Aiken County School Board Boosts Millage to Meet Budget
The Aiken County Board of Education votes to raise operating and debt service millage rates by 5.5 and 0.4 mills respectively to cover a 567 164 shortfall tied to tax digest drops and land use reassessment. A 1 375 000 bond sale is approved, and new principals and coordinators are named.
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Aiken County
Robert W. Paskel
PLO evacuation talks rapid as Beirut crisis nears shift
Prime Minister Begin says U S envoy Habib must secure unequivocal PLO departure from Beirut within two days. Israeli leaders expect Syria Jordan and Egypt to absorb guerrillas while Israel warns of renewed assault if PLO refuses to leave. Habib reports progress but doubt remains over full withdrawal and regional asylum plans.
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Jerusalem
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Menachem Begin
Habib
Begin
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
PLO
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
West Beirut
Israel
Raeli
Ariel Sharon
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Hussein
Yasser Arafat
Gaafar Mohammed Nimeiri
Bekaa Valley
Uri Porat
Notable quotes mark remarks at ceremonies and council
Halocarbon Vice President Louis Fesnais recalled shoveling dirt in South Carolina when he was a recruit at Camp Croft in Spartanburg. At an Aiken County Council meeting, Carrol H. Warner quipped about balancing children and money, while Dave Derrick dismissed being labeled an expert, saying he is not 50 miles from home.
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Louis Fesnais
South Carolina
Camp Croft
Spartanburg
Carrol H. Warner
Aiken County
Dave Derrick
Derrick
County Begins Work On Controlling Dogs
Aiken County Council moved first reading on an animal control ordinance to confine unrestrained vicious dogs, with impoundment of at least three days and fees of 15 dollars plus 3 dollars daily. The draft faces two more readings and a public hearing before becoming law.
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John Mason
Belvedere
Mason
Wayne Roberts
Carrol H. Warner
Ralph Cullinan
Belvedere Water District
Warner
Fay
Hatcher
Bill Smith
Mattie C. Hall Health Care Commission
Senate panel boosts funding for Savannah River Plant waste project
A Senate Armed Services subcommittee raised defense waste processing funds at the Savannah River Plant to 75 million dollars. The panel backed Sen. Strom Thurmond’s request to speed completion of the facility turning liquid high level waste into a solid glass form for safer storage and eventual disposal. The Navy fuel materials facility got 45 million, with a 175 million total cost and about 300 jobs at SRP, plus a no significant impact finding from DOE for construction and operation.
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Defense
Savannah River
Senate Armed Services
Reagan Administration
Strom Thurmond
R.C
Sen. Thurmond
Armed Services Subcommittee
SRP
DOE
Subcommittee On Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces
Naval Fuel Materials Facility
Department
Thurmond
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Warrenville
Joyce Bradley
Jackson Middle School
Renee Shinn Chin
Vic Morrow
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