Cleanup Funding Restored in Senate Bill
The Senate restores about $724 million to keep the Energy Department cleanup of contaminated nuclear weapons sites on track. The bill, part of a $202 billion package, adds roughly $1.5 billion for DOE and water programs, though funding is $520 million below Clinton administration requests. Differences with the House will be resolved in negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
Energy Department
House
Corps of Engineers and Interior Department
Clinton
Deaths William Hanly O'Brian and Walker Obituaries
Obituary notices list William Michael Hanly of Aiken Ronald O'Brian New 11 of Holly Hill Florida and Joseph Walker Jr of Springfield, with brief notices syndicated on Page 2B highlighting their deaths and basic biographical identifiers.
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William Michael Hanly
Aiken
Ronald O'Brian New 11
Holly Hill
Fla
Joseph Walker Jr
Springfield
The Atomic Bomb Fifty Years Later
The Aiken Standard begins a four part series on the nuclear age born fifty years ago when Enola Gay's takeoff from Tinian led to Little Boy's detonation above Hiroshima. The piece contrasts that moment with Samuel F B Morse's telegraph birth cry and asks what man has wrought in half a century.
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Tinian
Hiroshima
Samuel F.B. Morse
Memorials Easing Families Pain After Fatal Crash
Memorials dot Aiken County roadways in memory of two youths killed in a fiery 1985 crash on April 29. The Ford Probe crash on University Parkway and Vaucluse Road killed 20 year old David Lock and Kenneth Hall, with Be cky Lock expressing enduring grief and peace found through community support and mementos left at the site.
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University Parkway
Vaucluse Road
David Lock
Kenneth
Taxpayers Clash With Council Over Second Reading Budget
Aiken County residents protested reassessments as the council advanced the budget ordinance with a nine mill reduction. The move would cut county operations, debt service, and college and USC Aiken levies, while ambulance rates rise. A heated session followed over appraisal fairness and a dispute between council members about a letter to the editor.
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Aiken County Council
T Oral County
Aiken Technical College
USC Aiken
Joel Randall Lash
Russ Ferrara
Ferrara
Randall
DHEC Eyes Open Heart Program at ARMC in Aiken
DHEC asked Aiken Regional Medical Centers for 11 details on its open heart surgery plan. ARMC CEO Ricky Satcher said the request is standard and the hospital will reply by August 18. The inquiry covers where surgeries occur, high risk case policy, angioplasties, staffing for 24 seven service, and catheterization labs.
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Aiken
S.C
ARMC
Ricky Satcher
Joel C. Grice
Office of Certificate of Need For
DHEC
Satcher
Erin Diminishes as Hurricane Erin Hits Florida Coast
Erin weakened to a tropical storm as it cut across central Florida after making landfall with gusts near 100 mph. The NHC downgraded it to 70 mph near Kissimmee, while offshore waves battered seawalls and roads darkened by downed lines. Evacuations for about 400,000 in Dade County were lifted as the storm moved north, with Jamaica reporting five deaths from the hurricane earlier.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Erin
Florida
National Hurricane Center
Kissimee
Palm Beach
Jamaica
Indian River County
Ron Kramer
Dade County
Miami
Homestead
Caribbean
Bahamas
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DOE
Asociated Press
Abby
Tragec
Kathie Byrne
Aiken County
Hall
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Becky Lock
David
Scott Webster
Kenneth Hall
Lock
By Carl Langley
Philip Lord
Ated Cross
Max Mayfield
Reto
Edmont Beek
Tommy Tucker
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