DOE Redefines Nuclear Goals Under Reshaped Plan
The Department of Energy released its Implementation Plan for the Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration PEIS detailing impacts of options to redesign and condense the arsenal. It notes 36,984 comments nationwide with 4,869 in person and cites merged analyses for siting a New Production Reactor.
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Gas Takes Seasonal Price Dip In Aiken County
Gasoline prices in Aiken County have dropped, with regular unleaded at 89 cents, name brand regular around 91 cents, and mid grades from 99 cents to 1.07. Premiums run 1.17 to 1.21, compared with 1991 levels, as EPA summer and winter fuel rules raise refining costs but local prices are lower this year.
South Carolina lawmakers push 25 cent cigarette tax hike
Two state representatives, Mike Jaskwhich and Lewis Vaughn, will introduce a bill raising the cigarette tax by 25 cents to fund fringe benefits in all school districts. Rep. Terry Has kins signed on. The plan would be attached to the budget next week and faces opposition from Pee Dee and Upstate lawmakers who warn it would hurt poorer districts and be discriminatory.
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Florence
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Community tips line and list of names for page details
Readers can call 648-2311 with news ideas. The notice lists George Carnaval and many individuals including Aiken Alma Crowe Chesnee Jet Garvin Chapel Hill Thelma Garvin Laurens Frank Jones Jr. North Augusta Kathleen Kearse Allendale Anna Ross Baltimore Md. Page 2B has details.
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Chesnee
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Chapel Hill
Thelma Garvin
Laurens
Frank Jones Jr
North Augusta
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Allendale
Anna Ross
Baltimore
Michelangelo Virus Fails Its Techno Doom Billing
The Michelangelo virus struck scattered points worldwide on Friday but did not cause the predicted widespread damage. About 2,000 machines were damaged by day’s end, far below the experts’ millions when the scare peaked.
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Ee York
Pam Kane
South Carolina Primary Closer As Candidates Rally
South Carolina voters face a tight primary with Sen. Kerrey out. Clinton gains from endorsements while Tsongas attracts business leaders. Buchanan backers claim Campbell missteps as results near midnight in Aiken and statewide. Bush support also touted in Aiken visit.
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Bill Clinton
Paul Tsongas
Patrick Buchanan
Columbia
Michael Graham
Carroll Campbell
Graham
Buchanan
Child Molester Chooses Castration Over Prison
A Houston judge approved a convicted child molester’s request for surgical castration instead of prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. Critics call the ruling barbaric and worry it could set a precedent for other crimes.
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Lawmakers Tense Over Rubber Check Scandal Names
The ethics panel revealed 24 worst abusers among 19 current and 5 former House members who wrote bad checks. Over 300 members overdrew accounts in a 39 month period, with some submitting more than 800 rubber checks and overdrafts surpassing monthly net pay.
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