Ruth Patrick Center Groundbreaking At USCAiken
Dr Ruth Patrick and the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center led a groundbreaking ceremony at the University of South Carolina Aiken for the facility expansion. Pena, USC Secretary of Energy, joined politicians and educators as Patrick urged responsible use of Earths resources and praised teachers and DOE support for the project.
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Ruth Patrick
University of South Carolina Aiken
Federico Pena
State Legis
Scott Webster
Ashley Roberson
Secretary of Energy
Federico Pesia
Orlando Guerra
USC Aiken
Secretary's Savannah visit signals SRS tritium plan stakes
Secretary Pena visited the Savannah River Site and praised the depth of support for its work. He will decide in 1998 on a $3 billion linear accelerator to produce tritium and, later, on a plutonium fuel fabrication plant. The project could create 2,800 construction jobs, 650 permanent posts, and a $200 million annual operating budget, anchoring SRS in national defense and possibly enabling medical isotope production.
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Federico F. Pefta
Savannah River
Pefta
DOE
Department of Energy
SRS
Pefia
David Beasley
Aiken
Governor's
Beasley
Pena
South Carolina
National Defense
Mrs Clauses Reading Visit Delights Aiken Children
Mrs. Claus Ginger Ingram visited the H Odell Weeks Activities Center to read Christmas stories and share advice with about 35 children. She reminded youngsters to be good to receive gifts, handed out candy canes, and noted Santa’s elf Jingelo watches over them.
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Santa Claus
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Santa
Aiken
Jingelo
Mrs. Claus
Deaths listed for Ruby Barton and others in region
Obituary snippet records deaths including Ruby Barton Aiken Annette G Dupre Graniteville Lucile G Ford Aiken Mary Murray Anderson and Robert L Thomas Springfield, noting names and locales without further details.
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Ruby Barton
Aiken
Annette G. Dupre
Graniteville
Lucile G. Ford
Mary Murray
Anderson
Robert L. Thomas
Springfield
Key senator wants video poker ballot
South Carolina Senate Finance Chair John Drummond proposes a statewide referendum next November to abolish all video gambling payouts. Twelve counties already banned payouts in 1994, and the governor is urged to join in campaigning to persuade voters.
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Columbia
Senate
John Drummond
Condon seeks $1B in federal video gambling suit
South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon seeks to intervene in a federal class action against video gambling operators and demands $1 billion for the state. He argues video gambling is an illegal lottery under state law. Assistant AG Reggie Lloyd says operators liable for $100 per gambling instance.
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Charlie Condon
State Supreme Court
Lancaster County
Columbia
South Carolina
Condon
Reggie Lloyd
Lloyd
Revenue Department
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USCA
Jeff Priest
APSEC
United States
Abraham Lincoln
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Sharon Taylor
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Abby
Mond
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Shores
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