Southerners drink most alcohol by region in 1987 study
A study by Impact based on diaries from 12,000 people found Southerners drank more alcoholic beverages than any other U S region in 1987. Households with incomes above 35000 also drank the most, with the research compiled by NFO Research Inc. of Toledo covering location time of day sex age region and income.
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San Francisco
U.S
Impact
NFO Research Inc
Toledo
Ohio
Weather Tonight With Storm Chance And Heat
Partly cloudy skies are forecast with a chance of thunderstorms tonight. Highs in the upper 90s and overnight low in the 70s. See Page 11A for more details.
Deaths Lena w Abney Saluda to Dustin R Rushton
Notice lists several individuals with death notices including Lena W. Abney of Saluda, Lee W. Epps of Whitmire, Leroy H. Harrison of Philadelphia, Ida P. Long of Plum Branch, Meredith R. Meshey of New Ellenton, Zachary Raiford of Aiken, and Dustin R. Rushton of Johnston with a tag to see Page 5A for details.
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Lena W. Abney
Saluda
Lee W. Epps
Whitmire
Leroy H. Harrison
Philadelphia
Ida P. Long
Plum Branch
Meredith R. Meshey
New Ellenton
Zachary Raiford
Aiken
Dustin R. Rushton
Johnston
Back To School Edition Coming This Sunday
The Aiken Standard announces a Back to School special edition to publish Sunday Aug 14. It highlights school calendars lunch ideas and fashion tips as summer ends and Aiken County schools reopen August 22.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Social Security Errors May Cut Retirees' Checks
Ten years of mismatched employer earnings data could cut Social Security checks for about 40 million recent retirees by 50 dollars a month. GAO and union officials warn of ongoing backlogs and say a SSA IRS reform plan is not enough without more funding and manpower. The discrepancy between SSA and IRS records dates back to 1978 84, with employers reporting far less to SSA than IRS, affecting future benefits.
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Washington
Joseph F Delfico
General Accounting Fee
Kenneth L. Blaylock
American Federation of Government Employees
Social Security Administration
Ies
Ways and Means
Blaylock
Internal Revenue Service
SSA
IRS
GAO
Social Security Trust
Discovery Roars To Life On Launch Pad Test
Cape Canaveral Florida NASA ignited the space shuttle Discovery engines in a 22 second post-Challenger test. Officials said all three engines fired as planned and a preliminary report was expected within hours. If successful launch could come in late September but delays remain possible.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
U.S
Launch Control Center
Hugh Harris
The
Space Agency
Discovery
Hall
SRP Begins Search For Its NPR Site
Savannah River Plant plans a new heavy water cooled NPR reactor within its 300 square mile site. Energy Secretary Herrington backs a $4 billion project to supply weapons materials next century. SRP expands its study teams toward a 1990 final design, leveraging 35 years of heavy water reactor work.
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Savannah River
John S. Herrington
SRP
U.S
Ning
Herrington
NPR
Joe McCrosson
du Pont Co
Aiken theaters will not screen The Last Temptation film
Carmike Cinemas based in Columbus will not book The Last Temptation of Christ for release this Friday. Mark Twin and Cinema Three in Aiken cited petitions from area churches and local concern over the movie's portrayal of Jesus.
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Aiken
Carmike Cinemas
Columbus
Universal Pictures
Mark Twin
Cinema Three
Sherri Glenn
Ms. Glenn
Glenn
Jesus
Christ
Joe Riley
Morality In Media
New York
Son
God
Upstate Theaters Won't Show Film Controversy in Greenville
In Greenville two church groups led a news conference criticizing The Last Temptation of Christ. Alliance leader J W Sanders urged crowds to skip theaters and threatened pickets, while theater owners said no immediate plans to show the film.
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Greenville
Cherokee County
Upstate
Cherokee County Ministerial Alliance
Thickety Mountain Baptist Association
Alliance
J.W. Sanders
Jesus
Sanders
Nikos Kazantzakis
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