Derrick questions on Barnwell plant sale negotiations
U S Rep Butler Derrick said he does not know if formal negotiations are under way to purchase the Allied General Nuclear Services Barnwell plant. He noted authorizing legislation is needed and that the White House and DOE have discussed waste storage issues. Duke plans to move Oconee spent fuel to the McGuire plant near Charlotte if licensing proceeds as expected.
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U.S
Butler C. Derrick
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
Derrick
Department of Energy
DOE
Allied General
Carter
Duke
Bill Lee
Oconee
McGuire
Charlotte
N.C
Ken Clark
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency
Have You Heard Have You Heard Banking Tech Moments
A drive in bank replaces Lois Counts with a substitute who overhears a regular customer praising her as a TV personality while noting Wade Gomillion’s access to many women but few men. A pest control worker with twenty years on houses jokes about never meeting some husbands. Rep C Marshall Cain at a public meeting quips about taxation and representation.
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Lois
Wade Gomillion
C. Marshall Cain
Aiken County Auditor Urges Tax Form Returns With No Penalty
Aiken County's auditor George Williams says residents should still return the 1979 personal property tax forms though no penalty applies. The State Tax Commission suspended the 10 percent penalty for the year, effective from Wednesday, and counties vary in enforcing it.
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Aiken County
George Williams
Ming Chou Restaurant Dinner Not Held as Reported
The Aiken Standard retracts its claim that Ming Chou Restaurant would host a dinner for the U S China People’s Friendship Association on Saturday night. Ming Chou confirms the event will not take place at their venue and the newspaper apologizes for the error.
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Aiken Standard
Ming Chou
Carter calls inflation top economic priority before Congress
President Carter says reducing inflation is the nation's top economic priority as prices rose 9 percent in 1978. He warns a worsening price spiral threatens jobs and income gains and could trigger a recession, despite unemployment dropping to 5.8 percent.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Aiken Schools Inspect For Asbestos
Aiken County officials and the state sanitation department will study asbestos use in district schools. Superintendent Ted Willis and maintenance chief Morgan Holley describe plans to assess the extent and condition of asbestos, with state air quality and sanitation staff expected to assist.
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Aiken County
State Sanitation Department
T.B
Ted) Willis
Morgan Holley
Holley
W.G. Crosby
South Carolina
Willis
Teacher in Wheelchair Engages School in Ridge Spring
Rita Addy, teaching at Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary since October, uses a motorized chair to connect with students. The Leesville native explains how she demonstrates the chair to ease curiosity, noting children's openness and questions. She has relied on a wheelchair due to amyotonia since age six and cannot lift more than five pounds.
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Ridge Spring
Rita Addy
Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary
Leesville
Addy
Dean Wheeler
Jan Boylston
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Aiken County Today
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Laurens Street
Volvo
Rene Tewkesbury
Thurmond Whatley
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Associated Press
Aiken
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