Reagan nominee Manion survives Senate vote by slim margin
President Reagan’s judicial nominee Daniel Manion survived a \"lynch mob\" outcry as the Senate reaffirmed his narrow confirmation. The 50-49 vote defeated a motion to reopen the nomination, following his previous 48-46 confirmation to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Indiana.
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Washington
Reagan
Daniel Manion
Senate
Indiana
Manion
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Longtime Budget Board official Woody Brooks dies at 73
Woody Brooks who led the Local Government Division of South Carolina’s Budget and Control Board for 19 years died at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital. He was 73 and passed away at 3 30 p m A hospital spokeswoman did not release details of his death or hospitalization. Brooks directed the division from 1966 until retirement amid controversy and helped funnel millions to municipalities for water sewer fire stations police cars and community centers.
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Charleston
Woody Brooks
State Budget and Control Board
Medical University of South Carolina
Brooks
Poll finds NC SC residents doubt nuclear power safety
In a six week after Chernobyl poll 46 percent of North Carolina and South Carolina residents doubt nuclear power reliability. Beaufort librarian Emma Bishop 63 says accident risk and radioactive waste outweigh benefits and worries about waste lasting thousands of years.
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Charlotte
N.C
Soviet Union
North Carolina
South Carolina
Emma Bishop
Beaufort
S.C
Europe
Army drops plan to bring mules back into active duty
In Washington the Army says it will not revive the use of mules. Maj. Phil Soucy, the Army spokesman, stated that the study is finished and there is no ongoing interest. He cited the high cost versus limited contingency use as the deciding factor.
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Washington
Phil Soucy
Army
Goldwater Hospitalized Amid Abdominal Pain
Sen Barry Goldwater chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is in Walter Reed Army Medical Center with abdominal pains likely from indigestion. The 77 year old Republican was admitted at 6 30 am and remains under 24 hour observation as officials withhold a condition update.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Armed Services Committee
Goldwater
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Ben Smith
Jim Stueve
Produce Prices Jump Across New England in Drought
New England produce prices have risen 15 to 25 percent since mid June due to Southeastern drought reducing supply. Massachusetts Agriculture Department spokesman Christopher Phillips says the drought will boost New England farm sales as farmers raise prices amid shorter national competition. Pioneer Valley Growers Association sales manager Scott Danner calls this season’s prices abnormally high and the worst undersupply since 1978.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts Agriculture Department
Department
Christopher Phillips
Scott Danner
Pioneer Valley Growers Association
Massachusetts
Eastern pilot walks off plane amid delays in Atlanta
An Eastern Airlines pilot told 83 passengers he was sick of delays and walked off Flight 141 at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The jet remained on the taxiway with delays of 15 to 20 minutes before takeoff bound for Tampa and Pensacola, per an airline spokesman and a passenger.
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Eastern Airlines
Hartsfield-Atlanta International
Atlanta
Eastern
Glenn Parsons
Tampa
Pensacola
Fred Fox
Lutherans Ban Women Pastors in Midwest Synod Vote
Delegates representing 2.6 million Lutherans in the Midwest voted in Indianapolis to bar the ordination of women as pastors. More than 1,100 delegates of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod approved the measure by a show of hands, permitting women to serve as officers and on boards and committees under the “order of creation” ruling.
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Indianapolis
Midwest
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Bus bombing in Sri Lanka kills 28, wounds 40
An intercity bus exploded in north central Sri Lanka killing 28 passengers and wounding 40. The bus was traveling from Vavuniya to Anuradhapura when the device detonated, according to a military spokesman.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Vavuniya
Anuradhapura
Peres and Hassan Say Talks Continue Despite Gaps
Prime Minister Shimon Peres after hours of talks with King Hassan II of Morocco said dialogue will persist though gaps remain on Middle East peace. Hassan addressed Moroccans and both planned a joint statement with no date for the next meeting.
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Israel
Shimon Peres
Hassan II
Morocco
Middle East
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Hassan
Ifrane
Rabat
Arab League
Fez
Palestine Liberation Organization
East Jerusalem
Hassan I
Hollings Denies Using Racial Slur in TV Interview
Sen. Ernest Hollings denies calling anyone darkies in a report by WIS-TV reporter Charlie Keyes. He claims the accusation is not true and questions whether a transcript existed, while Keyes stands by his account of the off the record remark linked to wage and Ivy pot import comments.
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Washington
Ernest Hollings
Hollings
Keyes
United States
South Carolina
Senate
Charleston
Fetus at center of life death controversy in Georgia
In Augusta, the husband of brain dead Donna Piazzi asks the University Hospital to disconnect life support while the fetus’s father seeks to keep her alive for a possible delivery. A court hearing was set to decide rights of the husband and the father.
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Augusta
University Hospital
Donna Piazzi
Superior Court
William M. Flemming Jr
Robert Piazzi
David Hadden
Fleming
Aiken Standard Contact and Subscription Details
Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions 649-5316, classifieds 649-1555, news tips 648-2311, and display ads 648-2311. Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays at 124 Rutland Drive with mailing address Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 and additional 649-2511 line for inquiries.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Emergency numbers and services listing for Aiken area
Emergency numbers for North Augusta, Salley, Wagener, and surrounding areas provided by The Aiken Standard. Includes police, fire, ambulance, poison control, highway patrol, and widow's association contacts with agency names and phone lines.
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