LSU Upsets Georgetown in Superdome Thriller
LSU nips No 2 Georgetown 82 80 before the largest college basketball crowd in the Louisiana Superdome. College roundup directs readers to pages 4B and 5B. Clemson coach Curt Ellis suspends seven players including Elden Campbell and Dale Davis for breaking study hall rules. additional sports notes on pages 1 and 8 10B.
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LSU
Georgetown
Louisiana Superdome
Clemson
Curt Ellis
Elden Campbell
Dale Davis
Young train robbers: 42 youths and six adults identified
In Gadsden County Florida deputies named 42 youths aged 9 to 18 and six adults from the Panhandle accused of robbing idle boxcars of items from hog livers to car tires. The thefts occurred after school and during vacations. Only five or six arrests had been made by Saturday.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Butch Cassidy
Gadsden County
Panhandle
Chattahoochee
Jimmy Hindman
Maj. A.J. Pickels
Mild Warmth Forecast for Weekend and Monday
Today features sun and a high in the mid 70s with a clear mild night around 40. Monday is expected to be mostly sunny and warm with a mid 70s high. Details appear on Page 6A.
Death notices for Beulah Coogler Chester Cooper and Frances Powers
Obituaries list Beulah Coogler Chester Floyd Tender Cooper and Frances Powers among recent deaths in New Ellenton Aiken and North Augusta with details referred to on Page A. The brief notice requests readers to see Page A for full information.
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Beulah Coogler
Chester Floyd
Tender Cooper
New Ellenton
Frances Powers
Aiken
Anna Shealy
North Augusta
Alken 3 Standard Here's My Card
Classified staff present a special feature on Pages 6C to 11C today. It highlights ad layouts, tips, and examples for readers seeking effective placement and design ideas.
Missing Couple Safe At Home After Bahama Trip
Aiken couple Georgann and Keith Crawford returned home Saturday ending a two day Bahamas chain misadventure. Coast Guard searchers covered six airports and four Bahamian customs offices before the pair explained a string of poor communications and slipshod customs. The Crawfords and friends Ernest and Constance Schroeder were reportedly clear of danger and vowed not to fly soon.
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Bahama Islands
Georgann Crawford
Newberry St
Keith
Ernest
Constance Schroeder
Cocoa Beach
Fla
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
W.S. Ball
Daturnay
Aiken
Crawford
Treasure Cay
Rock Sound
Exuma Island
Governor's Island
Bimini
Iami
Industry Leaders Urge Textile Import Regulation Change
United States textile lobby leaders led by Carlos Moore call for new legislation to reform quota controls amid fears imports will erode jobs. They cite 55 percent of sales from imports and say the Reagan era quota system has failed, seeking Bush cooperation for a bill.
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Washington
United States
Bush
Carlos Moore
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
U.S
Moore
Senate Commerce Committee
Reagan
RNC Pay Raise Criticism Blamed On Staff Error
A fundraising letter signed by RNC Chairman Lee Atwater criticized a 50 percent congressional pay raise but a spokeswoman said it was a staff mistake. Leslie Goodman said Atwater was not opposed to the raise, and staff failed to delete pay raise criticism as directed. The five page letter was mailed to donors and leaked to Democratic leaders.
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Lee Atwater
Reagan
Bush
Atwater
Republican National Committee
Leslie Goodman
A closer look at pay raise debate for Congressmen
The Aiken Standard previews a debate on a proposed Congressmen salary increase. The piece notes President Bush endorsing the raise as overdue, references former President Reagan’s earlier proposal, and mentions GOP and Democratic leadership negotiations aimed at passing the raise February 8 without a vote in exchange for outside income restrictions such as a ban on speaking fees.
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Bush
Reagan
Congress
House
Corps Says It's Jobs Or Lakes
Washington The U S Army Corps of Engineers defends itself against criticism over management of lakes Hartwell Russell and Thurmond along the Savannah River during the drought. Spokesman Jim Parker in Savannah says accusations of mismanaging emergency plans are unfounded and warns restricting dam water flow could harm water quality and threaten jobs. Rep Butler Derrick had urged a GAO study into corps handling, saying mismanagement hurt lake tourism.
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Washington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Savannah River
Jim Parker
Savannah
Greenville News
Butler C. Derrick
Ds.c
Derrick
General Accounting Office
Orps
Hartwell
Russell
Thurmond
South Carolina
Georgia
GAO
Congress
Haranon
Rep
Anderson
Spratt To Lead New House Panel On Nuclear Weapons Complex
Congressman John Spratt will chair a panel formed by the House Armed Services Committee to probe problems and funding for modernization in the national nuclear weapons production complex. The move comes after criticism the committee ignored issues at the Savannah River Plant near Aiken and other sites. Rep. Aspin named Spratt chair in a Thursday letter outlining the need for detailed plans from the Defense and Energy departments.
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Usulumbia
U.S
John Spratt
U.S. House
Armed Services Committee
Savannah River
Aiken
Spratt
D-S.c
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Department of Defense
Energy Department
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Steffi Graf
PGA
Abby
Carl Langley
Ball
By Kathy Kadane
RNC
George Bush
White House
Corps
Rep. Spratt
New House
Vated Press
KP. Spratt
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