Congress Fast-Track Pay Raise Then Reverse It
Members of the House quietly increased their outside earnings cap by 10 percent via a rules change, sparking criticism of self dealing. Within 24 hours the measure was revoked amid election-year jitters, as Speaker O Neill complained of a lack of intestinal fortitude.
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Congress
House of Representatives
John Murtha
D-Pa
House
Thomas P
Tip) O'Neill
D-Mass
O'Neill
Tip
Tritium Project at SRP Promises Job Stability for Aiken Area
DOE to replace half SRP tritium production and packaging with a 120 million project at Savannah River site. Construction starts next January, finishing in 1990. Peak staffing around 900, with no expected net hiring due to transfers from Navy fuel materials plant and the Defense Waste Processing Facility.
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Savannah River
Aiken
Department of Energy
DOE
SRP
Navy Fuel Materials Plant
Defense
Navy
DWPF
Palmetto Federal Plans Automated Banking Machines
Palmetto Federal of South Carolina moves to install automated banking machines in Depot Food Stores in Aiken and North Augusta and Kroger stores in North Augusta and Beaufort, plus a seventh at its Whiskey Road branch in Aiken. The RELAY network will allow any banking customer with a 24 hour card access to the machines across the Carolinas and Virginia, reflecting a push to modernize local banking services.
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Palmetto Federal
South Carolina
Savings Bank
Depot Food
Aiken
North Augusta
Kroger
Beaufort
Whiskey Road
Carolinas
Virginia
John Cunningham
Depot Food Stores
Greg Ryberg
NRC licenses push total U.S. reactors above one hundred
In 1985 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed seven more nuclear power reactors, lifting the U.S. total to 98 and then surpassing 100. Critics admit some rely on small amounts of nuclear power for daily bread toasters.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
United States
Nuclear Energy
Terrorism's Toll Lebanon Is Pawn In Power Struggle
Westerners flee Lebanon as terrorism reshapes Middle East policy. Ten Americans and 32 Britons leave amid fear, following the Beirut attacks and U.S. air strikes on Libya. Reagan vows possible military action if evidence proves sponsors. Officials say proof remains elusive, yet resolve grows.
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Washington
Libya
U.S
Middle East
United States
Reagan
Marine
Bekra
Syria
Iran
West Berlin
White House
Readers debate jail reform and punishment fits the crime
Letters discuss replacing jail with punitive schemes, including public humiliation for embezzlers and restitution to victims. Contributors raise constitutional concerns, suggest license suspensions, public labor, and hospital endowments, while one writer cautions about euthanasia and calls for careful moral debate.
Personal faith and salvation through Christ
Dear Dr Graham letters discuss diverse paths to faith, stressing salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. The message urges personal commitment, warns against trusting works or church loyalty, and cites Paul Timothy as examples of differing experiences united by trust in Christ.
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DR. Graham
F.F
God
Apostle Paul
Jesus Christ
Damascus
Paul
Timothy
Christ
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