Falkland Islands tensions rise as British fleet en route
Speculation grows of a Falklands landing as reinforcements reach the British battle fleet. British warships pounded targets around Port Stanley for a second day while Argentina warned ships and aircraft approaching the zone would be hostile. Canberra with 2500 Marines and Exocet frigates reportedly accompanied by landing craft and a destroyer arrived off the Falklands amid a 12 mile Argentine coast blockade. The clash sparked cross statements as Britain insists operations continue despite threats.
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Falkland Islands
Falklands
British Defense Ministry
Argentina
South Atlantic War
Britain
Canberra
Exeter
Last Of Notices Set To Be Sent In Aiken County
The final mailing of about 50 000 reappraisal notices goes out Friday to Aiken County property owners with 20 000 more notices for names P to Z also slated. Taxpayers have 30 days to question. in person conferences at the County Complex are available 8 30 to 4 30 Monday through Friday.
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Aiken County
Ray McKinney
McKinney
Aiken County Complex
Richland Ave
D. C
Haig Seeks National Consensus on Nuclear Weapons Reductions
Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr urged Congress and the nation to set aside partisan fights and back President Reagan’s proposed Soviet American nuclear weapons reductions. He warned that broad support for a nuclear freeze could undermine the Reagan plan and called for a new national consensus.
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Washington
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Congress
Reagan
Haig
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
King
Providence St. Mel
Chicago
West Side
Epitaph Quip At North Carolina Graveyard
Senator Tommy Moore quoted a graveyard epitaph saying here lies an honest man and a politician. He added humor about two people in one grave and kept the Rotary Club bulletin joke about growing older and not feeling oats as sharply observed wit.
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Tommy Moore
D-Aiken
North Carolina
Sen. Moore
Aiken
Reagan Seeks Business Backing for Budget Push
President Reagan summons about 100 top business leaders to the White House for three days to press for lower interest rates and passage of the GOP budget alternative. Stockman and Reagan outline the appeal while the plan includes $40 billion Social Security cuts and $95 billion in new taxes over three years.
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Washington
White House
Reagan
David Stockman
Treasury
Donald Reagan
Senate
House
Larry Speakes
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Water Quality Control Is A Full Time Job In Aiken County
Aiken County operates twenty one water systems with surface and ground water sources. DHEC requires purification by mixing raw water with chlorine lime alum fluoride and carbon or soda ash for pH control. Alums cause particles to settle, about 97 percent are removed before filtration. Aiken runs Shaw's Creek and Shallow Springs filtration plants and notes a new Pine Log Road well is underway.
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Aiken
North Augusta
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Kathleen Whitten
DHEC
Ms. Whitten
Shaw's Creek
U.S. 1
Shallow Springs
I-20
Shallow Springs Baptist Church
Wyatt Johnson
Pine Log Road
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Martin Luther King Jr
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