Taiwan fuel rods bound for South Carolina head to Long Beach port
Spent nuclear fuel rods from a Taiwan research reactor will land at the Port of Long Beach near the end of March before truck transport to the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina for reprocessing. Portland Seattle Tacoma and Seattle had been weighed. Oregon and Washington opposed the plan. Oakland is backup port.
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Bears star William Perry aids 7 year old Crystal Jenkins
Crystal Jenkins, a seven year old from Blackville, is recovering from a 16 hour liver transplant at Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Hospital in Chicago. A hospital spokesman says she is in critical but stable condition in the pediatric ICU. Perry pledged support last November and donated 1000 dollars to her fund. he is a Bears defensive tackle from nearby Aiken.
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GSX acquires Spartanburg incinerator to form Thermal Oxidation Corp
GSX Corp. takes over ABCO Industries' hazardous waste incinerator in Spartanburg County. The plant will be renamed Thermal Oxidation Corp., a GSX subsidiary, following an agreement announced five months ago.
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Mack Trucks Rejects UAW Plant Cost Cut Plan
Mack Trucks Inc will build a new $80 million assembly plant to replace its 60 year old facility in Allentown. The move risks about 1,800 local jobs, and a UAW cost cut proposal was deemed unacceptable as it would not match out of state cost levels. No location timetable was given, with mid 1987 as target operation date.
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Guerrilla sabotage cuts power across El Salvador
Leftist guerrillas blew three 115000 volt feeder lines and four power towers near the Cuscatlan Bridge 59 miles east of San Salvador. Authorities report widespread outages with at least 12 of 14 states affected while Sonsonate and Ahuachapan remain mostly untouched.
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Trains derail in Hemingway. 37 cars off track
Freight train en route from Kentucky to a Georgetown power plant derailed near Hemingway at about 7 30 am Friday, leaving 37 cars off the rails and coal spilled. No injuries reported as wreckage is cleared and cause awaits investigation. In Minneapolis a mother and infant survive a complete uterine rupture marking a rare medical outcome.
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Ammonium dichromate explosion kills two in Ohio plant
Environmental investigators collected air water and soil samples at the Diamond Shamrock Co site near Cleveland after a Friday explosion in a rotary vacuum dryer. The blast killed two people and injured 18 with 11 hospitalized including one in critical condition.
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Westmoreland Calls War Photo Fake at Speech
In Fort Lauderdale retired Gen. William C Westmoreland accused the press of distorting Vietnam War coverage and called the 1972 photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc a fake He cited an investigation he says supported the claim though no Army record confirms it Photographer Huynh Cong Nick Ut dismissed the assertion as unbelievable Ut won the Pulitzer Prize for the image in 1973.
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Miami Herald
Protests and Praise Mark King Holiday Across Nation
President Reagan praised King’s dream and economic gains for Blacks while a Democratic congressman cited rising Black unemployment and poverty. The Ku Klux Klan gathered in Pulaski to protest the federal King holiday, with longtime member James Venable defending the era’s legacy.
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Absent U S Has Its Way In UNESCO
In Paris 1985 the United States, out of UNESCO, still influenced reforms as other nations watched. Despite funding losses and threats of defections by Britain Japan West Germany and the Netherlands, officials saw signs of improved governance and less anti Western rhetoric at the agency. Doudou Diene commented that UNESCO stopped hemorrhaging as Western nations reassessed their stance.
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Bureaucrat Draws Salary Despite Having No Duties
Loretta Cornelius remains deputy director at the Office of Personnel Management earning 73600 annually while performing no official duties. White House officials asked her to resign on November 8. agency officials say she is seldom seen and tasks are handled by others. She previously helped block Donald Devine's bid to stay as director and faces charges over car use. she disputes the accusations and says a president must request resignation to leave.
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Aiken Standard Contact and Subscription Rates
Classified and news ideas lines list phone numbers and a display ad line. Office hours and location at 124 Rutland Drive are shown along with mailing address and subscription rates in dollars. The notice provides contact options for subscriptions, classifieds, and customer service.
Aiken Standard Emergency Numbers Notice
The Aiken Standard announces emergency numbers as a community service. Published by Aiken Communications Inc. from 124 Rutland Drive in Aiken South Carolina with post office box 456, 29802.
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