Rails Targeted For Illegal Aliens
Immig ration officials and railroads step up inspections of trains entering the country to search for alien stowaways as summer heat raises boxcar temperatures. The program, Operation Iron Horse II, marks only the second nationwide effort by INS to inspect freight yards and trains for illegal aliens. INS Commissioner Gene McNary cites heat and safety, noting past deadly incidents including a 1980s desert boxcar tragedy near Sierra Blanca, Texas.
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Washington
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Verne Jervis
Gene McNary
Sierra Blanca
Texas
Gorbachev Proposes Shared Tax Power Across Soviet Union
Moscow AP reports Mikhail Gorbachev seeks a three-tier tax system allowing federal, republic, and municipal governments to raise revenues. In contrast Boris Yeltsin and several republic leaders support a one-channel plan granting exclusive taxation rights to the republics with fixed transfers to the center.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Mikhailo Gorbachev
Boris N. Yeltsin
Death notices for Baker Knight Morris Oglesby Poole
Death notices list D Baker Augusta Knight Aiken Horton Morris of Peaks Island Mati Oglesby of Sylvania Georgia and Kathy Poole of Aiken with reference to page 3B for details.
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Linia D. Baker
Augusta Eton Knight
Aiken
Horton Morris
Peaks Island
Matilda Oglesby
Sylvania
Kathy Mae Poole
Denmark
Forgotten troops wait for home amid parade delays
Committed to you daily, veterans and families face burnout as 55,000 troops remain in the Persian Gulf after the Gulf War. The 450th Ordnance Company left for the Middle East in early November 1990 with return plans in late July or August. Desert Storm officials and families feel sidelined as celebrations focus on those already home, raising fears many will miss the big victory parade.
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Persian Gulf
450Th Ordnance Company
Eekih Omic Wrkwer
Middle
East
Pentagon
Saudi Arabia
Kathy Gill
Desert Storm Community Resource Center
Orlando
Jose
Middle East
SRS President Not Among Topics For Board Meeting
Westinghouse Savannah River Company directors meet at the Savannah River Site with no discussion of a new company president. Bud Moore, a Westinghouse spokesman, says candidates are being studied by Westinghouse and the DOE, but the position will not be on the agenda. James Moore, longtime president since 1989, was relieved and reassigned last month after an DOE audit found bypassed oversight tied to about $400 million in funds.
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Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Savannah River
Bud Moore
Department of Energy
James Moore
Pittsburgh
Energy Department
Congressional
DOE
Legislators Huddle On Special Agenda
Gov. Carroll Campbell and top lawmakers planned talks on resuming work after the 1991 session, focusing on a possible special session on reapportionment ethics reform and borrowing for building projects. Aides warned no major decisions were expected amid a deadlock over district lines.
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Columbia
Carroll Campbell
Campbell
Bob Sheheen
Camden
Marshall Williams
Orangeburg
U.S. House
Senate
Sam Stilwell
Greenville
House-Senate
Cash May Be Growing In Vegetable Garden
The Aiken Standard invites gardeners to enter the annual vegetable contest with cash prizes for the heaviest tomato and yellow squash. First prize is 100 dollars, second 50, third 25, based solely on weight. Open to nonemployees and their families, entries drop off at the reception desk.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Stan
Old Fashioned July 4th Celebrated at Super Saturday
Old fashioned Fourth of July events fill Virginia Acres Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include crafts, games, food contests, a peach bake-off with prizes of 100, 50, and 25 dollars. Judges include Donald M Law and June Murff. display of Fort Gordon vehicles.
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Aiken Standard
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