Rain Ends and Cold Moves In Across the Midwest
The Midwestern storm brings no snow but chilly weather with tonight's rain ending. Temperatures fall to the upper 30s, then clouds decrease to a high near 49 tomorrow. Weekend outlook: partly cloudy with teens to mid 30s inland and 40s to mid 50s elsewhere.
New Storm Drives Snow and Cold Across Regions
A powerful storm moving from the Plains to the Northeast brings heavy snow and plunging temperatures. Snow totals include up to six inches in parts of Missouri and New Jersey, with subzero wind chills in Oklahoma and Colorado. Authorities warn of dangerous travel as ice coats North Texas roads and a Gulf air clash fuels wintry conditions from Texas to the East Coast.
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Missouri
Gulf
Plains
Texas
Ohio
Kentucky
Oklahoma
North
National Weather Service
Butte
Mont
Central States
Nolan Duke
National
Kansas City
New Jersey
New England
Alabama
Birmingham
Aiken County Delays Drainage Decision On Basins
Aiken County Council postponed a policy decision on whether to maintain a proposed sedimentation basin and retention pond near Hitchcock Woods after concerns about costs and shared city county responsibilities. The panel tabled a $478 401 drainage project and debated millage impacts, while approving limited funds for county repairs and computer tie in with state systems. County officials anticipate possible mill increases if city county agreement emerges.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Ralph Cullinan
Planning Commission
Cullinan
Downer School
Medwell Hill
W. Scott Barnes
South Carolina
Aiken County
Barnes
Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center Among State's Best
The ABMHC is rated as one of the top centers in the state system after a three year growth plan. Dr. Biddle notes its broad services and progress House program helps chronically ill clients regain independence through self directed activities and employment support.
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Progress
Sandy Moore
Jan Vassar
Aiken-Barnwell
Ginny Southworth
Mental Health Center
Alwell Mental Health Center
David L. Biddle
John C. Lee
S.C
Lee
Midlands
SCDMH
Biddle
ABMHC
Progress House
Penny Bank Totals Forty Two Dollars Fifty Cents
Mildred Rowe and a friend spent two days rolling five years of pennies into a bank and counted sixty seven rolls totaling 42.50. The rest of the fragment references a graphic error and unrelated fishing details about a striped bass, with no clear connection to the main event.
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Mildred Rowe
W.P
Bill) Hughes
Aikenishing
Clarks Hill Reservoir
Sales Tax Alternatives Are Sought
Legislative budget writers question funding for Gov. Riley's 210 million school improvement plan without a penny sales tax rise. Republicans propose trimming and phasing in payments, plus using existing funds and new fees, while aiming to avoid tax burdens on property owners.
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Columbia
Richard W
Dick) Riley
House
Ways and Means
Ed Simpson
Pickens
Philip Bradley
Greenville
House Education and Public Works Committee
Riley
Rep. Bradley
South Carolina
Subcommittee
Rep
Rep. Simpson
Southeastern
Tom Marchant
Terry Peterson
Housing Starts Jump in 1983 to Highest Since 1979
Washington AP reports 1983 housing starts rose 60 percent to 1.703 million units from 1982's 1.062 million, the strongest year for the sector since 1979. December starts fell 5 percent from November signaling a possible leveling off amid higher interest rates.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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