Bush Pen Pal Sees Hope Dwindle In Economic Woes
Kathy Blackwell of Cape Cod, who inspired a Bush State of the Union line, says conditions worsened a year later as unemployment rose to 11.1 percent in the region. Her husband Paul Thomas calls for a different letter, a resignation.
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Barnstable
Mass
Kathy Blackwell
George Bush
Cape Cod
Blackwell
Molly
Project Outreach
Paul Thomas
Bush
State of the Union
Americans gloomily view state of the union address
Americans express worry about the economy health costs and education prospects as President Bush prepares to speak to Congress. Voters cite high unemployment cuts and doubts about tax relief and leadership while recalling Franklin D Roosevelt programs and past wartime pride.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
Strom Thurmond’s staffers hail enduring loyal network
Former aides describe the Strom Thurmond operation as a powerful, old fashioned Southern influence machine. They credit his campaign discipline, emphasis on helping constituents, and a pipeline that launches staffers to higher roles in government and law.
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Senate
Strom Thurmond
John Courson
Columbia
Terry Wooten
Judiciary Committee
U.S
South Carolina
Federal District
Dennis Shedd
Twas
Sai
Capitol Hill
Strom Thurmond's staffers rise to national government roles
Former Thurmond aides span major posts from RNC chair to federal judges and Commerce Department officials. Auggie Tantillo credits Thurmond with launching his textile career, and Dent notes the staff's ability to place South Carolinians in high positions. Thurmond says the office offers apprenticeship and opportunity for new blood.
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Lee Atwater
Republican National Committee
Harry 8. Dent
Nion
J. Bred Burhai
Gener
Nixon
John Courson
Dennis Shedd
Judiciary Committee
William Wilkins
Mark Goodin
John Steer
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Auggie Tantillo
Commerce Department
Terry Wooten
Istant
U.S
Legs Wai Counsed
Washington
Senate
Harry Dent
South Carolina
Republican Party
White House
Dent
J. Fred Buzhardt
D.C
Thurmond Influence Extends Beyond Legislation Across the Nation
Senator Strom Thurmond's reach is described as wider than lawmaking. Mark Goodin recalls how Thurmond helped a Charleston woman's husband secure a passport the same day, after a late call to the State Department. Judge William Wilkins notes Thurmond's enduring network of contacts.
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Washington
Sen
Strom ‘Thurmond
South Carolina Republican
Mark Goodin
Charleston
Thurmond
Eee
Goodin
Secretary of State
DOE Officials Moore and Tuck Exit For Government and Law
Two top DOE Washington officials announce departures by week’s end. Deputy Energy Secretary Henson Moore will become White House deputy chief of staff, while Undersecretary John Tuck will join Baker Worthington law firm in Washington. Their replacements are not named. The note mentions DOE’s Tritium reactor restart and a $1 billion safety upgrade at Savannah River Site.
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Department of Energy
Washington
Henson Moore
Energy
John Tuck
James Watkins
Moore
White House
Farting
Tuck
Andrew H. Card, Jr
Card
Samuel Skinner
Transportation
Skinner
DOE
Department
Theacy
Defense Program
Pantex
Savannah River
Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry
Woolf
Howard Baker
Baker
Senate
House
Violent deaths rise in Aiken County after party incident
Police investigate a shooting spree tied to a party where suspects left and returned with weapons. Ernest Edwards is hospitalized with a chest wound. Calvin Truett Davenport was found shot dead in Clearwater. Two North Augusta men, Joe Tillman and Leo Roosevelt McCoy, were killed at a crack house on Boylan Drive. Drug paraphernalia found. no arrests yet. Aiken County reported 19 murders in 1991 and 24 in 1990.
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Ernest Edwards
Aiken
Salley
Edward
Calvin Truett Davenport
Clearwater
Wayne Huff
Aiken County
North Augusta
Boylan Drive
Joe Tillman
Leo Roosevelt McCoy
Randy Mosley
Betting bill near passage lingers after FBI probe
The president of the Thoroughbred Association of South Carolina said a pari mutuel betting bill to boost horse racing was within four votes of passage before the FBI corruption investigation at the Statehouse halted progress. He noted potential economic benefits from the industry, including horses valued at around 200 000 dollars.
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Thoroughbred Association of
South Carolina
Lost Trust
Jim Wrenn
FBI
Statehouse
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