Obesity Rise Among U S Children Sparks Health Warning
A quick read notes childhood obesity is rising sharply in the United States. Researchers Dietz and Gottmacher report a 54 percent increase for ages 6 to 11 and 39 percent for ages 12 to 17 from 1963 to 1980. They link trends to television watching and lack of exercise.
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Boston
United States
William H. Dietz Jr
New England Medical Center
Dietz
Steven L. Gottmaker
Harvard School of Public Health
American Journal of Diseases of Children
Thornburgh Considered to Lead FBI
Former Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh is weighing an FBI director offer from Attorney General Edwin Meese III. A confidential source says Thornburgh, a Republican ex-governor and former U.S. attorney for western Pennsylvania, expects a decision in days.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
FBI
Edwin K. Meese III
Thornburgh
U.S
Western
Reagan
Lobster Race and Steeple Chase Weather Preview
Skies will be mostly sunny tomorrow with warm highs in the 90s. Yesterday's 93 topped the old 92 record as the Lobster Race looms and Page 11A provides details.
Obituary notices for Kattie Bell LaGrone Simkins Truluck
Deaths reported for Kattie H Bell of North Augusta James M LaGrone Leroy Simkins of Beech Island and Jane M Truluck of Walterboro. Local obituaries list these individuals with family remembrances and funeral details forthcoming.
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Kattie H. Bell
North Augusta
James M. LaGrone
Leroy Simkins
Beech Island
Jane M. Truluck
Walterboro
Oyster Parade Opens Aiken Lobster Race Wagons Day
Activities begin at 10 a.m. with the Oyster parade route from Newberry Street through downtown Aiken to Clark Field. Wagons to Wagener events run into the night with entertainment starting at 2 p.m. in the town pavilion.
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Newberry Street
Aiken
Clark Field
NPR funding action in House and Senate debated
The defense spending bill moves forward with a $25 million DOE study for a new production reactor while the House and Senate weigh related authorizations. Rep Butler Derrick guides the rule as a debate approach, amid DOE support and warnings about reactor shutdown risks at Savannah River and Hanford.
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House
U.S. Department of Energy
Senate Armed Services Committee
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Derrick
Jay Hyde
Armed Services Committee
Hyde
DOE
Rep
Committee
Les Aspin
Secretary of Energy
John S. Herrington
States Given Waste Oversight States Given Waste Oversight
The Energy Department will grant states near nuclear weapons plants greater power over hazardous waste handling. DOE will apply the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to radioactively tainted wastes. A draft environmental impact statement estimates cleanup costs at 2.4 to 3.1 billion dollars for the 200,000 acre site opened in the early 1950s.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Energy
John Herrington
Herringten
DOE
Federal Register
Aiken Man Indicted in Interstate Cocaine Conspiracy
Aiken resident John D. Wright aged 42 and Miguel Angel Valdes of Miami were named in a Columbia federal grand jury indictment on 21 counts including conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise. The scheme spanned from Florida to Pennsylvania with shipments to Beech Island area and others. Wright and Valdes face heavy penalties including life in prison and multi‑million dollar fines if convicted.
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Columbia Federal
Florida
Pennsylvania
Today
John D. Wright
Wright
Miguel Angel Valdes
Miami
Aiken
Beech Island
Valdes
Gas Tax Proposal Heads to Senate Vote
After a House approval, the 5-cent per gallon gas tax proposal now faces a possible veto from Gov. Carroll Campbell. Senators discuss compromise chances as Campbell pushes for a smaller or sunset plan while House leaders back a larger highway expansion funded by the tax.
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Columbia
House
Senate
James Waddell
Senate Finance Committee
Beaufort
Ics
Campbell
Florence
Tom Smith
Chamber
Carroll Campbell
Rembert Dennis
Berkeley
Smith
Sheheen
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