Aiken Council Fights Over Recreation Spending And Budget
A heated Aiken City Council meeting focused on funding a proposed recreation complex, with debate over a $1.5 million bond to finish a $2 million softball facility. The 1992-93 budget maintained a 90 mill rate, allocating $27.19 million in General and Utility Funds, including capital accounts.
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Aiken
Iken
General Fund
Michael Anacierro
Anaciero
Eric M. Radford
Robert S
Skipper) Perry
Major Goal Achieved At Summit
At the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit delegates approved a new United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development to monitor treaty compliance and gauge progress toward goals. Environmental groups hailed the move as a major accomplishment though cautioned the regulations are non binding soft law. The United States faced praise for its role yet criticism for pressuring allies not to split over climate issues.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sumit
UN Commission On Sustainable Development
Commission
Oit Hajost
Hajost
State Department
United States
K Reactor Restart Timeline Through 1992 Milestones
Ultrasonic testing in October 1991 finds no cracks in K Reactor tank walls. December 1991 WSRC seeks and receives DOE authorization to restart. January 1992 restart halted by a 150 gallon radioactive water leak. May 1992 Admiral Watkins visits CSRA to discuss SRS future. June 1992 small leak again disrupts tests, remedies approved, power ascension resumes. K Reactor reaches criticality for first time since 1988.
Balanced Budget Debate Hits Elderly in South Carolina
Washington analysis by Families USA warns a Balanced Budget Amendment would trim Medicare and Social Security benefits for seniors. The plan, backed by South Carolina’s delegation, could cut Social Security per beneficiary by about 1 706 nationally and Medicare by roughly 87 million overall in 1995.
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Washington
USA
Cl Ina
Len Strom Thurmond
Senate
House
Liz Patterson
D-Spartanburg
Families USA
Ron Pollack
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Pollack
News tip line and contacts listed for readers
Call 648 2311 to report news tips. Betty Fallon Batesburg Josey Bath Holston Augusta Irene Horn North Augusta John Horsey Belvedere The Rev W Melvin Mims Jamaica N Joseph Thomas New Ellenton Trudith Walton Saluda See Page 3B for details.
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Betty Fallon
Batesburgh
Josey
Bathan Holston
Augusta
Irene Horn
North Augusta
John Horsey
Belvedere
W. Melvin Mims
Jamaica
Joseph Thomas
New Ellenton
Trudith Walton
Saluda
SRS Reaches Crucial Step Toward Restart
Westinghouse Savannah River Co announced a major milestone as the K Reactor at SRS returned to criticality at 2 12 p m Monday marking the first sustained nuclear reaction there since April 1988. The restart restores a key source of tritium for the US nuclear arsenal and signals progress after more than 2 billion in safetyand training investments. DOE’s WSRC notes the move shapes future production capacity and reactor technology decisions while confirming tritium reserves for the coming decade.
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Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
Savannah River
Trient
SRS
WSRC
DOE
Graduation Canceled Over Queen Song Sparks School Row
In Clifton New Jersey Sacred Heart School halted the eighth grade ceremony after students protested banning the Freddie Mercury song We Are the Champions. Principal Donald Quinlan faced protests as two ACT UP members were arrested for obstructing traffic outside the campus while the school planned a separate ceremony for non protesters.
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Clifton
N.J
Freddie Mercury
Pol
Sacred Heart School
Donald Quinlan
Quinlan
Mercury
Queen
Joe Slawinski
Julian Varettoni
Sacred Heart
Popeye the Sailor Man
Varettoni
Ernie Juray
Act-Up
Aids Coalition
New York City
Teen gunfire deaths surge among Black male teens in cities
A government study shows gunfire as the leading killer of youths 15 to 19, with Black male teens in central metropolitan counties facing firearm homicide rates of 143.9 per 100,000, far higher than White peers. From 1979 to 1989 firearm homicides rose 61 percent while other weapons declined 29 percent, driven by crack, firearms lethality, urban poverty, and sociological factors.
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Washington
United States
National Center For Health Statistics
American Medical Association
Metropoli
Tan
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Vale Sys
U.N. Environment Unit
Associated Press
James D. Watkins
Energy
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Admiral Watkins
CSRA
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Ates News Service
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Erma Bom
Keeve
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Mass
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