City Council weighs video poker restrictions and district changes
Aiken City Council holds a public hearing and second reading on an ordinance restricting video poker to specific zoning districts and setting a 500 foot buffer from churches schools and parks. The meeting also covers election district plans annexations bonds and historic designation with a 7 30 p m start at the Municipal Complex.
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Aiken
Roca Road
Wa Mart
Silver Bluff
Woodside Plantation
Park Ave
Space Station Freedom May Face Budget Cuts In Clinton Plan
The Clinton administration weighs canceling major projects including the space station Freedom and the $8.2 billion superconducting supercollider to meet a four year $145 billion deficit target. Officials say some big-ticket items may be cut despite merit. Analysts note the science projects face political appeal versus scientific value.
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Washington
Clinton
Rudolph Penner
Ford
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional
Congress
Max Sawicky
Economic Policy Institute
Clinton to pick attorney general candidate soon
Washington sources say President Clinton intends to quickly nominate a new attorney general after Kimba Wood withdrew. Anonymity and internal lists remain, with the administration briefed about lingering political trouble from past hiring issues and a fresh probe into Ron Brown payroll taxes. Clinton planned an environmental policy announcement with Vice President Gore as the Wood controversy persists.
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Clinton
Washington
Kimba Wood
Zoe Baird
Baird
Wood
Commerce
Ron Brown
al Gore
Turgut Ozal
Remedial Program Isn't Making The Grade
South Carolina remedial programs fail to lift students as critics and educators warn. Despite more than a half billion dollars over a decade, over a third of children in poverty remain enrolled in remedial work and about half will need it during schooling. Leonard Pellicer warns the welfare of the state hinges on improvement. Senate Chair Nikki Setzler and Gov Campbell push for more funding.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Leonard Pellicer
University of South Carolina
Cellular Samaritans Aid Police Eyes on Highway
Boston reporter Paul Letendre spots four stalled cars and calls in with a cellular phone. A state trooper arrives to move a vehicle off the road. Massachusetts police note rapid growth in cellular reports from about 300 monthly in 1987 to 15 700 by December, while crank calls also occur.
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Boston
Paul Letendre
Letendre
Highway Patrol
Tom Walsh
Walsh
Fire Department
Community tip line and contacts for tips
Readers are invited to call 648 2311 to share news tips. Contact informants Alvin C Settles Sr Aiken Lucille W Thomas Williston for leads and recognition.
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Alvin C. Settles Sr
Aiken
Lucille W. Thomas
Williston
Iranian passenger jet, military plane collide killing 132 in Tehran
An Iranian airliner carrying pilgrims collided with a military plane near Tehran, killing 132 aboard the jetliner. The crash occurred around 10 15 am near Mehrabad airport as the Russian chartered jet carried 119 passengers and 13 crew to Mashhad. Ground casualties unclear.
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Tehran
Iran
Islamic Republic
IRNA
Mashhad
Karaj
Mehrabad
Teh
Khorasan
Iran Air Tour
Iran Air
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