Stetson SRP Chief to Retire in February
Nathaniel Stetson, longtime Savannah River Operations Office manager, will retire on February 29 after 14 years in Savannah River duties. A New Bedford Mass native, he joined SRPO in 1952 and held key posts in Washington and Aiken. He holds degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry and has an honorary science doctorate.
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Savannah River
Stetson
New Bedfored
Mass
Project Headquarters
Washington, D.C
Aiken
New Bedford Textile Institute
North Carolina State
Massachusetts Technical Institute
Pakistan Leaders Call Islamic Nations to Condemn Soviet Action
Pakistan's president and foreign ministers urged a meeting of major Islamic states to condemn the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. They discussed breaking ties with Russia, boycotting the Moscow Games, and imposing economic sanctions.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Russia
Moscow
Readers favor military action in Iran hostages crisis
Aiken Standard readers offered solutions to the Tehran hostage situation. Many urged military force or airlifted aid followed by paratrooper actions, while others preferred renewed diplomacy. Several called for blocking Iran ports and even harsher measures, with some expressing trust in President Carter.
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Aiken Standard
Iran
Carter
Tehran
United States
America
United Nations
U.S.A
Russia
Afghanistan
Khomeini
USOC backs Carter plan to move Games from Moscow
The USOC backs President Carter's push to relocate the Summer Games and explores a national sports festival as an alternative. Contingency plans include a potential July Fourth ticker tape parade to honor U S athletes, while no decision was made on halting American participation in Moscow amid the Afghanistan invasion.
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Colorado Springs
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U.S. Olympic Committee
Carter
Moscow
USOC
Afghanistan
Chicago Teachers Strike Halts City Schools Over Pay
Chicago Teachers Union members walked out after pay delays as city officials vowed classes with non union staff and volunteers. Mayor Jane Byrne offered only one week of pay, awaiting a bailout plan for the district serving 477000 students.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Jane Byrne
Carter seeks tighter water projects with added hydro power
President Carter proposed in 1981 to tighten major water projects and boost hydroelectric generation. The budget requests 4.1 billion for flood control beach erosion dams and irrigation, down from 1980, with no new construction authorized until after Water Resources Council reviews potential sites.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Water Resources Council
Wildlife education specialist singled out in SC Wildlife
Patrice Cunningham of Aiken, daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Cunningham, is noted in South Carolina Wildlife for aiding a 12 year old in protecting wildlife on Paukie Island. She is a wildlife department education specialist.
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Patrice Cunningham
William C. Cunningham
Aiken
South Carolina
Inside Today Es Aiken Today
The snippet lists sections and page numbers from a local newspaper including Obituaries Collegiate Notes Sports Comics and Weather with page references and familiar feature names like Dear Abby and Flyway. It outlines the paper’s structure and featured columns for the day.
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Abby
Carter requests 1981 defense budget to deter Soviet aggression
President Carter asks Congress for a record 142.7 billion defense budget for fiscal 1981 to contain Soviet aggression and bolster security amid rising Russian military power. Defense Secretary Brown cites Afghanistan as visible proof of growing pressure while signaling possible future budget increases. The SALT treaty remains under consideration for ratification.
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Carter
United States
U.S
Congress
Iran
Afghanistan
State of the Union
Persian Gulf
America
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
Carter Budgets $616 Billion With Major Military Spending
President Carter sends Congress an 1981 budget totaling $616 billion prioritizing defense with a rapid deployment force plan and increased NATO and MX missile funding. Domestic programs rise in housing and social services while inflation and unemployment projections loom.
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Carter
Congress
America
Afghanistan
Iran
NATO
Senate
Persian Gulf
Department of Energy
Aiken Crowned 1980 Junior Miss Carol Ratchford
Carol Ratchford of Aiken is named 1980 Junior Miss after a pageant win over Nancy Ferrara and Sonya Dixon. The high school cheerleader earned Spirit of Junior Miss and the scholarship award and will represent Aiken in state pageants this summer and fall in Sumter.
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Carol Ratchford
Aiken
Cindy Gregg
Carol
Dan J. Ratchford
Nancy Ferrara
A.S. Ferrara
Sonya Dixon
D.R. Dixon
Rene Moorman
Howard M. Moorman
Aiken High School
Key Club
Sumter
Aiken Jaycees
Lynne Katonak
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Fargo
North Dakota
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