SRS Workers Contest Unequal Retirement Incentives
Savannah River Site workers allege they are excluded from favorable retirement perks enjoyed by other staff. Ernest Carter of Sheet Metal Workers Local 399 says many SRS craftspeople are long term, permanent employees rather than temporary hires, despite job-to-job mobility. Westinghouse spokesman Bruce Cadotte says the company will review treatment of construction workers amid Monday hearings and a forthcoming workforce plan to Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary.
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Savannah River
Department of Energy and Westinghouse
Ernest Carter
SRS
Carter
Carter Sai
Bruce Cadotte
Westinghouse
Spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower Has Earthlings Eyed Tonight
Philadelphia residents may witness an unusually intense Perseid meteor shower as Earth passes through Swift-Tuttle debris. Astronomers say the shower could resemble a storm with hundreds of meteors per hour, though debris impacts remain remote and fragments are grain sized.
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Philadelphia
Earth
Swift-Turtle
Northest
Asia
Suzanne Chippindale
Hayden Planetarium
New York
North America
Chippindale
Night of Shooting Stars to Enter Atmosphere at High Speed
The Perseid meteor shower will see debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle enter the atmosphere at speeds up to 37 miles per second and burn up before reaching the ground. The comet was first spotted in 1882 by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. Four years later Giovanni Schiaparelli linked the shower to Swift-Tuttle’s debris.
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Swift-Tuttle
Lewis Swift
Horace Tuttle
Giovanni Schiaparelli
JPS Feuds Over Who Gets Jaws
Aiken County Council's Judicial and Public Safety Committee debated ambulance funding and vehicle parts costs during a Tuesday meeting. Councilwoman LaVana McKenzie led opposition to some equipment for an area fire department while the panel approved spending 74,943 for a new county ambulance after considering segmenting purchases. Southern Ambulance of La Grange, Georgia, emerged as the low bidder after a detailed review of chassis components and related parts.
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Aiken
LaVana McKenzie
McKenzie
Southern Ambulance
la Grange
Not All S C Farmers Happy About Receiving Federal Disaster Loans
In Columbia some farmers doubt the benefit of drought disaster aid as loans from the Farmers Home Administration carry 4.5 percent interest. Elliott Mayer of Newberry County aims to avoid loans, while SC officials estimate statewide losses at 264 million dollars. North Carolina and Georgia also face multi hundred million losses. The disaster declaration covers most of the three states, adding a tool for farmers alongside expected direct payments under a Clinton signature bill.
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S.C
Columbia
Elliott Mayer
Newberry County
Mayer
Farmers Home Administration
Mike Espy
South Carolina
Larry Smith
South Carolina Farm Bureau
North Carolina
Georgia
Clinton
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
D-S.c
Kinsella
Community tip line for tips and contact numbers
Readers are invited to call an in paper tip line MB-2311 with names Frank C. Garzillo Aiken Dellen Head and Sealy Mountain listed as contacts for submitting news ideas or suggestions. The notice emphasizes direct engagement with local staff for tips.
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MB-2311
Frank C. Garzillo
Aiken Dellen Head
Sealy Mountain
County Pledges Funds To Purchase Plant Site
The Aiken County Council approved a 750000 dollar funding plan to buy land for a Beaulieu of America carpet plant at the US 1 and I 20 intersection. A 7-0 vote backed a 10 million dollar industrial revenue bond plan and tax incentives potentially boosting payroll and capital investments.
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Aiken
Beaulieu of America Inc
Beaulieu
U.S. 1
Jim Bland
Jim Baggott
Kathy Rawls
LaVana McKenzie
Willar Hightower
Ronnie ‘Young
Russ’ Ferrara
General Ax
Georgia
DOT Scraps Aiken Bridge Repair Plan
South Carolina DOT backed away from a two bridge rehabilitation project in Aiken worth 956000. Norfolk Southern and the city would split 191200 after a 764800 federal grant. City officials seek new funding and plan to lobby lawmakers for federal funds or state C funds to complete York Street and Newberry Street bridges.
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Aiken
C Department of ‘Transportation
York Street
Newberry Street
Norfolk Southern
City of Aiken
Department of ‘Transportation
City of
Ken
Steven T.thompson
Thompson
S.C. Highway Commission
Aiken County
Nepotism Concerns Of 87 Greeted With Animosity
Two members of a school accreditation committee recalling 1987 say the panel faced strong backlash when it flagged a potential conflict of interest involving Redcliffe Elementary principal Candye Slay and board chair Robert H. Slay. The review, conducted for SACS, also covered Greendale and James Brown Elementary schools and the district office, with calls to remove even the appearance of favoritism.
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Board of Education
Rick Tanner
Aiken County
Southern Assocation of Colleges and Schools
SACS
Greendale
Redcliffe
Tanner
Dr. Tanner
Candye Slay
Robert H. Slay
James Brown
Sumter
Dr. Brown
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Hazel O'Leary
Painters Union
Chuck 1756
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Sky 4
JPS
Carl Langley
Eve Writer
Tommy Irvin
Apa
Edcape
Karlie P. Moxley
Blyth, Ga
Willard
Bath
Calenda Bridge
Alment
Dot
Aiken Bridges
Wyrrilip Lord
Sacs Evaluator
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