Clinton proposes 263.4 billion military budget for 1994
The Clinton plan preserves major weapons while accelerating post Cold War cuts. It trims active Army divisions, Navy ships, air wings, ICBMs and bombers, and includes a pay freeze with manpower reductions. The Pentagon will release full details after review, with a broader defense plan due by late summer.
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Clinton
Strategic Defense Initiative
Pentagon
Associated Press
Defense Department
Defense
Les Aspin
Uments
Aspin
Cooking School A Hit At H Odell Weeks Center
About 600 people attended a Friday night session at the H Odell Weeks Center where Joyce Liefering demonstrated 12 dishes in a two hour program titled 90s Lifestyle. Sponsored by the Aiken Standard and the city, the event featured bread making tips and recipes such as homemade white bread pizza sauce California chicken and Baked Alaska Meatloaf with prizes including Kroger groceries a $50 savings bond and more.
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H. Odell Weeks Center
Joyce Liefering
Aiken Standard
City of
Aiken
Ms. Liefering
Beth Taylor
Diane Starkie
Ms. Taylor
Joyce Callas
Automatic Switch Ener
Ms. Callas
Kroger
SLED videotapes shooting of armed robbery suspect
SLED officials announced a Thursday night shooting of 37 year old Tommy Joel Lewis by four officers was captured on infrared videotape from a state helicopter. Autopsy found seven gunshot wounds. Officers and a pursuing citizen were involved.
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Tommy Joel Lewis
Lewis
SLED
Robert M. Smith
State Law Enforement Division
Smith
Harness Races Pushed Back To Sunday At Aiken
The Aiken Harness Races are postponed from Saturday to Sunday at 1 p.m. due to wet track conditions. Track manager Phil Berley and USC Aiken athletic director Randy Warrick coordinated the change, with gates opening Sunday at 10 a.m. Weather permitting, racing will proceed as scheduled.
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Aiken
Phil Berley
Randy Warrick
USC Aiken
Berley
Slow Growth In Job Market Halts Recovery
The Commerce Department reports GDP rose 4.7 percent in Oct Dec 1992 signaling ongoing recovery. Analysts warn hiring slowdowns may curb 1993 growth to around 3 percent. Inflation at 3.4 percent in Q4 and corporate profits up 7 percent to 242.6 billion reflect mixed gains as policy makers push stimulus.
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Commerce Department
United States
Sung Won Sohn
Norwest Corp
Minneapolis
Marilyn Schaja
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp
New York
Deagan
Commerce
Ron Brown
Clinton
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One Car Accident Kills Aiken Man
Aiken man Johnnie Williams, 39, died in a one car crash on Silver Bluff Road near Highway 125. The vehicle veered off the road, hit a tree, and rested in a creek. Williams, not wearing a seat belt, died of severe head trauma amid suspicions of alcohol use and wet weather.
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Johnnie Williams
Rt. 5
Silver Bluff Road
Hwy. 125
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Williams
Jackson
U.S. Hwy
S.C. Hwy
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