A Good Omen Aiken's Son
Strom Thurmond signals possible bid for re election as South Carolina's senior senator. At eighty he shows notable mental alertness and drives district needs while imposing high staff standards. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and president pro tem he is third in line to the presidency, enhancing his status as a statesman and popular with South Carolinians.
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Aiken
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
U. S. Senate
Sen. Thurmond
Record $900 Million SRP Appropriation Boosts Aiken Economy
Congress approved a $900 million appropriation for the Savannah River Plant for FY83, up from $788.2 million, with $320 million in capital funds. Major items include $40 million for a defense waste facility and $40 million for a Navy fuel plant. Reactor startup costs total $36.5 million, with completion planned for October 1983. The funds support continued SRP activity and site upgrades amid unsettled economy.
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Savannah River
Aiken
Aiken County
Congress
SRP
Defense
Navy
Fulmer Pioneered Business and Politics in Aiken
Q Jutson Fulmer, 77, longtime Aiken resident, built a grocery chain with two Piggly Wiggly stores and was a nurseryman famed for aza leis. A retired insurance salesman, he helped found a Republican city council bloc, served eight years, and maintained friendships across racial lines. He leaves a wife, a daughter, and four sons.
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Q. Jutson Fulmer
Aiken
Fulmer
Aiken Standard
Pope Shot Raises Global Conspiracy Theories In Rome
An Italian investigation links Mehmet Ali Agca to Bulgarian and Turkish agents with KGB ties amid claims of Soviet involvement in the papal shooting. The piece argues the plot aimed to destabilize the West, notes Andropov's leadership, and urges cautious diplomacy with the USSR while acknowledging the possible truth of a broader conspiracy.
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New York City
KGB
Middle East
Europe
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russia
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Mehmet Ali Agca
Mario Martella
Sergei Ivanov Antonov
Rome
St. Peter’s Square
Luigi Scricciolo
Red Brigade
Dozier
Lech Walesa
Soviet Union
Yuri Andropov
Postmasters Gazette Sees Rural Mail Duties As Theatre
A humor piece by rural postmaster Bart M. Price explores the broad scope of a small town post office. The column riffs on mail routes, family name confusion, money orders, and old citizens who want letters read aloud, highlighting quirky anecdotes from postal life.
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Trudy Moore
Bart M. Price
Mena (Ark
Postmasters Gazette
Postmaster Price
Betty James
Betty Ann James
Betty Jo James
Allen James
Betty
Ben
Allen
Belle
Doonesbury Dillons Gossip and Delivers Across Town
A reader recalls a string of postal encounters from a neighbor’s tale of a misdelivered letter to a report on a shopper’s anger at a damaged package. The piece shifts to anecdotes of gratitude from patrons, an FBI reference, and a gift of garden vegetables with a thanks note.
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Montgomery Ward
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