Derrick Says Defeat Is Serious in Barnwell Dump Fight
U S Rep Butler Derrick calls the 46 44 tabling of a Thurmond Hollings amendment a serious setback but vows not to quit urging South Carolina to block the state from becoming the nation's nuclear waste dumping ground The Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant was planned as a temporary away-from-reactor storage site but has not opened and its future is unsure.
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Edgefield Seen as Edge of March Reach
Civil rights marchers head to Edgefield on Saturday as a focal point in their trek from Alabama to Washington. Local Black leaders describe Edgefield County on the South Carolina Georgia border as symbolic of black powerlessness.
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Senate delays on voting rights act extension
The Senate Judiciary Committee may start work on boosting voting rights as Sen. Jesse Helms uses Senate rules to stall action on an extension of key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Chairman Strom Thurmond tried to move a vote for three days without success.
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Britain and Argentina edge toward Falklands clash today
Britain and Argentina moved toward a possible shooting war over the Falkland Islands as the Reagan administration backed Britain. London officials speculated Thatcher might order carrier planes to strike Stanley airfield later today, while Argentina refused to withdraw from the islands where about 9,000 British troops remain.
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Split elects provisional president in El Salvador
A split in the rightist coalition of El Salvador's Constituent Assembly led to the election of Alvaro Magana, a 56 year old banker and head of the National Mortgage Bank, as provisional president. The National Conciliation Party changed sides to support Magana in a 36 to 17 vote with seven abstentions.
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