Legislature Adjournment Delayed Over Budget Bill Fight
South Carolina lawmakers struggle to finish the 2.8 billion budget with major disputes over motor vehicle fee hikes a 2500 annual legislator pay raise and rural development grants. House and Senate inch toward compromise on a rolling reserve fund while adjournment remains tied to vetoes and conference reports.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Senate
Philip Bradley
Greenville
General Assembly
David Beasley
Darlington
Sen. J. Verne Smith
Six SC School Districts Declared Seriously Impaired
Review panels appointed by the state Board of Education found across six districts in Columbia serious faults including deficient teachers unsafe facilities leadership gaps among superintendents and low teacher student expectations. The panels labeled districts seriously impaired amid debate that issues are perceptions rather than facts.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Board of Education
Gandhi seeks Congress support amid state visit and protests
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi arrives in Washington for a joint address to Congress. The Reagan administration backs closer India ties as Sikh Americans plan demonstrations during his first U.S. visit as prime minister. Gandhi met President Reagan at the White House and officials say the talks went well.
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Washington
Congress
Rajiv Gandhi
Reagan
India
Capitol Hill
Gandhi
U.S
White House
Proof Of Delivery Key In Spy Defense
Defense for accused spy Arthur J. Walker hinges on proving the papers he allegedly passed to his brother were delivered to the Soviet Union. U S Magistrate Gilbert Swink denied bond after an FBI agent testified Walker took a defense contractor job to aid possible theft and sale of classified material.
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Norfolk, Va
Arthur J. Walker
Soviet Union
U.S
Gilbert R. Swink
Walker
FBI
Navy
United Airlines Strike Talks Near Settlement
Chicago AP report says Air Line Pilots Association leaders review a tentative settlement drafted by a federal mediator to end the four week strike by about 5,000 pilots. The proposal faces vote by ALPA’s 27 member master executive council as talks with flight attendants and a lawsuit against United continue.
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Chicago
Air Line Pilots Association
United Airlines
United
ALPA
James E. Waters
Congress Reverses Vote Of Aid To Contra Rebels
Reagan hails House approval of 27 million dollars in non lethal aid to Nicaraguan rebels as safeguarding U.S. interests while critics call it a step toward war. The 248 184 vote followed Senate action of 38 million in nonlethal aid, with reconciliation needed.
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Congress
Washington
Reagan
House
U.S
Nicaragua
Central America
Senate
Robert Michel
Illinois
Daniel Ortega
Moscow
Michel
Contra
Lost Aid Some Food Ruined Before Getting To Needy
In Ethiopia a freak rainstorm and poor handling at both ends of the relief pipeline wasted a large portion of aid supplies. The Red Sea port of Assab flooded, halting shipments and leaving wheat stacks up to three feet under water, with 1.5 million tons requested for 1985 already at stake.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Thomas F. Grannell
The
United Nations
Grannell
Red Sea
Assab
Hans T. Nilsson
World Food Program
Shrimping Season to Open by July 1 Depends on Rain
State officials say the commercial shrimping season should open no later than July 1 depending on rainfall in the next two weeks. Test trawls found good quantities of 60 to 80 count brown shrimp as crews fished around Georgetown Charleston Hilton Head St Helena Port Royal sounds.
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Beaufort
State Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Dave Whitaker
Partment
Whitaker
Edisto
Georgetown
Charleston
Hilton Head
St. Helena
Port Royal Sounds
Experts test remains in Mengele case near Sao Paulo
In Embu near Sao Paulo, specialists study bones hair and other remains of a drowning man linked to Josef Mengele by handwriting analysis police report. Tests aim to determine race age and other details while documents from a Sao Paulo home are also examined.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Mengele
Auschwitz
Poland
Embu
Wolfgang Gerhard
Gerhard
Israel
Sabine Hackenjos
Munich
West Germany
SS. Hitler
Decio Mota
Criminal Research Institute
Minas Gerais
American father and son freed after Cyprus hijacking
An American father Landrey Slade and his son William were hijacked twice while attempting to flee Beirut. A Palestinian suspect surrendered in Cyprus after the second hijack on a Middle East Airlines jet. The men, traveling to Georgia Tech for a graduation, were unharmed and later flew to London.
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Larnaca
Cyprus
Beirut
Landrey Slade
American University of Beirut
William
Jordanian Airlines
Middle East Airlines
Slade
Lawrence, Jr
Georgia Tech
William Slade
Associated Press
British Airways
London
Gladys
Wayland
Mass
Amman
Jordan
Aiken Standard Contact Info and Hours
Subscriptions and classifieds contact numbers are provided for the Aiken Standard. The office at 124 Rutland Drive is open 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday for news features and display ads.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency Numbers Provided as a Community Service
Local public service column lists essential emergency contact numbers for police, fire, medical help, and roadside assistance. Includes brief guidance on dialing protocols and local agency names for quick access across the Aiken area.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Widowed Persons Association
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Robert J. Sheheen
Highway Department
Thomas Marchant
Aiken
Thomas Moore
Richland County
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Lebanon
Carrier
Aiken Standard Pbm
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Aiken Fire Crisis Line Coalition
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Graniteville Police
New Ellenton
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Wagener
Wagener Police
Salley
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