Medlock pushes for broader review of L-Reactor restart
South Carolina Attorney General Travis Medlock says two senators request for an extended public review of restarting the Savannah River Plant L-Reactor is insufficient. He will pursue a detailed environmental impact statement on potential effects. Thurmond and Mattingly oppose the study citing cost and delay concerns.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Travis Medlock
Savannah River
Medlock
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Dick Riley
Thurmond
Mark Goodin
O Neill Predicts Close Vote on Nuclear Freeze
House Speaker Thomas P. O Neill Jr forecasts a very close vote next week on a nuclear weapons freeze resolution. The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the measure 27 9 amid rallies outside the Capitol. President Reagan urged evangelical leaders in Orlando to oppose the freeze and oppose placing the United States in a position of military and moral inferiority.
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Washington
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gray
Capitol
Orlando
Fla
Reagan
Chief Accused of Destroying EPA Appointment Books Sought
Rep. Mike Synar reports a House probe into allegations that Dr. John Todhunter, assistant administrator for pesticides and toxics at the EPA, may have destroyed or altered appointment books. He warns such acts could constitute a crime.
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EPA
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
House
Mike Synar
D-Okla
John Todhunter
Dennis Predicts Budget Cuts Will Move Legislature
Senator Rembert Dennis, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, says the $59.5 million revenue shortfall and the looming budget cuts will push the legislature to break the stalemate and act. He notes time is running out to address the shortfall in Columbia.
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Columbia
Sen
Rembert Dennis
Dennis
Senate Finance Committee
Princess Margaret denies sale of Mustique home and new St Lucia buy
Kensington Palace spokesman says no truth to reports that Princess Margaret plans to sell her Mustique house or buy on St Lucia. In related notes, Graham Greene recalls long road to wealth and Jimmy Stewart honored in Indiana Pennsylvania with festival and statue despite theft of birthplace marker.
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Caribbean
Mustique
The
Daily Mail
Elizabeth II
St. Lucia
Kensington Palace
Margaret
London
Graham Greene
Times of London
Greene
Times
Jimmy Stewart
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Marion Mahalcek
Mahalcek
Pentagon Cites Soviet Military Gains in New Report
Defense Secretary Weinberger summarizes a 107 page study on Soviet strides since 1981 noting a relentless push for military superiority in space and conventional forces. The report highlights advances in ICBMs submarines bombers laser weapons space stations and ABM defenses with projections into the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Washington
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
U.S.S.R
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Moscow
Southern Bell vows to fight PSC order
Southern Bell says it will appeal the Public Service Commission's order granting 20.3 million of a 76.6 million rate hike. The decision lowers residential access line charges, outlines refunds averaging 27 for homes and 55 for businesses, and gives 60 days to issue refunds to 750,000 South Carolina customers.
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Columbia
Southern Bell
State Public Service Commission
Harry R. Marsh
South Carolina
Marsh
PSC
Joe S. Jones
Last Hope for South Carolina Tax Action in House
Speaker Ramon Schwartz Jr calls a temporary 1 percent sales tax hike the last-ditch stand to cover a projected 59.5 million dollar budget shortfall after the House rejected a permanent 1 percent rise. The measure remains on the calendar as Ways and Means weighs options to avert the deficit.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Ramon Schwartz Jr
Schwartz
Sumter County
House
House Ways and Means
Tom Mangum
Mangum
D-Lancaster
Classical And Jazz Warmup Demonstration
Augusta West Dance Studio hosts a two part showcase with a classical warmup at 2 p.m. and a jazz segment at 4 p.m. at Regency Mall near National Hills.
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National Hills
Regency Mall
Aiken
Gerry Starrett
Perkins
Augusta West Dance Studio
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