Willcox Hotel to Reopen With Refined Restoration Plan
Eric Brooks plans a Christmas completion for the Willcox Hotel on Colleton Avenue featuring preserved columns and a modernized interior. The lobby will center two fieldstone fireplaces with a restaurant, lounges, equestrian decor, and upgraded bathrooms with travertine vanities. Brooks aims for a full service inn with 24 rooms and Charleston Savannah style, offering turn down and pillow chocolate.
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Willcox
Eric Brooks
Colleton Avenue
Brooks
Planters Inn
Middleton Hunt
Charleston
Benita
Sara S. Wood
Savannah
Discovery Soars Off Into Perfect Orbit
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts with new space fliers led by Michael Coats and Judy Resnik on the crew. The mission plans to deploy three commercial satellites and operate a drug factory payload, with Charles Walker, a McDonnell Douglas engineer, training at NASA for $80,000.
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Thve
Michael Coats
Judy Resnik
America
Steve Hawley
Richard Mullane
Charles Walker
McDonnell Douglas Corp
NASA
Walker
Shuttle
At&t
SBS
Discovery
McDonnell Douglas
Johnson & Johnson
SRL Officials Resignations and Shuttle Delays Highlight NASA News
SRL Chief Ben C. Rusche and Hilley join DOE duties and SRP roles as NASA faces repeated shuttle delays. The article notes launches delayed due to technical problems, satellite payloads by AT&T SBS and Hughes, and plans to boost the launch rate to one flight per month.
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Ben C. Rusche
Rusche
SRP
Hilley
du Pont
SRL
Washington, D.C
DOE
Linnelle Thurman
Taylorsville, Ga
Washington
Brooks to transform Wilcox Inn in Aiken transformation
Brooks plans to convert the crumbling Wilcox in Aiken into a social landmark linking tourism with local life. He aims for charm and history with a 24 room inn a small restaurant office space and meeting rooms while delaying chef selection pending local interest and market response.
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Jones
Brooks
Aiken
Willcox
Soviet Interior Minister expands drive against corruption
Vitaly V. Fedorchuk says the Interior Ministry has 13 million volunteers and has increased theft investigations by 25 percent to curb corruption in agriculture transport and food industries. He blames alcoholism for much crime and traffic accidents as he notes tougher street enforcement against black marketeering.
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Moscow
KGB
Yuri V. Andropov
Vitaly V. Fedorchuk
Soviet Union
Andropov
Literary Gazette
Fedorchuk
Interior Ministry
Druzhinniki
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Earth
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Kennedy Space Center
Richard Young
Columbia
Challenger
European Space Agency
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Satellite Business Systems
Hughes Communications Services
Aiken Carpet Mart
SALEM
Congoleum
Worl
Kalmia Landing
U.S. Retirement Corporation
U.S. Shelter Corporation
Gregg Avenue
Dept
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