Thurmond Pushes New SRP Reactors Amid Safety Debate
Senator Strom Thurmond urges replacement of Savannah River Plant’s 35 year old reactors with modern units if cost effective. He cited safety concerns and asks DOE to form an ad hoc panel to study overall safety and costs including a possible $6 billion price tag for new production reactors at SRP near Aiken.
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Easy cocaine access boosts SC treatment admissions
Charleston AP reports that inexpensive cocaine supply has driven admissions to state and county treatment centers upward. Bill Belvin of the SC Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse notes nationwide trends, with admissions rising from 91 in 1980 to 899 in 1985 and cocaine arrests from 318 in 1981 to 1,398 in 1985.
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Bill Belvin
South Carolina Commission On Alcohol and Drug Use
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Weather Tonight and Tomorrow Forecast
Tonight will be fair with a low in the mid 60s. Tomorrow promises sun and a high near 90. Winds will be east at less than 10 mph. See details on Page 3A.
Local Deaths Highlight Aiken Augusta Columbia Names
Obituaries list Buell M Chavous Aiken Charles D Gelisse Augusta Joretta McLean Columbia James H Gregg North Augusta with details found on Page 3A.
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Buell M. Chavous
Aiken
Charles D. Gelisse
Augusta
M. Joretta McLean
Columbia
James H. Gregg
North Augusta
America's Weekend Will Be One Big Party
The piece highlights a breezy national celebration with watermelons musicians cannons bells parades races and fireworks. It notes quirky attractions such as a 12,000-pound rubber tire in Topeka a 50-foot plywood Statue of Liberty in Zionsville and a 60-pound tallow Liberty statue plus a tallow and white chocolate USS Missouri sculpture at the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
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Tall Ships and Fireworks Honor Liberty 100th Birthday
A massive New York harbor celebration marks the Statue of Liberty’s 100th birthday with a parade of Tall Ships from 22 nations, a 28 minute fireworks display, and a star-studded tribute on Governors Island. Reagan reviews 33 naval vessels aboard the USS Iowa as the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels fly overhead.
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Lower Manhattan
New York Harbor
Reagan
Hudson River
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Liberty Islands
American Wind Symphony
Navy
John Lehman
USS Iowa
Air Force Thunderbirds
Navy Blue Angels
France
Great Britain
America
Liberty Island
Debbie Allen
Neil Diamond
Shirley Maclaine
Lady Liberty
Governors Island
Liberty Celebration TV Lineup and World Fireworks
TV coverage spans today with Americana music at Liberty State Park featuring John Williams and the Boston Pops and a global fireworks showcase. CNN carries live naval review and Op Sail as Reid Collins and Williams anchor, with NBC and ABC offering hour to two hour specials and a Liberty themed Sunday to close with a Meadowlands sports salute and closing ceremonies.
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Boston Pops Orchestra
Liberty State Park
Sam Waterson
International Naval Review
Op Sail
Reid Collins
Williams
Liberty
ABC
U.S
New Jersey Meadowlands
Kenny Rogers
Liza Minelli
Pointer Sisters
Beaches Are A Hot Spot On Fourth Of July
South Carolina drew about 350000 visitors to the Grand Strand as Freedom Weekend balloons festival in Greenville planned a space shuttle Challenger tribute. Occupancy reached roughly 96 percent with 2000 vacancies along Myrtle Beach while gas averaged 96 cents a gallon statewide.
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Greenville
Jamie Pickrell
Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Ocean Boulevard
Ms. Sartelle
Strand
Carolina Motor Club
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