Gas Tax Hike May Be Resurrected in South Carolina Senate
In Columbia Senator John Lindsay says a proposed 2 cent a gallon gas tax was ruled technically dead by Lt. Gov. Mike Daniel but may be resurrected. Daniel said the tax affects over 50 percent of residents and should be a separate bill, while Lindsay intends to modify wording to bypass the ruling. The fight comes as the Senate debates a $2.8 billion budget, with highway funding seen as critical by officials amid opposition from Sen. Glenn McConnell and a rival 16 senator group seeking cuts to the committee plan.
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Columbia
John Lindsay
Mike Daniel
Marlboro County
Finance Committee
Daniel
Senate
House
Highway Department
Senate Finance Committee
Lindsay
Walker P. Ragin
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Ragin
McConnell
Charleston
State House
Hugh Leatherman
Dozen Missing as Big Capsizes Near Morgan City
A drilling barge capsized in a Louisiana bayou near Morgan City with up to 22 aboard and as many as 12 feared missing. Divers opened a hole in the sunken hull and rescued two workers before dawn, while nine people were pulled from the water and four sent to hospitals.
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Morgan City
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Bruce Barton
Keith Simon
Acadian Ambulance Service
Reagan Meeting Honduran President at White House
Honduran President Roberto Suazo Cordova meets with President Reagan to discuss Honduras role as a staging base for U S backed Contras in Nicaragua. They plan a White House lunch as Honduras cracks down on rebel bases near the border and forces insurgents deeper into Honduras.
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Washington
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Reagan
Nicaragua
Suazo
White House
Honduras
Ortega Says Soviets Will Supply Most Nicaragua Oil
President Daniel Ortega announced on returning from a 14 nation tour that the Soviet Union pledged to meet 80 to 90 percent of Nicaragua’s oil needs this year. He cited broad international support to help offset U S sanctions but offered few public aid figures.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Soviet Union
Daniel Ortega
Ortega
U.S
Nine Die in Illegal Fireworks Blast Near Youngstown
A massive blast at an illegal fireworks operation in Mahoning County killed nine people in a farm shed site. Debris and insulation blanketed hundreds of yards, with power lines down and windows shattered up to a mile away. One victim was identified as 23 year old Edward J. Malysa of Youngstown, while others remained unnamed.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Angelo Kissos
Mahoning County
Edward J. Malysa
David
Retired Navy Officer Charged as Spy in Maryland
John Anthony Walker Jr., 47, a former Navy communications expert, is charged with passing about 120 secret or confidential Navy documents to the Soviet Union. FBI says he may have spied for two decades and obtained material from the carrier where his son is stationed. He flashed a gun but surrendered after arrest in rural Maryland.
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Baltimore
Soviet Union
FBI
John Anthony Walker Jr
Maryland
Washington
Court Boosts Memoir Sales For Officials In Publication Ruling
The Supreme Court 6-3 reinstated a $12,500 copyright award against The Nation for illegally publishing excerpts from Gerald Ford memoirs before release. Victor Navasky criticized the decision while Harper & Row praised it as protecting authors and scholarly work.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gerald R. Ford
Nation
Harper & Row
Reader’s Digest Association
Victor Navasky
Thomas
Low mood costs big bucks lives say researchers
Serious low mood costs American society 16 billion dollars and more than 20,000 lives yearly. Researchers at the American Psychiatric Association meeting urge preemptive help for high risk groups to prevent progression from normal sadness to serious mood disorder.
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Dallas
American Psychiatric Association
Ricardo Mu
Septuplets Delivered Planned By Orange CA Medical Team
In Orange California a team of about three dozen doctors and nurses prepared for the Caesarean delivery of seven babies carried by Patricia Frustaci a 30 year old high school teacher. The decision to deliver at 28 weeks came after her condition worsened around noon Monday.
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Orange
Calif
Patricia Frustaci
Valerie Orleans
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pension records show Thurmond gains total 31693 in benefits
Congress members disclose pension totals including Strom Thurmond 31693 from Army Social Security and South Carolina plus 84000 Senate pay. John Glenn and Barry Goldwater report Marine and Air Force pensions while Rockefeller Kennedy Jacobs reveal assets liabilities gifts and honoraria limits.
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Washington
Congress
U.S. Treasury
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Senate
Claude Pepper
Florida
P R
House
John Glenn
Millionaires’ Club
U.S. Senate
Marine Corps
Ohio Democrat
Earth
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Forbes
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Corp
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Andrew Jacobs
D-Ind
Jacobs
Emergency Numbers Provided as a Public Service
The Aiken Standard offers a compilation of essential emergency contact numbers. The list includes police, fire, medical and municipal helplines for quick access during crises.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Widowed Persons Association
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Harry
S.C. Senate
New York
Chinatown
Noz
University of California At
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Alan Stoudemire
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta
Samual
California
Sen. Thurmond
Tage Square
Eejay
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
PBM
Carrier
Aiken Standard Pbm
Aiken Police
Aiken Fire Crisis Line Coalition To
Jackson
Graniteville Police
New Ellenton
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Wagener
Wagener Police
Salley Fire
Salley Police
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