Compromise eyed over SRP restart endangering state
South Carolina weighs a federal compromise to reactivate the Savannah River Plant reactor with risks to the state. DHEC seeks 1.47 million from the General Assembly to expand environmental monitoring of SRP areas including radiological effects air emissions surface water discharges and hazardous waste. Frances Close Hart warns the restart would have significant impacts in a Greenville News Piedmont column.
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South Carolina
Palmetto
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Savannah River
Roger Davis
DHEC
Davis
SRP
Frances Close Hart
Columbia Based Energy Research Foundation
Greenville News-Piedmont
Derrick Barnard Oppose Hollings L-Reactor Funds Block
Rep. Derrick and Rep. Barnard urged rejecting Sen. Hollings move to cut off federal funds for restarting Savannah River Plant L-Reactor until an Environmental Impact Statement is done. They favored resolving the issue through talks with Energy and environmental officials as Sen. Thurmond weighs opposition.
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Butler Derrick
D-S.c
House Appropriations Committee
Savannah River
Ernest F. Hollings
D- S.C
Senate Appropriations Committee
Derrick
Douglas Barnard Jr
D-Ga
U.S. Department of Energy
Barnard
Strom Thurmond
Rl.c
Hollings
Wagener Woman Builds New Home After Tragic Fire
Kath erin Maple, widow of a Wagener family killed in a 1982 blaze that took six relatives, receives a new house donated through insurance and gifts. James O Brown of A L Corbett Middle School introduced the home on Saturday. Donations to support Mrs. Maple may be sent to Bankers Trust in Wagener.
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Wagener
Katherin Maple
James O. Brown
A.L. Corbett
Mrs. Maple
J.C. Brown
Maples
Willie Felder
Mary Felder
Mary Katherin Felder
Ginny Southworth
County High School Graduation Dates Set for Thursday and Friday
Aiken County announces commencement at nine high schools with ceremonies Thursday and Friday. Aiken High leads with 6 p.m. Thursday at USC Aiken gym. South Aiken, Silver Bluff, Ridge Spring Monetta, Midland Valley, and North Augusta also hold Thursday events. Wagener Salley and St Angela Academy attend Friday services Deliberate scheduling details and venues listed for each school.
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Aiken County
Aiken High
USC Aiken
South Aiken High
Silver Bluff High
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
George
Memorial Day Honors Veterans and Remembers Losses Across Nation
Americans honored Vietnam veterans and mourned a U.S. adviser killed in El Salvador as reunions formed from World War II memories. The long weekend saw large crowds at beaches and parks despite snowmelt floods and a Southern California smog alert.
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el Salvador
Rocky Mountains
Sierras
California
Colorado
Arlington National Cemetery
Chicago
Cedar Park
Bridgeport
Conn
Eufaula
Ala
William Westmoreland
Leonard Paoletta
France
Cy Laughter
Dayton, Ohio
Rayburn Fraley
Morgantown
W.va
Gunplay Leads To County Man's Death
Aiken County man Thomas W. Esborn died Friday night from a single .22 bullet fired during a backyard shootout with friend Robert Peacock. Peacock, charged with murder, said he believed his pistol was empty. The two men and a third person had been bar hopping before the shooting at Peacock's home. Esborn was a paramedic and his body was sent for autopsy.
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Aiken County
Thomas W. Esborn
Route 3
Vaucluse Road
Leonard Burns
Robert Peacock
Reynolds Pond Road
S.C. Highway 19
EsDorn
Burns
Peacock
S.C. 19
Bryan Tomkins Owens
Medical University
Charleston
Aiken
Sue Townsend
Owens
Rebecca LeVance
Iowa
State Law Enforcement Division
Mackie Walker Jr Receives Unusual National Enquirer Nod
Mackie Walker Jr son of Mr and Mrs Mackie Walker of Aiken drew praise from a National Enquirer report asserting a reporter faked illness and visited podiatrists in Chicago. The piece claims doctors predicted braces yet Mackie Jr advised no cure as no problem existed.
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Mackie Walker Jr
Mackie Walker
Aiken
National Enquirer
Chicago
Mackie Jr
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