Westinghouse AP600 Aims to Revolutionize Nuclear Power
Westinghouse Electric unveils the AP600 600 megawatt nuclear reactor. The design emphasizes passive safety with fewer components to cut costs and avoid environmental delays. Energy Secretary Watkins notes Northeast brownouts may begin by 1992, urging consideration of reactor parks and Savannah River Site as a pilot.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Energy
James D. Watkins
House Energy Subcommittee
Washington
Admiral Watkins
Northeast
House
Savannah River
Watkins
SRS
Letters To The Editor On Budget And Animal Welfare
A reader recalls attending the April County School Board meeting to critique a rising budget, noting staff shortages and administrative pay increases. The letter urges restraint on bond measures and highlights a People Magazine dog custody case, prompting calls to support Lowell Humane Society and print letters urging action to protect Champ.
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PTO
Aiken County
America
Champ
Lowell Humane Society
Lowell
Mass
Broadway Street
Want To Write Letters To The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer's mailing address. Letters should be legible and preferably typewritten, brief and to the point. All letters may be edited or condensed. Send to The Editor at Box 456, Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Aiken, .C
Stay in Europe or risk a NATO nuclear crisis
The editorial argues America should avoid permanent European entanglement and prefer Europe to defend itself. It contrasts Britain France and Germany positions, critiques staying at war risk, and praises de Gaulle’s stance of autonomy. It warns that automatic U.S. involvement in future wars is unsafe and urges strategic independence.
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Economist
NATO
Ie Erica Tray
America
Europe
Germany
France
Britain
U.S
Washington
Moscow
London
Nebraska
United States
Hanoi
Middle East
North America
Gaddafi
Berlin
Central
Lincoln
Washington Post
Charles de Gaulle
JFK
Cuba
de Gaule
Paris
Congress
Barney Frank ethics case splits House panel in sex scandal
The House ethics committee stalls over Barney Frank’s sex and morality case as 12 members argue for months. Rep. Dannemeyer pushes for a floor expulsion vote while others favor a milder rebuke. The panel struggles with privacy, homosexuality, and political fallout amid a national scrutiny of ethics.
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Ashington
House
Ethics
Rep
John Myers
R-Ind
Massachusetts
Jim Wright
Barney Frank
Frank
Julian C. Dixon
D-Calif
William E. Dannemeyer
Calif
Dannemeyer
Orange County
Adam and Eve
Adam and
Steve
Congress
Dannemyer
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Gobie
Henry Higgins
John Tower
Tony Coelho
Senate
Fall River
Mass
Picturing Gorby as Russian Lincoln stirs debate on Lithuania
The piece compares Mikhail Gorbachev to Lincoln and argues Lithuania’s ties with Russia lack any American history parallel. It notes repeated occupations of Lithuania, the voluntary nature of the US union, and skeptical views on South Carolina politics and Gov Campbell.
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Gorbachev
Lincoln
Lithuania
Soviet Union
USA
United States
Ives
Russia
Poland
Germany
Kremlin
South Carolina
Campbell
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People Magazine
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Sue S. Brown
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Daniel S. Holland
Patrick J. Buchanan
Indune Media Services
D.C
Gorby
Capitol
John Jenrette
Bimini
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