site - De 1 88 4C
Neighborhood will play part in planning - De 3 88 1C
Council poised to usurp property rights - De 8 88 21A
Trial run urged for city plan - De 8 88 26A
Raleigh council members seek state's help in arena bid - De 9 88 1C
Council panel urges downtown arena, talks with NCSU (Chart, comparing proposals) - De 10 88 1C
Half of city council favors proposal for building a downtown coliseum - De 12 88 2C
Editorial: Council would shirk its job (setting standards for development) - De 13 88 16A
Council OKs Atlantic Ave. growth plan (and other actions) - De 14 88 2C
Mayor smooths council qualms on coliseum; will talk with state - De 14 88 1C
Neighborhood-growth law backed; foes protest - De 14 88 1
Raleigh residents pick education over enforcement to cut drug abuse - De 16 88 1C
Panel censures Safran, orders ethics classes - De 20 88 1C
Plan devised to lure arena to downtown - De 24 88 1C
Panel weighs city ordinance on job bias - De 29 88 1C
Raleigh, Garner reopen water-plant negotiations - De 29 88 2T
Elting says developers target Leadmine Road; Action urged to maintain area for residential use - De 30 88 1C

Raleigh City Council

City improving dam at park; Eastgate Park barrier to be widened and brought up to standards - Ja 3 91 3F
Duraleigh extension shift sought; Council plans meeting with state on proposed route - Ja 3 91 1B
Residents discuss future of $20 million bond issue on affordable housing - Ja 3 91 5B
Outdoor theater work set to begin - Ja 4 91 2B
Plan gives new focus to U.S. 64; Road could become more like a parkway - Ja 15 91 1B
Council approves deck plan; $70,000 budgeted for more brickwork - Ja 16 91 3B
Council approves plan for eastern gateway - Ja 16 91 2B
Rezoning approved for paint contractor (Pahl) - Ja 17 91 2B
Council delays decision on Duraleigh extension - Ja 19 91 2B
Panel's vote boosts U.S. 64 corridor plan - Ja 28 91 1B
Downtown 'foot bridge' approved - Fe 6 91 5B
Rezoning for shopping center approved - Fe 6 91 2B
City panel to learn details in shooting case - Fe 9 91 3B
Wheels set in motion for bike plan; City adopts inclusive guidelines - Fe 14 91 1F
Black community, city each trying to deal with shooting (Glover) - Fe 19 91 1
City Council seeks probes by SBI, FBI into shooting - Fe 20 91 1
Convention center estimate endorsed - Fe 20 91 2B
Council majority favors new downtown plan - Fe 23 91 2B
City may firm up policy on vacated housing - Mr 2 91 6A
City, county debate how to spend room-tax revenue - Mr 2 91 1B
City to seek impact statement on Duraleigh project - Mr 6 91 1B
Non-city residents targeted for park fee - Mr 13 91 5B
Hundreds oppose adding shops, offices at Strickland-Six Forks - Mr 20 91 5B
Council OKs downtown redevelopment plan - Mr 23 91 2B
Council panel backs police action in drug chase - Mr 29 91 2B
Officer (GLOVER) demoted; pay cut; Council backs action in Farrell shooting - Ap 17 91 1
Council discusses panel on police complaints - Ap 19 91 2B
Council overhaul proposed; Wake GOP pushes to add two seats - Jn 4 91 5B
City Council crackdown on rooming houses stirs debate - Jn 17 91 4A
Editorial: Council boosts strip-sprawl - Jy 5 91 8A
Raleigh council restricts some cigarette machines; Group hopes to end sales to teenagers - Se 18 91 1
Council picks priority projects; Convention center tops list - Oc 23 91 1
New center, museum top officials' list - Oc 24 91 1B

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