Tritium Leak Forces Beaufort Jasper Water Switch
Radioactive tritium from the K Reactor at Savannah River Site reached the Savannah River prompting Beaufort and Jasper counties to abandon river water. Westinghouse estimates tritium arrived Thursday with safety measures to use backup wells for over a week. DHEC and SRS monitor the river as authorities in Savannah and Georgia plan continued checks.
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Savannah River
Beaufort
Jasper
Savannah
Westinghouse
Savan
Nah River
Thom Berry
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Jasper Counties
Berry
DHEC
SRS
Steel Creek
Hwy. 301
Allendale
Port Wentworth
Georgia
Buckley’s Body Found After Lebanon Hostage Case
The body identified as American hostage William Buckley, CIA station chief kidnapped in 1984, was found near Beirut airport. U N Secretary General de Cuellar hoped for return by weekend. Higgins, a U N observer, remains later found.
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Beirut
Lebanon
William Buckley
CIA
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
New York
Buckley
U.S
William Higgins
Airport
Higgins
Ahmed Harati
Islamic Jihad
de Cuellar
Israel
After Christmas Sales Swing Strong in Aiken Stores
Dan Haywood of J B White reports brisk crowds and higher post holiday sales as shoppers fill Aiken malls Heritage Square and northside shops. Merchants note increased buying over returns with optimism for next year. Allan Frickel of Goody’s confirms crowded shopping in Hitchcock Plaza and plans after Christmas sales.
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Dan Haywood
J.B. White
Haywood
Aiken
Aiken Mall
Heritage Square
Allan Frickel
Goody’s Family Clothing
Hitchcock Plaza
Disputes Emerge In New Russia
In the post Soviet transition, defense chiefs meet to address mutual defense and the future of the armed forces while republics press for control of non nuclear troops. Gorbachev vows vacation but not exit from politics as Yeltsin manages nuclear responsibilities.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Tam
Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Commonwealth of Independent States
Georgia
Commonwealth
Soviet Defense Ministry
Ivan Skrylnik
Minsk
Belarus
Byelorussia
Skrylnik
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Moldova
Moldavia
Terminator 2 Tops Box Office in 1991
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator 2 Judgment Day made 204.2 million and led 1991 box office while Robin Hood Prince of Thieves earned 165.5 million. The Silence of the Lambs City Slickers and Sleeping With the Enemy followed as top films. Carolco Pictures faces financial distress and Orion Pictures pursues bankruptcy.
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Los Angeles
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc
Silence of the Lambs
Daily Variety
Carolco Pictures
Orion Pictures
Community tips line for readers in city note
Readers are invited to call 648 2311 with news ideas or tips for the paper. The notice encourages public input and local coverage suggestions.
Local names listed for Carolina region notice
Geneva Brown Wagener Byrnes Franklin N Augusta Juanita Glover Aiken Archie Johnson Graniteville Hasting Pemberton James Prather N Augusta John Lee Scott Williston Josie M Wills Augusta
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Geneva Brown
Wagener Byrnes Franklin
N. Augusta
Juanita Glover
Aiken
Archie Johnson, III
Graniteville
Hasting Pemberton
James E. Prather
John Lee Scott
Williston
Josie M. Wills
Augusta
SAS MD-80 crash near Stockholm injures fourteen
An SAS jetliner with 129 aboard crashed in a snowy field ten miles north of Arlanda after takeoff from Stockholm. Fifteen hurt seven seriously as ice on the wings and dual engine failure are cited. The MD-80 fell from about two thousand feet en route to Copenhagen with 122 passengers and seven crew.
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Gottrora
Sweden
SAS
Stockholm
Arlanda
Scandinavian
Bush Seeks Early Meeting With Yeltsin
President Bush expressed confidence that Boris Yeltsin will honor Soviet era agreements and said he wants a meeting soon. He noted close contact with Yeltsin and indicated no date had been set, while predicting easier arms control talks with the independent republics after the USSR’s dissolution.
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Washington
Bush
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Yeltsin
Ussr
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Stock Market Ends Year With Fresh Highs On Rally
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 31.98 to 3082.96, topping a prior high as a year end rally gains speed after the Fed cut the discount rate to 3.5 percent. Volume reached 149.22 million shares as gains led the NYSE with broad participation and tech and medical issues lifting the NASDAQ to a record 559.30.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
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