14 Aug 1997
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1997
Page
1
The CHE released first year ratings for South Carolina institutes. ATC scored 85.9 percent ranking seventh among 16 technical schools while USCA earned 93.9 percent placing fourth among four year colleges. Officials caution ratings are early indicators and scores may be challenged as benchmarks expand.
CNTA opposes a Senate bill amending the 1954 Atomic Energy Act to allow weapons tritium production at commercial reactors. Michael Butler says the group will draft letters to South Carolina and Georgia legislatures seeking congressional hearings, arguing the change erodes lines between civilian and weapons uses and requires public debate.
Obituaries note the deaths of Benjamin Battle Jr of Kinston NC and Evelyn Salter Smith, with associated notices on page 2 in the classified memorial column.
Georgia lottery results list winning numbers for Weanesaay and 3 1 41 in Cash 4 90 08 in Fantasy 5 411 19 1421.
Verenes Industrial Park plant manager Dick Fent says no information confirms a purchase of United Defense. The Wall Street Journal reports a possible $1 billion bid by General Dynamics, with Alliant Tech Systems rumored to be interested. United Defense makes military vehicles like the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and M1 tanks.
Aiken County legislators and the Transportation Committee met to list paving projects dropped after the 1994 shift of priorities from lawmakers to the panel. Senator Tommy Moore noted many roads approved earlier vanished and urged a clear accounting, while the panel defended fairness and non political criteria in ranking more than 100 roads.
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