Reagan Marks 80th Birthday Prayer Gala
Beverly Hills AP reports former President Reagan celebrated his 80th birthday with celebrities and a prayer for U S troops in the Persian Gulf. More than 900 attendees paid 2500 dollars each to attend the black tie event beside Nan Reagan and dignitaries including Vice President Dole, Gov Pete Wilson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jimmy Stewart, Liza Minnelli and Lee Greenwood. A separate note mentions a South Carolina Senate panel proposing banning beepers from public school students to curb drug deals, with confiscation and expulsions as penalties.
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Deaths in South Carolina: Chesley Gray Kinard Senn Spratt Wooten
Obituary notice lists the deaths of Mamie Clarke Chesley Augusta George E Gray J Kinard Debbie Senn Rosalene M Spratt and Bettye G Wooten, inviting readers to Page 36 for full details and funeral arrangements.
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Education gaps show varied student paths and outcomes
The article cites Dr. Joseph Brooks of Aiken County Schools on five student levels from those who pursue college prep to dropouts. It notes a 25 to 28 percent high school dropout rate, links dropouts to crime and poverty, and warns many will rely on adult education or face uncertain futures.
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IRA Prime Suspects In Attack
Mortar shells from a van exploded near 10 Downing Street injuring two near Foreign Office and Cabinet Office staff. Scotland Yard suspects the IRA, with no immediate claim of responsibility. The van burned on a cordoned Whitehall street as Prime Minister John Major moved a War Cabinet meeting.
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Andy Ashworth
BBC
Iraq Using Civilians as Shield in Baghdad Attacks
U S and allied forces pounded Baghdad overnight with missiles and air strikes while U S military sources said Iraq moves anti aircraft guns into residential areas to shield them. Iraq says allied bombs killed hundreds. Baghdad reports say 22 civilians died and many injured. casualties include a mother and children in al A aemiya district.
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Energy Dept Plans Phaseout of Nuclear Plants by 2015
The Energy Department outlines a smaller, cost efficient nuclear weapons program. It expects about 15 percent as many warheads by 2015 and no new plutonium production, using material recovered from retired warheads. Fernald Ohio and Rocky Flats Colorado facilities would be phased out over 15 to 20 years as demand declines.
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Aiken Post Office Sets Stamp Sales Record This Week
Postmaster Donald Dulaney reports the Aiken Post Office sold about 130000 four cent stamps and 100000 more on Tuesday as patrons rushed to buy the new 28 cent stamps and four cent make up stamps after the rate change. Post office lines remained long though the week began to calm by midweek.
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