Energy Secretary Picks Sail Through Nuclear Debate
The list of potential nominees for energy secretary includes Schlesinger successors and critics of oil policy. Names tied to nuclear and regulatory backgrounds surface as Bush weighs a pick seen as signaling support for domestic oil and energy security, amid post price-collapse job losses and policy shifts.
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United States
John J
Sancre
Old
Atomic Energy Commission
Alaska
Moore
Baton Rouge
Senate
Bush
Thomas
EPA
John Deutch
Schlesinger
Energy Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Ahearne
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Herrington
French Girls Freed After Libya Mediation Christmas Release
The French girls held since November 1987 were released after a call from Muammar Gaddafi and regarded as a gift to French authorities. Libyan state media cited liberation movements to free remaining hostages, as relatives awaited arrival with mixed emotions and renewed resolve.
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Libya
France
Foreign Ministry
Beirut
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Walid Khaled
Children of
Palestine
Khaled
Gaddafi
Liberation Movements
Middle East
Jana
Jacqueline Valente
Anne-Marie
Gaza Strip
Israel
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Valente
Marie-Laure
Virginie
Lebanon
Myrtle Beach officials seek federal ties for base future
Myrtle Beach leaders push to replicate Area Transportation Board lobbying to secure better roads and services. In expanded Fort Jackson links, local consultant Mike Tallon envisions a future with fewer aircraft but more capable equipment, possibly attracting stealth bombers, NASA use, and Space Shuttle contingency plans amid unclear base status. Col. Robert Jenkins notes Stealth aviation unlikely at the base, which remains a Tactical Air Command facility.
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Grand Strand
Columbia
Fort Jackson
Horry County
Mike
Vic
Tory
Tallon
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
NASA
Jenkins
Upper Income Groups To Pay Less In Taxes
A Clemson University economist and a Greenville CPA report that six figure earners will pay about 5 percent less in 1988 taxes, while lower and middle income groups see little change. The study of 688 taxpayers notes the 1986 reform caused earlier gains and argues the act failed to simplify filing or fully achieve equity.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Clemson Univeristy Economics
Richard B. McKenzie
del Bradshaw
Bradshaw
McKenzie
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Martha Hesse
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Energy
Peter Johnson
Bonneville Power Administration
James McClure
Idaho
Energy Committee
Sen
Dan Evans
Washington
McClure
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
Air Force
James A. Abrahamson
Pentagon
James Broyhill
North Carolina
House Energy and Commerce Committee
U.S
Lowe's Co
Lowe's
Ishig
Petters Tar
Seatno
West Coast
Cash & Cary
Peewhoetn University Parkway
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