EPA Warns Noncompliant Areas on Clean Air Act Rules
The EPA warns 42 governors that noncomplying areas will face disapproval of pollution plans and possible bans on new sources by December 31. Pollutants are carbon monoxide and ozone. most CO areas may meet standards, while about 20 ozone zones including Los Angeles, Houston, New York, Chicago and much of Connecticut face severe challenges without major societal changes.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Lee M. Thomas
Thomas
Los Angeles
Houston
New York
Chicago
Connecticut
Common Cause Calls for Campaign Finance Reform and PAC Limits
Common Cause demands reform to curb PAC funding in campaigns. The group cites a 194 to 1982 rise in lawmakers heavily funded by PACs and backs Senate public financing with spending ceilings and PAC caps. Separately, Rep Don Edwards proposes a federal wiretap update requiring a beeping notice when calls are monitored by a third party.
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Washington
Common Cause
House
Don Edwards
California
House Judiciary Committee
Edwards
Committee Agrees To Extend Medicaid Benefits To Elderly
The Ways and Means health subcommittee informally approved a plan to extend Medicaid to about 450000 additional elderly Americans. The proposal uses savings from new Medicare catastrophic coverage to expand eligibility for those not poor enough for current Medicaid.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
Dole Alliance Provokes Labor Backlash in Key States
Labor leaders vow door to door campaigning against Sen. Bob Dole over alliance with the National Right to Work Committee. AFL CIO official calls him anti labor as he defends a plan opposing non union subsidiaries to skirt agreements. The Senate also acts on Statue of Liberty fee repeal and tea consumption in Britain. Actress Barbara Stanwyck hospitalized yet set for AFI ceremony.
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Washington
Bob Dole
National
Right To Work Committee
Kansas
Building and Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Dole
Robert Georgine
Afl-Cio Department
Reed Larson
Senate
Interior Department
House
National Park System
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Divers Begin Recovery On Declared Herald of Free Enterprise
Divers started a nine hour operation to right the Herald of Free Enterprise in Zeebrugge after the capsizing with about 50 bodies seen on upper decks. The ferry, which sank March 6 en route to Dover, killed an estimated 195 people with 543 aboard and 348 survivors believed.
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Zeebrugge
Belgium
Herald of Free Enterprise
Dover
England
Hinckley Seeks Unsupervised Easter Visit With Murderer
AP reports John W. Hinckley Jr. seeks an unsupervised Easter weekend visit with Leslie DeVeau, the woman who killed her sleeping child. Prosecutors reveal their romance in court papers. Hinckley remains at St. Elizabeths Hospital after the 1981 Reagan shooting.
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Washington
John W. Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Hinckley
Leslie DeVeau
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Glenn Miller
Ms. DeVeau
Miller
St. Elizabeths
White House
James S. Brady
Servce
Washington Hilton
DeVeau
Webster Testifying About Role in Iran Contra Affair
CIA director-designate William Webster will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about Attorney General Edwin Meese III role in the Iran Contra affair. The panel seeks explanations for Meese blocking an FBI probe and involving the FBI late in the main Iran arms sales inquiry.
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CIA
William Webster
Edwin Meese III
FBI
Webster
Meese
Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S
Iran
Nicaragua
Lawrence E. Walsh
National Security Council
Walsh
Washington Post
Senate Committee
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Intelligence Committee
Nunn
Oliver Revell
NSC
Oliver North
Intelligence
Aiken Standard Subscription and Advertising Contacts
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscription, classifieds, news tips, and display ads. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mailing address is P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Emergency numbers and newspaper contact details in Aiken
A list of local emergency numbers including Aiken Fire and Police, EMS, poison control, and state patrol. Also includes a brief note about The Aiken Standard established in 1867 and its mailing address and post office details.
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Tea Council
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Santa Monica
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Larry Kleno
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Kleno
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Paul Ellis
Townsend Thoresen
Roger de Bree
de Bree
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Diet Center
IRS
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Abused Persons Coalition
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HCA
Jackson Police
New Ellenton
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