Energy plans 244 million for two new nuclear reactors
The Energy Department seeks 244 million in FY 1990 for planning and initial construction of two nuclear weapons materials production reactors. One will be at Savannah River Plant and the other at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory near Idaho Falls. Total project cost is estimated at 6.8 billion with Savannah River at 3.6 billion. The Savannah River unit will use a modular complex of four small reactors for tritium production, DOE says.
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Washington
SNS
Department of Energy
Conress
Savannah River
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Idaho Falls
Energy Department
Department
Chris Sankey
DOE
Inmate Charged With Lunchtime Robberies
Columbia authorities accuse Lawrence Terry Jordan of escaping a work release during lunch and robbing two First Citizens banks on November 28 and December 9. The 39 year old, jailed for a Charleston County robbery, is now held in Broad River Correctional Institution awaiting further proceedings.
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Columbia
Lawrence Terry Jordan
Campbell
First Citizens
Jordan
Charleston County
Broad River Correctional Institution
Francis X. Archibald
Department of Corrections
State Department of Mental Health
Calhoun Street
Archibald
Weather Warm Weekend Skies Forecast
Weekend forecast calls for fair skies tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Saturday should be mostly cloudy with a high in the upper 60s. Details appear on Page 6A.
Deaths of residents listed in area obituaries
Mamie T Beckum Nancy C Fox Eva H Rice Barbara B Shealy Dee H Singletary Lillie Mae Thompson are noted among the deceased with details referenced on Page 7A. This brief obituary notice names several residents and directs readers to the continuation on Page 7A for full details.
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Mamie T. Beckum
Martinez
Nancy C. Fox
Lexington
Eva H. Rice
Saluda
Barbara B. Shealy
Columbia
Dee H. Singletary
North Augusta
Lillie Mae Thompson
Aiken
Lawmakers Perks Fuel Salary Debate in Washington
Lawmakers face a heated salary debate as a $135000 pay hike for members of Congress draws critique. Advocates cite office staff costs and travel allowances while critics like Ralph Nader call lawmakers imperial. Reagan expected to back a 50 percent raise and endorse ending outside income.
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Reagan
Congress
Commission On Executive
Leslye Arsht
Smoking trends by education level show larger drops among college grads
The share of smokers with a college degree fell by more than one third, while the decline among individuals who did not finish high school was much smaller, indicating widening gaps in smoking cessation by education.
Millions kick the habit yet millions start again
The surgeon general’s warning 25 years ago reduced smoking overall but by 2000 thirty percent of those with less than a high school education still smoked. CDC researchers note education level affects decline, with better educated groups reducing quicker. Dr Fiore cites newspapers and medical journals as better educated audiences. Page six.
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Chillago
National
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Journal of the American Medical Association
Michael C. Fiore
CDC
Ltte
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Medical Center
Jobless Rate Drops Back To 14-Year Low
Washington report shows civilian unemployment at 5.3 percent in December, a 0.1 point dip from November. Service industries added 279,000 jobs as 1988 totals hit 3.798 million, the strongest gain since 1984, with about 3 million of the new positions in services including 700,000 in retail.
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Washington
Labor Department
Pentagon releases dogfight photos audio backing U S pilots
The Pentagon released photographs and an audio tape claiming Libyan MiG-23s provoked a dogfight over the Mediterranean. It says five maneuvers were attempted, and U S Tomcats fired in self defense. Libya disputes the weapons claim and links the clash to chemical plant tensions with Reagan signaling possible options.
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Pentagon
Mediterranean
Reagan
Libya
Navy
John F. Kennedy
Paris
George P. Shultz
Shultz
America
Air Force One
Los Angeles
State Department
United States
Auto Insurance Rate Freeze Proposed By Commission
Columbia lawmakers mull a six month halt on private passenger car rate increases. Insurance Commissioner John Richards says the moratorium would let the General Assembly study auto insurance reform and assess effects of the 1988 bill and Safer Highways Act. A senator warns insurers may sue if the resolution is passed.
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State Insurance Commission
General Assembly
John G. Richards
Insurance Commission
Richards
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