View: Salary Freeze at SRS by DOE Sparks Debate
Savannah River Site workers and other DOE contractor staff face a one year salary freeze touted as a cost saving measure. Hazel O Leary, secretary of energy, defends the move while critics ask why contractors are singled out and whether federal employees should share the same cut. The policy hits over 122000 DOE contractors and 10500 SRS salaried workers amid broader 1994 budget pressures.
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Savannah River
Department of Energy
Hazel O'Leary
Clinton
DOE
SAS
Guinier Nomination Sparks Civil Rights Fallout
The San Diego Union-Tribune weighs the controversial pick of C Lani Guinier for assistant attorney general for civil rights. It questions her views on proportional representation and minority veto power, noting Senate doubts and White House hedging amid clashes with Clinton’s anti quota stance.
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C. Lani Guinier
Clinton
Justice Department
Guinier
University of Pennsylvania
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hillary Clinton
Yale Law School
Cally
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
White House
Lani Guinier
San Diego Union-Tribune
A Long Four Years for Clinton Under Tight Congress
The Salisbury Post argues Clinton faces a difficult four years due to a reluctant Congress and a wary public. It cites his overanxiousness to gain favor as draining momentum and public confidence, urging a swift shift to regain leadership.
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Clinton
Perot’s California push to build United We Stand networks
Ross Perot’s political effort expands in California as Campbell directs a booming sign‑up drive for United We Stand America. Memberships surge with 15 dollar rates driving about 1,700 new members daily, aiming to elect officers across all 52 California congressional districts and establish regional directors. The movement, begun in Maine and spreading to about 20 states, signals a serious grassroots strategy.
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Alos Verdes
Calif
Pacific
Ross Perot
IBM
N Ow
Perot
Joseph Campbell
California
United We Stand America
Campbell
Dallas
Calfornia
Ofifornia
Facis
Maine
Perot Aides Plot 1996 Path With United We Stand Minority
Campbell outlines a California effort by United We Stand America and America in California to press Congress on national issues with grassroots action. The plan could back or oppose candidates and possibly run in primaries, though no formal third party is planned. Perot’s post 19 percent showing and potential drafting hints loom as Clinton’s fate shapes moves.
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Campbell
Perot
United Wet
America
California
Congress
Campdell
Clinton
Ross Perot
Washington
Middle East
Collard Greens and Kudzu Smoked in Guilford Jail
Jene Owens notes inmates in Guilford County Jail smoke collard greens and other non tobacco items while musing on kudzu as a possible alternative. He riffs on Southern lore, regional food quirks, and cultural irony with local color from North and South Carolina.
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Gui Ora
N.C
Pee Dee
Feds
Joe Camel
Suilford County
Shelton Locklear
Horse Creek Valley
Anyford County
Katie Kneece
Wagener
Bull of the Woods
Guilford County
Carolina
South
Ruth
Muriel O’tuel
Horry County
Summerville
South Carolina
Nuclear energy as strategic insurance for post cold war era
The author argues for diverse energy sources led by nuclear power to reduce oil dependence, with natural gas as a transitional option. He cites rising gas prices, idle dual-fired plants, and DOE studies, urging policies that advance efficient technologies and accelerated regulatory approval for standardized advanced reactors by the mid-1990s. The piece is written by the head of Mississippi State University's Petroleum Engineering department.
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U.S
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Mississippi State University
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Salisbury
Jack W. Germond & Jules Witcover Tribune Media Services
Gene Owens
Volumn
82Nd Airborne Mee
Georgia
Jene Owens
Aiken County
High Point, N.C
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