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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1990
Page
1
Weather Update Partly Cloudy With Rain Chance
Page 12k reports a mainly partly cloudy sky with scattered showers possible. Temperatures are mild and remaining conditions expect light winds across the region.
Clemson researchers test humor to cut painkiller requests
About 150 nursing home residents in the Carolinas will view comic films from the Marx Brothers and W C Fields to see if humor lowers requests for nonprescription pain relief. Fran McGuire of Clemson University leads the project, following a small earlier study suggesting dramatic drops in pain med requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson
Carolinas
Fran McGuire
Clemson University
Marx Brothers
W.C. Fields
McGuire
Notable deaths listed for North Augusta and surrounding areas
Death notices for Jack T. Holmes Sammy L. Jones and Margaret G McNair all of North Augusta along with Bailey McCarty of Saluda and James K. Wills of Batesburg prompt readers to page 6A for full obituary details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack T. Holmes
North Augusta
Sammy L. Jones
Margaret G. McNair
Bailey McCarty
Saluda
James K. Wills
Batesburg
Thai yarn exports strain U S ties amid tariff dispute
Salvester yarn shipments to the United States rise 36 percent in a year as talks on a Thai U S trade agreement stall. Officials including C Donald Brasher and Jim Connor dispute government claims of a policy aimed at enlarging Thailand's market share, citing commercial motives and unproved government strategy. The Fiber Economics Bureau lists South Carolina and North Carolina yarn plants amid broader industry concerns. Talks in Bangkok have failed and the U S threatens unilateral controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Thailand
Jim Connor
American Yarn Spinners Association
Gastonia
N.C
Connor
C. Donald Brasher
Brasher
Fiber Economics Bureau of
Roseland
N.J
Amade Fiber
South Carolina
North Carolina
Bangkok
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Panel Recommends Shifting Epidemiologic Research to DHHS
A nine member panel chaired by Christine Gebbie recommends moving major health studies from nuclear facilities to the Department of Health and Human Services. The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project, valued at 15 million dollars over five years, could be affected though no final decision has been made. Gebbie stated the panel favors contracting blocks of research to DHHS while avoiding derailment or abrupt cutoffs. The panel convened Saturday at Columbia and plans to address specifics in coming steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Washington State
Energy
James Watkins
Hanford
Christine Gebbie
Watkins
Fan
Aetaeta
Department of Health and Human Services
Gebbie
Columbia
District schools buckling as SRS growth strains Aiken
Aiken County schools face overcrowding and funding pressures linked to the Savannah River Site expansion. Student Joseph R. Brooks notes calls for stronger DOE support to ease the strain on classrooms and facilities amid the nuclear facility’s ongoing growth.
U.S. Economy Slows Despite Higher Q4 Growth
The Commerce Department reports that the U.S. economy rose 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 1989, the slowest pace in over three years, while the 1989 calendar year GDP advanced 3.0 percent. The revised figures beat an earlier 0.5 percent Q4 reading but miss a rapid expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Ted
Commerce Department
Aiken Educator and businessman press SRS funding impact
Aiken County officials including educator Butler C. Derrick and businessman Dr Joseph R. Brooks push for greater DOE support for public schools affected by the Savannah River Site. They cite SRS growth, 22,000 employees, and 170 missing classrooms by 1994, urging a larger federal funding commitment to ease district strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scho
Department of Ee
Butler C. Derrick
Ds.c
Timothy Dangerfield
Joseph R. Brooks
eecey_ Secretacy
Aseneen
Moors
DOE
American
Derrick
Aiken County
South Carolina
Brooks
Savannah River
Aiken
Barnwell
Westinghouse
Aiken Lights Up Dangerous Silver Bluff Pine Log Intersection
The intersection of Silver Bluff and Pine Log roads near Centre South Shopping Center has earned a bad reputation due to merging traffic and many driveways. From July to February 14 there were 16 reported accidents, mostly injuries. a traffic light was installed to reduce crashes and improve flow.
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Silver Bluff Road
Woodside Plantation
Silver Bluff
Pine Log
Pine Log Roads
Centre South
Pine Log Road
Carrol Busbee
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Chief Busbee
Busbee
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