30 Apr 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1989
Page
1
Special section tips on home care remodeling lawn care and landscaping featured in today’s edition. Sponsored by Aiken merchants and the Aiken Board of Realtors, this beech island page provides nostalgia themed guidance.
The underwater robot Jason was raised after sinking 2,100 feet off Italy. The 7-foot submersible, key to a 7 million international satellite science project, will resume demonstrations with 250,000 students in 13 cities across the US and Canada.
Mostly cloudy conditions. A 40 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms is forecast. High in the mid 80s, tonight’s low in the mid 50s. Winds around 10 mph. See Page 7A for full details.
The page lists the deaths of Mrs Lenora Barton Beck of Aiken Mrs Maude Hair Hall of Aiken Lt Col William Lamar Johnson of West Columbia Marion W Mason of Woodbourne NY and John H Smith of Batesburg Readers are directed to Page 7A for details.
Aiken County could save over 3.2 million and cities about 3.1 million in new money if a local option sales tax passes. The House approved the one cent tax 73 to 26 ahead of a June 1 adjournment. Senate action is awaited with possible delays. City Manager Windham cited a 6.3 million total in property tax rollbacks and surpluses.
Readers explore how early settlers carved routes through Horse Creek Valley to Hamburg and Savannah, later becoming the No 1 highway corridor. The Tory Trail and Pine Log Road connected Beech Island Ft Moore, while U S 1 evolved from a sand clay route through eastern North Carolina to Augusta and beyond.
Moses Todd of Augusta testified at H Odell Weeks Center that a nuclear plant restart is safe. He argued his four year old son proves workers, including pregnant ones, face little risk and urged the Energy Department to proceed with reactor reopening. Todd spoke along with about 70 others at the DOE scoping hearings as local officials and chamber representatives attended.
Energy Secretary James Watkins visited Savannah River Site urging safety and national security, while warning that restart of the reactors depends on major management changes. He cited dwindling tritium supplies and said a year may pass before a restart, as lawmakers toured with him.
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