Area Hospitals Raise Room Rates Across Augusta Region
The Aiken Community Hospital and University and St. Joseph hospitals in Augusta lift daily private room rates from 95 to 110 dollars and 97 to 114 dollars respectively with semi private rises to 100 and 108 dollars. Talmadge Memorial and Doctors Hospital consider increases as part of a regional rise driven by salary adjustments and higher supply costs. University cites petroleum based products and x ray film as inflation factors while nursing shortages push RN wages.
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Aiken Community Hospital
University and
St. Joseph
Augusta
Talmadge Memorial Hospital
Doctors Hospital
ACH
Richmond County Hospital Authority
Univeristy Hospital
John Calhoun
University
Calhoun
Univeristy
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph’s
Georgia Board of Regents
Talmadge
France Tests Neutron Warhead and Weighs Its Role
President Valery Giscard d Estaing announced that France built and tested a neutron warhead and will decide in two or three years whether to add it to the arsenal. He spoke at a rare news conference at the presidential palace broadcast nationwide, offering few details on tests or timing.
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Paris
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Kremlin
Giscard d’Estaing
Presidential
Carter Resting After Europe Trip
President Carter rested at Camp David after an eight day European tour intended to bolster alliances. While en route home from Europe the French criticized a major initiative, and at Andrews Air Force Base he called the Soviet partial Afghanistan withdrawal a token move with little strategic significance unless it is followed by a permanent, step by step Soviet force withdrawal.
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Washington
Carter
Camp David
America
Europe
Andrews Air Force Base
Afghanistan
Comment Sparks Light Chatter at Kiwanis Club
Irene Rudnick quips during a talk to the Aiken Kiwanis Club as a candidate vows to reveal all he knows. A heckler fires a quick jab and the candidate retorts that sharing their mutual knowledge will not take longer.
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Irene Rudnick
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Tax Cut Pressure Mounting Across Congress
Senate Democrats reject Reagan's 10 percent tax cut and demand a revised plan by Sept. 3. Carter aides privately signal a mid-year budget revision could propose a broad multiyear cut, possibly retroactive to Jan. 1, with election-year pressures likely to push action into next session. The GOP plan would total 35.8 billion in 1981, split mainly to individuals and business write-offs.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Congress
Senate Democrats
Senate
Detroit
Reagan
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Howard Baker
Los Angeles
Jimmy Carter
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Simon Simon
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Denise II's New Assistant For Operations At Plant
Richard P. Denise named the new assistant manager for operations at the Savannah River Plant Operations Office. He comes from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington where he served as assistant director for licensing. Denise has a long career with Babcock and Wilcox NS Savannah American Export Lines and the AEC NRC. He and his wife Kathryn have two children. They reside in Aiken.
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Richard P. Denise
Savannah River
Denise
SRP
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C
Robert L. Morgan
Department of Energy
North Carolina State University
University of Virginia
Babcock and Wilcox
Savannah
American Export Lines
NS Savannah
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
NRC
Commission
Kathryn
Richard
Baltimore
The
Presbyterian Church
Aiken
Stop Drugs at the Source aims for 100000 signatures in Aiken
Kenneth Krautter, an Atlanta businessman, promotes Stop Drugs at the Source in Aiken County South Carolina. The plan seeks petitions from up to 90 percent of residents to urge government action on drugs. Aiken joins six counties with a September petition drive and aims to involve schools churches and civic groups. Citizens of any age may sign, with focus on youth participation.
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Atlanta
Ken Krautter
Krautter
Aiken
South Carolina
Aiken County
United States
Georgia
Florence
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Aiken Public Safety
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