Long Beach Mayor vows action against radioactive fuel shipments
Long Beach Mayor Ernie Kell said he will pursue all legal options to block the U.S. plan to ship radioactive fuel rods to the harbor. He cited concerns over safety and urged strong controls, joining Washington and Oregon officials opposing port use for the shipments. The Energy Department said a March arrival of 18 rods is planned for processing, though agency spokespersons indicated final decisions were not yet made.
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Oregon
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South Carolina
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Virginia firm plans to buy Williams Furniture plant
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co. of Galax Virginia announced preliminary plans to acquire the Williams Furniture Co. plant in Sumter where 750 workers were laid off two weeks before Christmas. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Virginia
Williams Furniture Co
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co
Galax
New York Textile Firm Plans Allendale Plant Opener
RJMJ Corp. President Bob Shipman said the New York based textile company is negotiating to buy the former Kayser Roth cutting and sewing plant building in Allendale County. The facility could employ up to 225 workers and is owned by Wickes Cos Inc which acquired Kayser Roth last year. Wickes declined to comment.
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Allendale
Bob Shipman
Rjmj Corp
Allendale County
Kayser- Roth Corp
Wickes Cos. Inc
Santa Monica
Calif
Kayser-Roth
Wickes
Mexico City Nosed by 5.0 Pacific-Ship Quake
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean lightly shook Mexico City with no damages or injuries reported. Tacubaya station placed the epicenter about 240 miles southwest off Guerrero, while the 8.1 quake of September 19 devastates the city with over 7,000 fatalities. Demolition continues on heavily damaged buildings from that quake.
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Mexico City
Pacific Ocean
Tacubaya
Guerrero
McIntosh confronts Arkansas editor over critical column
Gubernatorial hopeful Robert McIntosh confronted John Robert Starr in Starr's office after a Starr column criticized McIntosh for disrupting Gov. Bill Clinton's news conference. McIntosh flashed the article and shoved the column into Starr's face, as Starr grabbed back. no injuries were reported.
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Little Rock, Ark
Robert
McIntosh
Bill Clinton
John Robert Starr
The
Arkansas Democrat
Starr
Clinton
Senator Kennedy postpones Moscow trip after Challenger accident
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts delays a planned journey to the Soviet Union following Tuesday's Challenger disaster. A spokesman said the trip will likely be rescheduled for next week and had included a private meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Soviet Union
Bob Mann
Kennedy
Mikhail Gorbachev
Americans warned off three Haitian cities
The State Department urged Americans to avoid Cap Hatien Gonaives and Les Cayes due to clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators. The protests mark the largest anti Duvalier demonstrations in 28 years of rule by Jean-Claude Duvalier and his father Francois in Haiti.
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State Department
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Gonaives
Les Cayes
Haiti
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Jean-Claude Duvalier
Francois
Little Richard Charged in October Reckless Driving Crash
Los Angeles AP Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman was charged with reckless driving and driving without a license after an October crash that hospitalised him for three weeks. He suffered a broken thigh bone and cuts when his sports car hit a metal box and a wooden pole while speeding at least 50 mph in a 30 mph zone.
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Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman
al Albergate
Pennian
Accord Reached On Deep-Diving Submersible Aid Pact
The United States and France signed an agreement committing mutual aid if their deep-diving research submarines become stranded. The Pentagon announced the pact, covering the world’s two deepest-diving submersibles and signed by the U S Navy and the French Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea.
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United States
France
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
French Research Institute For
Fred The Cat Can Stay Put In Woodbury Library
In Woodbury Connecticut a library cat named Fred has won support from residents and trustees over his seven year residence. Phyllis Delaney opposed his stay citing ailurophobia and sought eviction but the library board voted to keep Fred after Town Attorney John Yarborough found no law banning him.
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Conn
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Phyllis Delaney
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Library
John Yarborough
U S Health Spending Tops 10 Percent of GNP in 1984
An American study shows 1984 per person health care costs averaged 1580 dollars, total U S health spending reached 387 4 billion, with life expectancy at a record high and infant mortality at a record low. Death rates from heart disease fell 28 percent since 1970 and stroke 49 percent. Black infants' risk remains twice that of white, while medical inflation outpaced general inflation.
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Washington
America
Health and Human Services Department
United States
No Prosecution Expected in Ferraro Finance Probe
New York Times reports former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is unlikely to be indicted as the Justice Department nears a wrap on a long inquiry into her 1978 campaign finances. Officials caution the review is not finished and could still yield findings. Ferraro had announced she would not seek the Senate amid the probe.
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Geraldine Ferraro
Justice Department
New York Times
the Times
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The
Times
Kellogg to End Plant Tours Over Spy Fears
Kellogg Co will end its 80 year old plant tours on April 11 after a 500 million modernization to guard new cereal making technology. Since 1906 about 6.5 million visitors have seen Corn Flakes production with 260,000 guests last year. Corporate spies have appeared among visitors, prompting the move despite a 1981 proposal backlash.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Kellogg Co
Robert L. Nichols
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Joseph M. Stewart
Mexican and Venezuelan Presidents Meet Over Oil Slump
Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid and Venezuelan President Jaime Lusinchi met in Cancún to address the oil price collapse threatening their debt laden economies. Officials warned that sustained prices below 20 dollars a barrel could devastate debts, with Mexico defending PEMEX exports while Venezuela seeks broader price cuts through OPEC.
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Mexico
Venzuela
Latin America
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Venezuela
Jesus Silva Herzog
London
Arturo Hernandez Grisanti
Caracas
Guel de la Madrid
Jaime Lusinchi
Hernandez Grisanti
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America
Mexican Plane Crashes Killing 21 Aboard
An Aero California DC-3 plane crashed near Los Mochis on Wednesday morning, killing all 21 aboard including 18 passengers and three crew. Investigators sought cause as wreckage burned in heavy fog near a hotel strip after leaving Ciudad Constitucion.
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Mexico
Ciudad Constitucion
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Aiken Standard Contact and Subscription Details
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The Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers as a service. Established in 1867 the paper is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc. P O Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802 second class postage paid at Aiken SC.
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