Two Men Injured In Two Car Wreck Near Good Hope
A two car crash on S C 302 Silver Bluff Road near Good Hope Farms Road sent Tracy Bernard Roundtree and Guy Hicks Jr. to hospitals in Augusta. Roundtree suffered head and leg injuries while Hicks had severe chest injuries. Neither driver wore a seatbelt.
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Silver Bluff Road
Good Hope Farms Road
Aiken County
Tracy Bernard Roundtree
Route 5
Aiken
Guy Hicks Jr
Jackson
Robbie Gaskins
S.C. Highway Patrol
Roundtree
University Hospital
Augusta
Hicks
Gaskins
Islip invites barge of trash home after long voyage
A barge of garbage rejected by six states and three nations during a 5000 mile seven week voyage was invited back to Islip by Town Supervisor Frank Jones after New York state approved landfill expansion under strict water protection rules. The voyage began March 22 due to no room at the dump and drew rejections from North Carolina Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Florida Mexico the Bahamas and Belize.
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Holbrook
N.Y
Islip
Frank Jones
New York State
Long Island
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Mexico
Bahamas
Belize
Weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies expected with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Lows in the 60s and highs in the mid 80s. Details available on Page 14A.
Deaths listed in regional obituaries
Death notices for Horace E. Brown Jr. Hartsville Alva N. Dowds Altamont Illinois Hastings W. Henderson Columbia James Odum Aiken and Dottie O. Page Augusta referenced with details on Page 6A and local funeral notices expected.
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Horace E. Brown Jr
Hartsville
Alva N. Dowds
Altamont
Ill
Hastings W. Henderson
Columbia
James Odum
Aiken
Dottie O. Page
Augusta
Reagan diary cited in recall report on Saudi aid to Contras
The Wall Street Journal says President Reagan kept a February 1985 diary indicating he discussed Saudi contributions to the Nicaraguan Contras during a private meeting with King Fahd. McFarlane testified that Reagan may have solicited aid, with Saudi officials denying any discussion of Contra support.
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Washington
Reagan
King Fahd
Robert C. McFarlane
Fahd
Wall Street Journal
McFarlane
Saudi Arabia
U.S
White House
Sen
George Mitchell
Maine
William Cohen
Iran-Contra Hearings McFarlane Testifies Third Day
Former National Security Adviser Robert C. McFarlane testifies for the third day detailing Iran Contra involvement. He led the 1986 Tehran hostages mission and acknowledged past testimony omitted key facts while denying a cover story. Time and place set for day seven of the House Foreign Affairs hearing with limited TV coverage.
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Robert C. McFarlane
McFarlane
U.S
Iran
White House
Tehran
National Security
John M. Poindexter
National Security Council
Oliver L. North
Israel
House Foreign Affairs Committee
CNN
ABC
CBS
NBC
Aiken County Council Faces Tough Budget Outlook
Aiken County boards seek a 6 mill tax hike for 1988 operations as federal revenue sharing ends and state funds shrink. County Administrator Barnes warns of possible 15 mill increase though unlikely, with a 6.9 percent mill value rise possible. A hearing on the county health plan and recreation funding is set for Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Aiken
Barnes
Council
Aiken County
Congress Eyes Clash Over Star Wars Funding and Arms Control
The House votes to cut Reagan's Star Wars program to 3.1 billion as Senate plans 4.5 billion amid disputes on arms control limits. Reagan urges unity and warns against undermining U S arms reduction talks. Conference for defense bill looms with MX Midgetman and ABM issues in play.
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Reagan
Congress
House
Chamber
Senate
White House
U.S
America
Strategic Defense Initiative
Star
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
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