Westinghouse Funds 500000 Gift for South Carolina State College
The Westinghouse Foundation pledges 500000 over five years for an institutional enhancement program at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. Funds support faculty and curriculum development, student scholarships, and recruitment and retention efforts, underscoring ties between Westinghouse and the state.
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Westinghouse Foundation
Westinghouse Electric Corp
South Carolina State College
Orangeburg College
James S. Moore
Westinghouse Savannah River Co
South Carolina
Westinghouse
Moore
State
Bumper Sticker Ban Passed By S C House
South Carolina's House approves a bill banning obscene bumper stickers with a maximum $200 fine. Rep. Herb Kirsh says the measure protects children after a disturbing incident involving his six year old grandson.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Herb Kirsh
House
Kirsh
Clover Democrat
Weather outlook for tonight and Friday
Fair skies and sunny days expected with mild temperatures. Tonight will drop to the mid 40s and Friday will rise to the mid 70s with mostly sunny conditions. Details continue on Page 8B.
Death notices for James Gardner Hiday Sanders and Webster
Brief death notices for James M. Gardner of Camden Mary H. Hiday of Aiken W W Sanders of Langley and Priscilla C Webster of Aiken. Details appear on Page 8B.
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James M. Gardner
Camden
Mary H. Hiday
Aiken
W.W. Sanders
Langley
Priscilla C. Webster
Rollback In Taxes Seen As Unlikely
The Associated Press reports slim chances for tax rollbacks as the South Carolina Senate seeks $52 million in cuts to the 1989 90 budget. Rep. Bob McLellan says only a deferral is possible, while Sen. James Waddell notes the wind has been taken out of tax cuts.
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Columbia
State Senate
Bob McLellan
D-Seneca
McLellan
James Waddell
D-Beaufort
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Waddell
John Lindsay
Bush weighs sending troops to Panama amid violence
President Bush considering deploying 2000 to 2500 U S combat troops to Panama to protect dependents as rioters attack opposition figures and Noriega faces questioned elections. Officials say a final decision is not yet made and no execute order has been issued.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
Panama
Manuel Antonio Noriega
NBC News
Pentagon
Associated Press
Defense Department
Bush Proposes Overhaul of Youth Job Training Program
The Bush administration seeks to rewrite the Job Training Partnership Act to boost funds for the poor and teenagers while addressing fragmentation in youth programs. Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole says funds often miss those most in need and promises tighter outcomes and ending cream skimming, with broader separation from adult training efforts.
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Washington
Dan Quayle
Labor
Elizabeth Dole
Senate Subcommittee On Employment and Productivity
Dole
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Quayle
Indiana
JTPA
SRL Work May Shed Light on Fusion Debate
Savannah River Laboratory aims to understand their own fusion related work and assess the Pons Fleischmann claim. The facility will test palladium hydrogen isotope use without seeking to prove or disprove the Utah and Southampton scientists, but will detect any fusion if it occurs.
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Savannah River Laboratory
SRL
B. Stanley Pons
University of Utah
Martin Fleischmann
Britain
University of Southampton
Pons
Fleischmann
Savannah River
Cold Fusion Device Claims Room Temperature Nuclear Fusion
A compact reactor described as a few inches tall uses electromagnetism to force deuterium nuclei toward a palladium core in a lattice, promising fusion at room temperature with net energy gain. Deuterium, a hydrogen isotope from seawater, is the fuel.
Fusion basics and challenges in earthly experiments
The text explains nuclear fusion, detailing deuterium to helium reactions in stars and hydrogen bombs, and notes Earth conditions require extreme heat to overcome repulsion. It mentions that most research aims to replicate stellar conditions, but energy inputs often exceed outputs, with Pons and colleagues claiming a new result and experts cautiously framing it as an understanding experiment.
Sims Confession Questioned In Hanahan Domino's Robbery Trial
Mitchell Carlton Sims 29 of West Columbia faces one armed robbery charge and two murder counts for the 1985 Hanahan Domino's killings. On the second day of trial in Aiken, prosecutors produced a taped confession from Las Vegas arrest records. The tape, made after his arrest, shows Sims describing car trouble and drinking to cope but does not recount the murders. The state seeks the death penalty and the case was moved from Berkeley County.
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Mitchell Carlton Sims
Hanahan Domino’s Pizza
Sims
Aiken County Judicial Center
West Columbia
Christopher LeRoy Zerr
Gary Dean Melke
Hanahan Domino’s
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