Missing M-16 rifles prompt SRP security probe
Savannah River Plant security chief Clif Webb says three M-16 rifles are missing from the weapons inventory. Wackenhut Services Inc reported the loss on August 17 and the DOE task force probes access controls, with FBI and Wackenhut assisting the investigation. Each rifle is valued at 450 dollars.
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Savannah River
Clif Webb
External Affairs
Department of Energy
Wackenhut Services Inc
Wackenhut
SRP
DOF
Webb
FBI
DOE
Patrol Out In Force For Labor Day Weekend
The S C Highway Patrol will be on duty from 6 p m Friday to midnight Monday during Labor Day weekend. Troopers will monitor beaches and other busy areas for speeders and drunk or drug impaired drivers. Last Labor Day weekend 11 people died in auto accidents in the state.
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S.C. Highway Patrol
Col
P.L. Meek
Flashing Beacon Planned At Pine Log Intersection
The South Carolina Highway Department plans flashing beacons at the Pine Log Road and Richardson's Lake Road intersection to improve traffic control. Beacons will show red for stop and yellow for through traffic to warn motorists approaching from Richardson's Lake Road and through Pine Log Road. The chief commissioner cites the junction as extremely dangerous after a two car crash on August 1 killed a 40 year old Langley man.
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Pine Log Road
Richardson’s Lake Road
S.C
Garbage pickup prank rattles North Augusta councilman
North Augusta residents note missing trash collection for Councilman Al Valois as speculation grows about a practical joke by city workers. Councilman Mark Baynham jokes, Maybe they're trying to tell you something, to which Valois responds I’m sure they are.
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North Augusta
al Valois
Mark Baynham
Valois
Aiken Standard subscription ad urges keeping in touch
The ad promotes an Aiken Standard subscription as the easy way to beat homesickness for college students and out-of-town readers, urging readers to dial 649-5316 to subscribe.
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Aiken
Dial
Brooks Breathing Life Into Old Willcox Hotel
Charleston businessman Eric Brooks is reviving the Willcox in Aiken as Littlebrook Ltd. prepares a December completion. Brooks, founder of Planters Inn in Charleston and a Savannah inn owner, was urged by Rafael Jones and his wife to take on the project tied to equestrian circles and local history.
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Charleston
Eric Brooks
Aiken
Littlebrook Ltd
Brooks
Willcox
Planters Inn
Savannah
Charleston Area
Middleton Place
Raphael Jones
Jones
Raphael
Phil Jones
Discovery soars on maiden shuttle flight with passengers
Cape Canaveral reports Discovery lifting off after three delays with three communications satellites and a six member crew including NASA's second woman astronaut and first paying passenger. The ship carries 24 tons of cargo and a secret hormone factory device. Mission Control calls liftoff perfect as the shuttle enters orbit 184 miles up at 17 400 mph amid crowding spectators.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Discovery
NASA
Mission Control
Houston
Globe
Henry Hartsfield
Control Center
Kennedy Space Center
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Hartsfield
SRL Chief Retires To Join DOE Post
J. Roger Hilley, longtime Savannah River Laboratory manager since 1982, leaves Du Pont to become associate director for storage and transportation systems in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. He will join former SRL colleagues in government service.
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J. Roger Hilley
Savannah River Laboratory
du Pont Company
U.S. Department of Energy
Hilley
SRL
U.S
DOE
SRP
Du Pont Donates 3500 for Savannah River Plant Exhibit
Du Pont contributes 3500 to Aiken County Historical Museum for a SRP creation exhibit funded by the corporate public affairs committee. DOE support includes archival materials and up to 10000 from USC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology for related Indian and colonial history artifacts. The exhibit opens Sept 22 in Banksia building.
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du Pont Company
Aiken County
SRP
John Granaghan
Savannah River
DOE
University of South Carolina
Institute of Archeology and Anthropology
John T. Granaghan
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