DOE Requests Funding for SRP and AGNS in Reagan Budget
The DOE seeks 790.4 million for Savannah River Plant nuclear materials production and about 10 million for Allied General Nuclear Services at Barnwell to continue research. Funding covers three production reactors upgrades and laser isotope separation, plus waste processing prospects and a Defense Waste Processing facility planned to begin in 1990. George Stribling of AGNS cautions Congress may oppose but confirms DOE interest. plant faces possible closure without continued funding.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
SRP
Jim Gaver
DOE
Defense
Gaver
Congress
Department of Energy
Reagan Administration
Barnwell’s Vice President of Regulations and Public Affairs
George Stribling
U.S. State Department
the International
Stribling
Reagan On War Path Over Critics
President Reagan attacks critics in Iowa and Minneapolis saying Democrats spin horror stories about the 1983 budget while offering no real alternatives. He pledges to maintain expanded defense spending and accuses Democrats of opposing tax cuts and risking a growing deficit.
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Reagan
Des Moines
Iowa
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
West
Deep South
Potomac River
District
David Durenberger
R-Minn
Larry Speakes
Washington
Speakes
Congress
Pat Walke resigns from Aiken Zoning Board of Adjustments
City Council accepted the resignation of Pat Walke from the Zoning Board of Adjustments and City Election Commission after his transfer to Savannah River Plant in Wilmington. No replacement named. Also, council gives first reading on a 14,600 loan for Laurens Street improvements and approves a May Strawberry Social at St Thaddeus Episcopal Church with street closures and ad space requests.
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W. Pat Walke
Aiken
City Election Commission
Weeks
Walke
Laurens St
N.W
Laurens Street
Roland H. Windham
Windham
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Pendleton Street
Richland Avenue
St. Thaddeus
Chesterfield Street
Park Avenue
Higher Authority Quip Echoed at Rotary Meeting
At the Aiken Rotary Club gathering Ron Wheeler the club president announced two items one from the president and one from a higher authority Rev Bob James of St John s Methodist Church responded I do represent a higher authority The exchange highlighted a playful hierarchy reference within the community leadership.
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Aiken
Reagan aides press Capitol Hill to rally support for 1983 budget
Reagan economic strategists campaigned before House committees and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to counter opposition to the deficit laden 1983 budget. Reagan toured Iowa and Indiana to pressure Congress as critics call the plan a campaign budget and accuse inflated figures. He defended the proposal saying spending on social programs would still rise while deficits loom.
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Washington
Reagan
Capitol Hill
Congress
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
David A. Stockman
Murray L. Weidenbaum
Council of Economic Advisers
House Appropriations Committee
Regan
Stockman
House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Beverly Hills
White House
O'Neill
Future Of Museum Depends On Vote
Joyce Ross the director of the Aiken County Museum says the possible demolition of the old Aiken County Jail to make way for a courthouse renovation or relocation of the museum is a shock. The council may choose renovation and move the museum to the probate judge’s office or opt for a new courthouse keeping the museum in its Park Avenue location.
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Aiken
Park Avenue
Joyce Ross
Aiken Jaycees
County Council
Historical Commission
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Soviet Union
Aiken County
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Showtime Sports Television
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