Pentagon slow in cleaning hazardous waste sites
GAO official says progress is limited after three years with 11 800 potential sites identified and 7 200 on former military property. Remediation finished at 207 sites as of now, and completion is unlikely this century.
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Washington
Pentagon
General Accounting Office
Frank Conahan
Congressional Investigative Agency
Government Operations Subcommittee On Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Carl Schafer
Defense
Insiders Cited in Social Security Computer Contract Case
A GAO investigator testifies before a House subcommittee that insider information and favoritism aided Deloitte Haskins and Sells in securing a 33 million Social Security computer modernization contract in 1982. Former Social Security commissioner Svahn had past ties to the firm, while Deloitte officials deny any improper conduct.
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Washington
Milton J. Socolar
General Accounting Office
House
Jack Brooks
D-Texas
Deloitte Haskins & Sells
John A. Svahn
Antarctic Iceberg Bigger Than Rhode Island Threatens Bay of Whales
A drifting Ross Sea iceberg about 25 by 98 miles covers 2,450 square miles double Rhode Island and holds enough water for Los Angeles for 675 years. If it moves away from its calving point, coastline changes could erase the Bay of Whales as a geographic feature, NSF reports indicate.
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Washington
Ross Sea
Rhode Island
Los Angeles
National Science Foundation
Bay of Whales
Sinatra Surprise Echoes From San Leandro Church
In San Leandro California two priests testing a bell tower tape machine played Frank Sinatra’s Strangers In The Night instead of chimes. The playback reached residents and workers within half a mile as the speakers remained on, surprising parish staff and passersby near St Leander Catholic Church.
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San Leandro
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Terry Tompkins
Jayson Landera
Anne Peterson
St. Leander Catholic Church
Anita Garcia
Sinatra
Ortega Offers Indirect Talks on Nicaragua Peace
President Daniel Ortega said Nicaragua could hold indirect cease fire talks with Contra rebels if the United States ends aggression. A rebel leader cautioned that mediation must be acceptable to both sides as regional peace efforts move forward amid clashes in Guatemala and El Salvador. Arias, architect of the plan, won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
United States
Ortega
Revolutionary Plaza
el Salvador
Arias
U.S. dollar sinks to new low in Tokyo markets
The dollar closed at a record low for the third straight day in Tokyo trading, slipping to 135.50 yen as fears rose the Reagan administration sacrifices the dollar to keep rates low. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 165.37 to 22,795.02 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained to 2,113.67 on light volume.
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Tokyo
U.S
Hong Kong
Hang Seng
Takeshita Elected Japan Prime Minister and Cabinet Named
Noboru Takeshita won 442 of 744 votes in Parliament and will lead a cabinet aimed at easing trade friction, especially with the United States. He becomes Japan’s 46th prime minister since 1885 and named Sasuke Uno as foreign minister.
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Noboru Takeshita
Tokyo
United States
Takeshita
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Sasuke Uno
Army questions returning defector Wade Roberts at Fort Dix
Pvt Wade Roberts 22 who defected to the Soviet Union last April arrived at Dover Air Force Base after being flown from Rhein Main West Germany. Military police escorted him to a security building where a chaplain lawyer and Fort Dix commander awaited for debriefing and disciplinary proceedings.
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Fort DIX
N.J
Soviet Union
United States
Pvt
Wade Roberts
Dover Air Force Base
Del
Rhein-Main U.S
Frankfurt
West Germany
Roberts
Richard V. Dowling
Aiken Standard Classified Contact and Office Details
Contact information for the Aiken Standard includes phone numbers for subscriptions and classifieds, office hours, street address at 124 Rutland Drive, mailing address P O Box 456, and a subscription rate note for 3 6 and 12 months with advance payments.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
PBM
Emergency numbers list from Aiken Standard service table
Aiken Standard provides emergency numbers for local agencies and services including Poison Control Center and law enforcement. The list includes contacts for the Salley Fire and Salley Police, Sheriff’s Department, and state patrol, with respective phone lines.
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Aiken
Poison Control Center
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley Fire
Salley Police Sheriff's Department
Long Dista
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