Senate District 24 and sheriff contests shape up locally
Seven Carrol Bryant is the lone Democratic qualifier for the district and sheriff race. Greg Ryberg joined the GOP field in Senate District 24 by paying his qualification fee just before the deadline, aiming to bring business representation to the Senate. Other GOP hopefuls include Walter Lers, Sam Bruce, J Allen Brodie, Randy Shaw, and Kent. Democrats run William Lawrence, Robert Ig, and Sam Ussery for the district seats. In clerk and treasurer races Liz Godard and Margie Plunket face Fay Hatcher in GOP bids.
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Carrol Bryant
Aiken
Greg Ryberg
Senate
J. Allen Brodie
New Ellenton
Randy Shaw
GOP
William Kent
Carrol G. Heath
W. Ralph Gunnells
Howard Sellers
William Lawrence
Robert Ig
Sam Ussery
Liz Godard
Sammy) Mcintosh
Margie Plunket
Fay Hatcher
Local rail strike impacts nearby yards amid ongoing shipments
The Monetta area division continues operations including overtime while the woodyard cuts rail shipments. Court yard still loads rail cars to Eastover. Businesses urge Congressional intervention in the rail strike. Ed Grant of Columbia Farms warns against disrupting the economy as the company runs 70 poultry houses in Aiken County.
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Monetta
Woodyard
Lands Division
Court
Eastover
Congress
Ed Grant
Columbia Farms
Leesville
Aiken County
Bush Yeltsin agree to reduced arsenals and new reactor plan
The article notes a shift from 1991 Bush cuts to about 3,500 warheads after talks with Boris Yeltsin, with a decision on a new reactor and consolidation of the weapons complex due by August 1993. It mentions tritium production plans and evolving strategic stock considerations.
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Bush
Boris Yeltsin
Ongoing SRS plutonium facility modernization prompts critique
Critics question the need for upgrading and expansion at Savannah River Site facilities. Key plants include F Canyon for chemical separations, the FB Line for plutonium metal, and the failed NSRF project begun in 1983 and halted in 1991. HB-Line handles uranium reprocessing and neptunium Pu238 oxidation for space power sources, with Rocky Flats operations ending January 1992.
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Srs
F Canyon
Secretary of Energy
Rocky Is
NSRF
H Canyon
Rocky Flats
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