Jobless rate steady at 5.3 percent in final 1989
The unemployment rate closed 1989 at 5.3 percent, holding near its start of the year amid slower job growth. The year saw a 142,000 December gain boosted by 55,000 returning striking workers, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics noting a revised November rate of 5.3 percent. In Yellowstone, park officials warn visitors after a skier was attacked by a coyote, with rangers searching for the animal as Brian Dean, 27, was hospitalized.
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Washington
Naion
Aisehold
New York
Labor Department
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Brian Dean
Montana
Dean
Biscuit Basin
Joan Anzelmo
Oak Lawn
Ill
Cloudy Weather Forecast with Rain Chance Tonight
Mossy cloudy skies are forecast tonight with a 60 percent chance of rain. The low will be in the upper 40s. Tomorrow will be cloudy with a chance of rain and a high in the 60s. Please see Page 8A for details.
Obituary notices list several deaths across towns
Deaths announced for Jack B. Clark Monetta Mable E. Davis Perkins Ga Sara N Grice Warrenville Elsie L. Richey Aken Richard Spannel Wagener Earle B. Sumner Augusta Sleveland K. Traynham Ware Shoals Bill Williams Granitevile Charles Williams Jr Jamaica N Y Details on Page 6A.
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Jack B. Clark
Monetta
Mable E. Davis
Perkins, Ga
Sara N. Grice
Warrenville
Elsie L. Richey
Aken
Richard
Spannel
Wagener
Earle B. Sumner
Augusta
Sleveland
K. Traynham
Ware Shoals
Bill Wiliams
Granitevile
Charles Wiliams Jr
Jamaica
N.Y
Noriega Faces U S Court In Federal Drug Case
Manuel Noriega appeared in a U S District Court under tight security and spoke in a soft voice as he answered initial questions. He declined to plead to drug trafficking charges amid claims of political prisoner status and possible immunity defenses. If convicted on all counts, he could face up to 145 years and a 1.1 million dollar fine. defense estimates for trial span months.
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Miami
Manuel Noriega
U.S
Noriega
William Hoeveler
United States
Norega
Smu
Defene Nor Noriega
Colombia
Medellin
Almead Cay Tee
Frank
Rubino
Iegal
Heap
Vatican
Panama City
Muscourt
Egally
Hoeveler
Panama
Applebee's to Build Aiken Location on Whiskey Road
Applebee's Grill And Bar filed plans for a 43 075 square foot restaurant on Whiskey Road in Aiken. The project, tied to Apple South and Blanchard and Calhoun Development, sits on the Woodward Tract acreage with city officials reviewing site and spring plans. The 60 acre Woodward Tract has been a focal point in local development debates.
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Applebee’s Grill
Aiken
Lebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar
Apple South
Blanchard and Calhoun Development Company
Woodward
Ms. Bramlett
Woodward Tract
Oficial
Whiskey Road
Lawmaker to Introduce Grants Bill in 1990 Session
Rep. Charles Sharpe proposes a college tuition grants bill to aid low income students with high moral character and scholarship ability. He says enacting the measure would create wage earners, reduce welfare rolls, cut illiteracy, and boost the state's economic development and industrialization efforts.
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Charles Sharpe
Wagner
Sharpe
Aiken County
DHEC Calls DOE Plan Vague and Misleading
South Carolina health officials criticize the Energy Department plan for the River Site cleanup as vague and misleading. They flag 86 Priority 1 issues, urge clearer distinctions between required actions to protect health and environment versus preserving program impact, and note redundancy and PR phrasing in the report.
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Columbia
Energy Department
Wannah ‘River
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Samuel L. Finklea
Department of Energy
Virgil R. Autry
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Ford
Alabama
Yellowstone
Abby
Weier
Rega
Homestead A.F.B
Florida
Oard Air Base
DEA
Frank Rubino
Philip Lor
Greenville
Carollna
Pine Log Rd
Carl Langley
Tation Center
Ginny Southworth
Homestyle
Alta Miller
Rhoda
DOE
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