Gasoline prices dip to 1978 low ahead of Labor Day
AAA Carolina Motor Club says fuel prices ahead of Labor Day are the lowest since 1978 at about 92 cents in North Carolina and 90 cents in South Carolina, with declines driven by self service and a 29.8 cent price gap between full and self service. Prices expected to rise after September 1 due to OPEC production cuts.
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OPEC
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Weather turns cooler with showers heading in
A cool spell moves in with a 60 percent chance of showers tonight near 70 degrees. Tomorrow brings more cloudiness and a 50 percent chance of showers or storms with highs in the upper 80s. Details appear on Page 6A.
Local Obituaries Noted for Charles Bussey Beck Johnson Jones
Death notices list Charles D. Bussey Augusta Allen W Beck North Augusta Allen T Johnson Johnston Grace M Jones Duncan Lois R Mathis North Augusta Frances S Simon Aiken Hinton Stoudemire Ridgeway Va details on Page 3B not provided here.
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Charles D. Bussey
Augusta
Allen W. Beck
North Augusta
Allen T. Johnson
Johnston
Grace M. Jones
Duncan Lois R. Mathis
Frances S. Simon
Aiken Hinton Stoudemire
Ridgeway
Americans Question Soviets in Territorial Expansion and Terrorism
A private Committee on the Present Danger poll of 1,004 Americans conducted July 21-23 finds 72 percent see the Soviet Union as trying to expand its territory and 57-60 percent view Moscow as involved in world terrorism. The survey backs the Star Wars SDI program with 81 percent support and shows mixed views on defense spending.
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Penn and Schoen Associates
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U.S
Strategic Defense Initiative
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United States
Congress
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Williams Told Of Killing In Regency Mall Case
State witness says 18 year old Williams admitted following a Beech Island girl to her car at Regency Mall then raping and shooting her near nearby woods. Aleta Bunch, 16, vanished March 4 and was found 11 days later as Williams faces murder and rape charges with possible death penalty.
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Augusta
Alex Williams
Regency Mall
Williams
Aleta Carol Bunch
Beech Island
Leon Bacon
Miss Bunch
Richmond County Superior Court
Bacon
Harold Lester
Margaret Jeffords
Jewel Kaczm
John Fitzgerald Jones
Jones
Lester
Becky
U S Carrier Ordered North Of Libya Patrol Move
The United States orders the aircraft carrier Forrestal to patrol the Mediterranean north of Libya and cancels a Haifa port call after warnings to Muammar Gaddafi. Speakes says Libya remains capable of terrorist activity and the U S is prepared to act.
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United States
Muammar Gaddafi
Forrestal
Mediterranean
Haifa
Israel
Egypt
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Reagan
Larry Speakes
Gaddafi
Speakes
Great Britain
Iran accuses American engineer Pattis of spying for CIA
Iran says Jon Pattis 49, an American telecommunications engineer from Cosmos Engineers in Maryland, confessed to liaising with the CIA via Ravi Austin and entering Iran with an Italian passport. Tehran claims he provided Iraq with targets and links for an air strike on a major Iranian telecommunications center at Asadabad.
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Cyprus
Iran
Jon Pattis
Iraq
Islamic Republic
Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri
Pattis
CIA
Ravi Austin
IRNA
Tehran
London
Ali- Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani
Cosmos Engineers
Bethesda
Ellen
Aiken
Charles Redman
State Department
U.S
Asadabad
Reyshahri
Wickes May Sweeten Bid for Owens Corning Fiberglas
Wickes Cos Inc may raise its 74 dollar per share offer for Owens Corning Fiberglas and seeks negotiations after the 2.1 billion takeover bid was rejected. A Wickes letter to Owens Corning chair Sanford Sigoloff states the price is fair but other values could justify a higher tender. Owens Corning has not responded publicly.
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Owe Sanford Sigoloff
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Califoe Wickes
Owens-Corning
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