Aiken City Moves To Buy Historic Mile Track Option
Aiken officials including City Manager Roland Windham seek to purchase the Aiken Mile Track from G and L Associates. A special council meeting on August 29 will discuss the option and funding, with October 6 deadline and Harriet Delaney versus City of Aiken case to be settled. Public attendance urged.
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Art Rooney Sr. Dies at 87 After Leading Steelers Since 1932
Pittsburgh native Art Rooney Sr. died at Mercy Hospital at age 87. The Steelers founder bought the team for 2500 dollars in racetrack winnings in 1932 and built a dynasty in the 1970s. He had been in a coma after a stroke earlier in the week, with family by his bedside.
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Art Rooney Sr
Pittsburgh Steelers
Theodore Gelet
Rooney
Mercy Hospital
Three Rivers Stadium
Weather Fair Skies Forecast Tonight and Tomorrow
Fair skies tonight with a low in the mid 60s. Partly cloudy tomorrow with a high in the low 90s. Details on page 7A.
Deaths Shan Curry Aiken Louise Curtis Augusta
Obituary brief lists deaths of Shan Curry Aiken Louise S Curtis Marjorie W McCracken Dancey D Slate Edward Symes Jr in Augusta Media and notes further details on page 8A.
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DOE Won’t Reimburse Du Pont Severance at SRP
Department of Energy拒绝报销杜邦公司在萨凡纳河工厂为SRP员工离职金所承诺的7500万美元 severance，称此举不应由纳税人承担。杜邦将按原计划发放并若必要将诉诸法院追讨，致SRP长期合作关系进入紧张阶段。董事会主席对 DOE 的决定表示极度失望，称这是杜邦与政府长期合约的支出。
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GNP Grows At 3.3 Percent Rate In Second Quarter
The report shows the economy expanding at a 3.3 percent annual rate from April through June despite a severe drought. Inflation rose at its fastest pace in nearly six years, and farm output was reduced by drought by about 14.3 billion dollars for 1988.
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Commerce Department
GNP
Strong GNP growth amid rising inflation at 5.1 percent
The article notes robust expansion in business investment and consumer spending, while the GNP price index shows inflation accelerating with the market basket rising 5.1 percent annually. The piece highlights the tension between growth and price gains.
Gulf War Peace Talks Begin Today
In Geneva UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar expects face to face negotiations between Iraq and Iran to span months as he plans separate meetings with Iran and Iraq's foreign ministers before direct talks begin. Iran's Ali Akbar Velayati warns the talks will be long and troublesome as negotiators seek a comprehensive settlement covering borders prisoner exchanges and other issues after eight years of war.
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War Guilt and Reparations in Resolution 598 Debate
The text discusses a proposed impartial body to determine responsibility for the conflict after Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, with Iran seeking reparations and damage estimates cited at 350 billion dollars for 1985 and about 600 billion by a Tehran newspaper. Iraq has not issued an official damage assessment and Resolution 598 aims for a comprehensive just settlement without direct reparations language.
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Iran
Tehran
NPR and Idaho reactor plan share SRP funding
The Savannah River Plant plans a new production reactor to share funding with a smaller Idaho facility. The paired projects total about 6.8 billion dollars with rising annual appropriations through the late 1980s. The NPR is slated for 1998 completion and would supply plutonium and tritium for the U S nuclear arsenal, using heavy water cooling.
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U.S
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Textile Bill Proponents Face Battle in Senate Debate
Senate debate on the Textile and Apparel Trade Act pits textile state lawmakers against farm state colleagues as supporters and opponents prepare for a likely close vote. The bill would freeze the import share at about 50 percent, cap non rubber footwear imports to 1986 levels, and offer gradual quota increases for nations’ fair trade.
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U.S
Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Philip Trezise
Washington
United States
Tom Daschle
Hollings
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