Tobacco as cancer cure factory eyed by firm
ARVINE Calif AP doctors condemn cigarettes for causing lung cancer yet a company plans to grow tobacco plants as living factories for cheap anti cancer drugs and other products. Vin cent T DeVita Jr former director of the National Cancer Institute praised the idea calling it interesting and potentially real.
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Arvine
Calif
National Cancer Institute
Vincent T. DeVita Jr
American Cancer Society
Science Writers
DeVita
New York
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
Six Children Die In Sumter Mobile Home Fire
REMBERT AP Sumter County Fire Department investigators probe a mobile home blaze that killed six grandchildren under 11. Willie English, 57, said his home lacked phone service and the fire department was three miles away as he watched his grandchildren perish after the alarm woke him during a family birthday gathering for Peggy Miller of Beaufort, whose three children also died. Five other children aged 5 to 15 escaped, one with a burned hand.
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Rembert
Sumter County Fire Department
Willie English
Sumter
English
Peggy Miller
Beaufort
Cloudy Skies Forecast With Showers and Thunderstorms
Mostly cloudy tonight with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms and a low in the mid 50s. A 60 percent chance of showers and a few thunderstorms is forecast with cooler weather. The high will be in the low 70s. Details on Page 6A.
Obituary notices list six deaths across South Carolina towns
Sallie M Bowman Edgfield Vianna H Brown Belveder Homer E Newsome Thomson Ga garner B Proveaux Abbeville Ophelia Steadman Graniteville details on page 6A reveal brief notices for each deceased, naming towns and implying further obituary specifics in the inside page.
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Sallie M. Bowman
Edgefield
Vianna H. Brown
Belveder
Homer E. Newsome
Thomson
Garner B. Proveaux
Abbeville
Ophelia Steadman
Graniteville
Aiken County School Administrators Settle Into New Roles
Administrators in the Aiken County School District have settled into new posts after February's shuffle. Dr. Bradley becomes executive director of Program Evaluation Research and Personnel, Elizabeth Benton takes Area 1 superintendent, and Dr. James Green moves to Area 4 superintendent. Dr. Morton’s Adult Education and Physical Plant post is eliminated as he retires after 42 years. Nobles shifts from Area 2 to a new director of operations role in Area 1.
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Aiken County
Bradley
Area 1
Elizabeth S. Benton
Area 4
James I. Green
Dr. Bradley
Ms. Benton
Aiken
Wagoner
Ridge Spring
Beecher E. Morton
New Day Dawns At Savannah River Site
Westinghouse Savannah River Co unveiled a new slogan and site logo on its first regular workday as contractor at the plant formerly known as Savannah River Plant. The move aims to shift from safety problems toward pledges of upgrades and safe restart of three reactors under DOE orders.
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Savannah River
Westinghouse
Aiken County
Westinghouse Savannah River Co
SRS
du Pont Co
du Pont
James S. Moore
Kate Wostinghouse
Council Meeting Shows Support For Horse Use
Aiken City Council chambers were packed as residents spoke on proposed changes to the ordinance governing conditional uses for horses. Over 110 attendees voiced opinions as the Planning Commission, after months of debate and sessions, endorsed recommendations the previous month.
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Aiken
Planning Commission
NEA urges $10 billion in new federal education funding
The National Education Association calls for $10 billion in new federal spending to fix eroding support for programs aiding disadvantaged and handicapped students. NEA president Mary Futrell cites underfunded grants, Education for All Handicapped Act, and bilingual education as underprotected in state budgets as Congress weighs the FY1990 budget.
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Washington
Mary Futrell
National Education Association
Bam
Futrell
NEA
Congress
Augusta opens gates for practice rounds at Nosters event
Augusta National Golf Club welcomed crowds for the first day of Nosters tournament practice rounds As fans strolled amid azaleas and pines they gathered near the 1st and 10th tees and Amen Corner to catch glimpses of favored players with no official starting times on practice days.
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Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
Amen
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