Coming Sunday brings retro hits back to life in Aiken
Priscilla Boatwright examines the revival of 50s and 60s music on airwaves in this week’s Aiken Standard Sunday Magazine. Carl Langley continues his Savannah River Plant impact series as Palmetto area changes are tied to the plant. Philip Lord reports on Disney World seminar tips for landscapers.
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Priscilla Boatwright
Aiken
Carl Langley
Savannah River
Palmetto
Philip Lord
Insect Zoo Show Offers Quiet Crawl For Fans
At the Smithsonian Insect Zoo, Cleo the orange-kneed tarantula gulps a live cricket while visitors whisper. Sally Love, director and George Washington University biology grad, explains tarantulas can go long periods without food as she funds the bugs with weekly $20 to buy produce.
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Washington
National Zoo
Barbara Bush
Smithsonian
Insect Zoo
Gage
Clide
Cleo
Spi
Sally Love
Miss Love
Bugs
George Washington University
Capitol Hill
National Museum of Natural History
Weather Update Forecastclouds and Mild Weekend
Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of drizzle and a low in the mid 40s. Saturday looks partly cloudy with warmer weather and a high near 70. Details on Page 6B.
Death notices list names across several cities
Obituaries for Deaver Lee Adkins Augusta Alma W Barrs Augusta Annie W Bean Edgefield Margaret C Boland Columbia Carl V Glover Augusta Lillian Green Columbia Callum Y McGahee Wrens Ga Fred Perry Jackson Fred W Stanley Ridgeland directs readers to page 6B for full details.
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Deaver Lee Adkins
Augusta
Alma W. Barrs
Annie W. Bean
Edgefield
Margaret C. Boland
Columbia
Carl V. Glover
Lillian Green
Callum Y. McGahee
Wrens
Fred Perry
Jackson
Fred W. Stanley
Ridgeland
Tanker Grounds Near Honolulu Spills Oil
A tanker carrying 90,000 barrels of crude oil ran aground about 15 miles from Honolulu, spilling an estimated 117,000 gallons of fuel oil and crude. Coast Guard reports say the Exxon Houston sent a distress call at 8:20 p.m. with high winds noted. Officials disagree on how much leaked and when, as the grounding near Barbers Point remains under investigation.
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Hawaii
Coast Guard
Keith Iler
Exxon Houston
Hawaiian
Oahu
Barbers Point
Waikiki Beach
Spangler
Spy Ring Cracked by West German Probe
West German authorities said they broke a spy ring linked to the KGB, arresting three and pursuing five others. Networks reported passwords and access to U S Department data, NASA systems, Star Wars research, and labs such as Los Alamos and Fermi, with links to nuclear and energy research.
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West Germany
KGB
Est
United States
Western Europe
Japan
Norddeutsche Rundfunk Broadcasting Network
U.S. Defense Department
Optimus
NASA
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Illinois
Savannah River
Ing
Positive reports lift county and state savings and loans
Aiken County and South Carolina S&Ls gain reputational boost from USA Today ranking and Clemson study. USA Today listed Aiken’s Security Federal at 888 and Palmetto Federal at 1245 among sound institutions. two Columbia and Rock Hill S&Ls also passed solvency tests, with note on unrelated Security Federal entities.
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S&ls
Aiken County
South Carolina
USA Today
Clemson University
Palmetto Federal
S&l
Security Federal
Columbia
First Federal
Rock Hill
Past Habits Show As U S Cancer Deaths Rise
The CDC reports 1987 cancer deaths rose to 196 per 100 000 Americans up from 195 the prior year while heart disease and stroke rates fell. Experts link cancer to past unhealthy lifestyles and note declines may follow healthier youth norms.
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U.S
Atlanta
Yesteryear
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Harry Rosenberg
National Center For Health Statistics
United States
Rosenberg
FDIC Takes Over 37 More S&Ls In Six States
Washington reports the FDIC moved to seize 37 additional savings and loan associations across six states as part of the Bush administration regulatory plan. The institutions hold about 7.9 billion dollars in assets and include 12 in Texas, 10 in Kansas, eight in Arkansas, four in Louisiana, two in Alaska, and one in Maryland. The action follows an FDIC drive to root out fraud and stabilize the sector.
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FDIC
S&ls
Washington
Bush
Texas
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alaska
Maryland
Moderate Baptists vote to form independent seminary in Richmond
A coalition of moderate Baptists by a 462 to 42 vote plans a new seminary in Richmond Virginia to reach all nine Baptist denominations and diverse ethnic groups. It would be near Virginia Union University and seeks $500 000 to launch, per Rev Mahan Siler.
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Greenville
N.C
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Alliance
Richmond
Virginia Union University
Baptist School of Theology
M. Mahan Siler
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh
Pullen
North Carolina
Eastern offer may avert national strike at Eastern Airlines
Federal mediators say a new Eastern Airlines offer to its machinists union raises hope of avoiding a national strike likely unless President Bush halts it by midnight. Pilots reject Lorenzo videotaped contract deal and vow to not work behind machinist picket lines.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
Bush
Eastern
Frank Lorenzo
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National Mediation Board
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