Hollings Says Barnwell Plant Is Safest In Nation
U S Senator Ernest F Hollings toured the Allied General Nuclear Services facility in Barnwell and addressed about 300 workers under the noon sun. He affirmed the plant will not be scrapped and will be used for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, saying there is no safer facility in the country.
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Barnwell
U.S
Ernest F. Hollings
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
Hollings
Hollings Tours AGNS Plant in South Carolina Visit
U S Senator Hollings and S C Senator Knotts toured the AGNS plant, joined by plant manager Gale K Hovey and AGNS leaders Ray mond C Baxter James A Buckham and Jerry Halverson. Hollings aimed to defeat the Kennedy Amendment that would cut 13 million dollars for AGNS minimum continuation in a public works bill.
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Hollings
S.C
William E. Knotts
Gale K. Hovey
AGNS
Raymond C. Baxter
James A. Buckham
Washington
Jerry Halverson
Senate
Jet pilot seeks asylum in Taiwan defection case
Fan Yuan yen, a 41 year old squadron commander in the Chinese Communist air force, flew a MIG19 to Taiwan and sought political asylum. He reportedly carried coastal defense documents and could receive about 700000 dollars in gold as a reward.
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Taiwan
Itary
Defense Ministry
Fan
Chintsian
Fukien
Formosa Strait
Tainan
New Hampshire Civil Suit Dismissed Over Seabrook Protest
A federal court dismissed the multimillion dollar suit against Gov. Meldrim Thomson and Attorney General David Souther by Seabrook nuclear plant protesters. Judge Hugh Bownes ruled there was no conspiracy to arrest demonstrators as punishment for opposing the plant and that their nearly two week confinement did not violate constitutional rights.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Seabrook
U.S. District Court
Hugh Bownes
Thomson
David Souter
National Guard
Bownes
Cocaine labeled dangerous by health experts in report
Washington AP government health experts conclude a four year four million dollar study finds cocaine can be dangerous to health but knowledge remains modest. NIDA warns legalization could bring greater harm and nearly eight million Americans have tried cocaine with about one million using recently. DuPont urges against deeming cocaine safe like marijuana.
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Washington
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Robert L. DuPont
NIDA
Music trio to perform at Columbia vegetarian restaurant
Philip McCharen Mike Whitley and Barbara Tilly headline a Columbia area gig at a vegetarian eatery drawing Arkenites and locals. The note playfully questions brown bagging a T bone steak while mentioning awards for Thomas Dukes of Aiken who won the Southwestern Art Form Magazine Fiction Award at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Philip McCharen
Mike Whitley
Barbara Tilly
Columbia
Thomas Dukes of
Aiken
Southwestern Art Form Magazine
University of Texas In el Paso
O’henry
Lawrence
Inside Today Library Goes Out For Those Who Can't Come In
A library program brings services to patrons unable to visit in person. Staff deliver books and resources to local homes, seniors, and caregivers, expanding access and maintaining community ties amid ongoing access challenges.
Crime Rate Drops 9 Percent in First Quarter FBI Reports
The FBI Uniform Crime Reports show a 9 percent drop in the national crime rate in the first three months of this year over 1976, the largest quarterly fall in 19 years. Rapes rose 5 percent and aggravated assaults 1 percent while larceny fell 11 percent and robbery 8 percent.
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Washington
FBI
Drought and Heat Grip Aiken County As Farmers Seek Aid
Aiken County endures a hot dry June with 25 days above 90 and July forecasts near 90s. Rainfall was only about half normal, prompting the County Farm Emergency Board to seek disaster status to help farmers borrow at lower rates from the Farmers Home Administration.
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County Farm Emergency Board
Aiken County
Farmers Home Administration
Sheldon D. Dawsey
The
Agriculture
Ray Resigns Over New Public Safety Concept
O W Ray a 11 year city police veteran resigns over switch to public safety Ray will become Aiken County jail administrator on July 15 He said he preferred policing to public safety and was slated for chief deputy before choosing the jail role Busbee notes two other officers Wallace Owens and R M Yount also resigned with rumors of further departures in the department
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O. W. Ray
Carroll Busbee
Ray
Aiken County
South Carolina Highway Department
Busbee
Wallace Owens
R.M. Yount
Owens
Barnwell
Yount
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