Reagan vows to fight tyranny again at Cherry Point
President Reagan at Cherry Point Marine base says the United States will use force if needed to prevent a sea of tyranny. He honors Beirut and Grenada dead at Camp Lejeune and stresses US resolve and duty to liberty. Ambassadors from Lebanon and European partners attend the ceremony.
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Cherry Point
N.C
Reagan
Marine Air Base
Lebanon
Grenada
America
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Nancy
Camp Lejeune
United States
Beirut
24Th Marine Amphibious Unit
Grenada to hand over coup leaders to governor general
U S officials say Bernard Coard and General Hudson Austin, coup leaders linked to the October 19 murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, will be handed to Grenada's governor general Sir Paul Scoon for investigation. Scoon plans a technocrat government until elections, possibly a year away. A U S congressional delegation is in Grenada for a fact finding mission as diplomats depart.
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ST. George’s. Grenada
U.S
Paul Scoon
Grenada
Washington
Caribbean
Charles Gillespie
State Department
Bernard Coard
Hudson Austin
Maurice Bishop
Physicist Charged As Spy At Vacuum Tech Conference
FBI says Alfred Zehe, a 44 year old East German physicist, was arrested in Boston on charges of spying. Officials note he appeared at a vacuum technology conference where attendees did not recognize him. Agent Greenleaf said he may have succeeded in passing information and had two years of prior investigation.
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Boston
FBI
James W. Greenleaf
Alfred Zehe
Zehe
United States
Greenleaf
Zeke
Panel endorses one cent sales tax for SC schools
A subcommittee of the governor's education task force backs a one cent sales tax increase to raise about 200 million dollars for upgrading public schools. The plan if approved would direct all revenue to school improvements as Gov. Riley seeks a comprehensive education program.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Task Force
Dick Riley
General Assembly
Trea
Sury
Riley
Bus Jobs May Be Lost
Greyhound officials seek applicants statewide as striking workers risk job loss if a contract dispute is not settled within two weeks. In Columbia nearly 100 applications were logged. Local 1493 representative Ray Cobin cites wage and benefit cuts up to 30 percent depending on job class.
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Columbia
Greyhound Bus Company
Ray Cobin
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Groundbreaking details for Savannah River DWPF project
The DWPF at SRP converts 30 million gallons of high level waste from tanks into glass for permanent disposal. Sludge and salt are mixed with frit and melted in a glass melter to produce 10 foot tall canisters weighing two tons each. The project has a $910 million cost, 70 percent savings from earlier estimates, with the aim of long term containment in a geologic repository.
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Savannah River
Defense
SRP
DWPF
du Pont Company
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Bechtel National Inc
Morrison- Knudsen
SRL
Savannah River Laboratory
Hindman
DOE
Israeli Raid and Lebanon Clash Escalate Near Tripoli
At daybreak Israeli jets retaliated after a bombing and seized an army intelligence post on the Lebanese coast. The blast damaged a Lebanese army barracks and a UN post, injuring four soldiers and ten civilians. In Tripoli, PLO loyalists clashed with Syrian backed mutineers around Baddawi and Nahr el Bared as artillery and rockets fire continued.
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Yaron
Bruce Kashtan
Foreign Ministry
Beirut
U.N
Timur Goksel
Naqoura
Lebanon
Arafat
PLO
Nahr el-Bared
Baddawi Camp
Soviet Sub Tender Heads North To Aid Disabled Vessel
A Soviet Victor-3 class attack sub stalled in five foot Atlantic swells 470 miles east of Charleston prompts a rescue by a Soviet sub tender en route from Cuba. Navy planes and buoys monitor for radiation as U S forces gather intelligence on the incident.
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Washington
Cuba
Atlantic
Charleston
Pentagon
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
U.S
Bermuda
U.S. Navy
Cienfuegos
Pacific Ocean
Kamchatka Peninsula
Spain
Cape Cod
Unemployment rate falls to 8.8 percent in October
The Labor Department reports 320,000 more jobs in October lifting civilian unemployment to 8.8 percent, the lowest in 20 months. The jobless total drops below 10 million for the first time since March 1982 while 101.9 million people are employed.
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Washington
America
Labor Department
Oertel Named To DOE Post Following Nuclear Waste Work
Dr. Oertel advanced to a new DOE position after leading waste management efforts. He joined the Energy Research and Development Administration in 1975, began federal service in 1963 at NASA Langley, and holds a Kiel and a Maryland physics doctorate. He and his wife Brigitte have two children Ines and Carsten.
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Oertel
DOE
Energy Research and Development Administration
Dr. Oertel
NASA
Langley Research Center
University of Kiel
Germany
University of Maryland
Brigitte
Ines
Carsten
Aiken Standard Advertising Contacts
The Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions and classifieds. Readers are invited to call 648-2311 for subscriptions and ideas or 649-1555 for classifieds and display ads. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday at 124 Rutland Drive.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency Numbers in Aiken Area Public Service Sheet
Community contact list lists Aiken Community Hospital and local emergency services. Includes numbers for Volunteer Fire Departments, Aiken County Sheriff, and Emergency Medical Services.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
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