ERDA Starts Two-Year Drive to Pick Nuclear Waste Sites
ERDA begins a two year program to select sites for commercial nuclear waste repositories. Dr Robert C Seamans Jr announced nationwide geological studies to identify candidate formations for disposal with initial site selection by end of 1978 and a goal of up to six repositories several thousand feet underground.
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Lin Smithwick
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Seamans
Ford
United States
South Carolina
Ford President’s half brother dies in Tennessee crash
Leslie Henry King 53, half brother of President Ford, was killed in a head on collision with a tractor trailer on Interstate 40 near Lebanon Tennessee. King lived in Cookeville where he owned an auto parts store. State police said he died at the scene and the White House had not yet been informed.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Leslie Henry King
Ford
Tennessee
White House
King
Ron Hill
Cookeville
Hill
Dabney Calls Utah Execution a Circus Ahead of Gilmore Date
Sal T Salt Lake City AP reports death penalty opponents pledge a concerted effort to halt Gary Gilmore’s sunrise execution scheduled after his 36th birthday. Jinks Dabney of the ACLU forecasts the Supreme Court will review the case, calling the situation a circus.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
U.S. Supreme Court
Gates Stand Firm As Car Hits White House Entrance
A Santa Fe man drove a battered pickup at the new solid steel gates on Pennsylvania Avenue in an attempt to crash onto the White House grounds. The gates did not budge. Steven B Williams sustained minor injuries and was arrested on charges of destruction of government property.
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Santa Fe, N.M
Pennsylvania
Steven B. Williams
Ford Won’t Jawbone Steel Firms But Newcomers May
White House officials say Ford likely will not press steel firms to roll back price hikes. Mondale questions inflation and labels the 6 percent rise in flat rolled steel as an ominous pattern for the economy. New prices took effect Wednesday affecting steel used in autos and appliances.
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Washington
White House
Ford
Walter F. Mondale
Mexico's Portillo urges hard work to meet crisis
Mexico's new president Jose Lopez Portillo began a six year term calling for austerity and hard work. He urged government cuts and business to help tackle inflation recession unemployment and peso devaluation while urging confidence in the country. Conservative business leaders welcomed the message.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jose Lopez Portillo
Wagener Swine Flu Clinic Closed Amid Staff Shortage
Dr. J Carroll Chambers says the Jaycee Community Center swine flu clinic is temporarily closed due to staff shortages and will reopen later this month. Wagener residents plan a rocking chair marathon during the 1977 Wagons To Wagener celebration with a $100 prize for the longest rock. Reach Sam Smith Rt 1 Box 386 Wagener 29164. first 100 entries only.
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Jaycee Community Center
J. Carroll Chambers
Lower Savannah
Wagener
Sam Smith
Rt. 1
Funeral Saturday for Albert George prominent Aiken civic leader
Albert George 61 died yesterday at Emory University Hospital Atlanta. Funeral at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. John B. McCullough officiating. Burial at Bethany Cemetery. He owned George Funeral Home and was highly honored for civic service including the 1973 Service to Mankind Award and Albert George Day proclaimed by Mayor Weeks.
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Albert M. George
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
John B. McCullough
Bethany Cemetery
George
George Funeral Home
Roland
Aiken Sertoma Club
Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Albert George
Budget Projections See Possible Budget Balance by 1980
Congressional panel reviews economic projections that show a potential shift from a 506 billion deficit to a surplus of up to 78 billion by October 1 1980. Congress relies on CBO estimates as baseline while noting uncertainties and no guaranteed outcomes.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Congressional
Alice M Rivlin
Senate House Joint Economic Committee
Congressional Budget Office
Cold Weather Forecast With Low In 20s For Aiken County
Aiken County expects a cold spell tonight with overnight lows in the low 20s and a high near the mid 40s tomorrow. Rain chances sit around 10 percent through tomorrow with fair weather projected Saturday. Scattered showers are forecast for Sunday and Monday.
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Aiken County
Salvation Army Collects 514 Dollars in Fund Drive
The Salvation Army reports 514 dollars collected in the first week of its annual family assistance fund drive. The article notes holiday needs include food and clothing as it helps a family after a father abandoned his wife and two young children, supplying food coal and wood.
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Salvation Army
Aiken Nursing Home Sale Review By HSA Agenda
The East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency will consider Maxie C. Collins III’s $866,834 bid to buy the Aiken Nursing Home at its December 13 meeting. Collins, who became administrator after Jimmie Harris retired, declined to discuss plans until final sale. HSA has 60 days to act. inaction means approval. The 83‑bed, private extended care facility on DuPont Drive in North Aiken is triple A rated and was built in 1963.
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Lin Smithwick
Aiken
East Central
HSA
Collins
Areawide
Aiken Nursing Home
DuPont Drive
North
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