House OKs Money For L-Reactor
The House approved a $14.2 billion energy and water bill funding restart of the L-Reactor at Savannah River Plant near Aiken and a $1 billion defense waste processing facility. The plan includes $128.9 million for federal reactor operations, with a key environmental study and ongoing legal challenges noted.
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Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
Savannah River Plant
Department of Energy
South Carolina
Aiken
Energy Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Hollings
Herman Roser
Energy
Defense Programs
House
Savannah River
Roser
Srp
Richland
Wash
Would-Be Mom Faces Charge
Aiken County sheriff reports a woman, Barbara Pope, 27, abducted week-old Vergial Tramand Williams from his mother's University Hospital room. Vergial was recovered at the Popes' North Augusta home. Barbara Pope is charged with kidnapping.
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Vergial Williams
Carmen
Augusta
Vergial Tramand Williams
University Hospital
Vergial
Barbara
Ronald Pope
Chalet North Apartments
North Augusta
Aiken
Ralph Gunnells
Popes
Gunnells
Pope
Carmen Williams
Green St
New Ellenton
Tom Selleck rumor tied to South Carolina water skiing sighting
A rumor claims actor Tom Selleck was water skiing in Santee with race car driver Cale Yarborough. A Florence County friend questions whether Yarborough has met Selleck, noting the tale began in a Florence beauty shop and spread widely, with Aiken residents especially inclined to believe it.
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Tom Selleck
South Carolina
Selleck
Santee Country
Cale Yarborough
Florence County
Yarborough
Florence
Aiken
Aiken County Budget Stalemate Persists
Two weeks into budget talks the Aiken County Council again fails to approve the 1983 84 budget first reading despite a proposed 10.9 million plan and 657 333 in cuts to balance the debt service rise. The plan includes reducing new positions to six and closing Wagener landfill.
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Aiken County
Richland Ave
W. Scott Barnes
Barnes
Judicial Center
Law Enforcement Center
Agricultural Services Center
Sheriff's Department
Emergency Medical Services
Max Meeks
Wagener
Fay Hatcher
Langley
Carrol H. Warner
Huber Clay Co
Warner
Adult Development Center
Coalition To Assist
Council
England Named Aiken Planning Director From Pendleton
England anderson county new planning director Philip D England currently Pendleton community development director and town administrator named to lead Aiken County Planning and Development. Salary 25552. England holds a Duke BA and Clemson MA. He replaces Steve Szablewski who resigned Feb 18 to become Thomson Ga town administrator.
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England
Philip D. England
Pendleton
Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Barnes
Duke University
Clemson University
Anderson County
Citizens and Southern National Bank of Atlanta
Peoples National Bank of Greenville
Whitten Electrical Supply Inc
Steve Szablewski
Aiken
Thomson, Ga
Philip England
New Planning
South Carolina Faces Sci Tech Education Crisis
A Clemson area piece argues U S science education lags global peers with only a small share of SC graduates taking biology or chemistry. State leaders call for strong pre college programs as national security and economic health hinge on a tech literate workforce.
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America
National Academy of Sciences
Doris Helms
Clemson University
Helms
S.C. Science Council
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
South
Carolina
Charlie Williams
Mili
Air Force
Verne Orr
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Clemson
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