Southeast Forest Fires Prompt Hope for Rain Across States
Firefighters weary amid widespread blazes across 14 states burning over 500 square miles. Rain edged into the region as officials report arson, falling leaves, and smoke drifting to New England while crews redeploy after two weeks of continuous effort.
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New England
Appalachians
Alabama
Georgia
Pete Reynolds
National Weather Service Storms Center
Kansas City
von Woods
National Weather Service
Atlanta
Terry Lewis
U.S. Forest Service
Lewis
Kentucky
West Virginia
Bridgeport
Conn
Charleston
W.va
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Boston
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Commission
Carl Eard
Tennessee
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Forest Service
Mingo
Dwight Barnett
Division of Forestry
Richard Ween
Joy Patty
Talladega National Forest
Centreville
National Guard
Middlesboro
Enniskillen Remembrance Day blast blamed on IRA
Police said the Irish Republican Army planted the bomb that killed 11 at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen County Fermanagh. Twenty one of 63 injured remained hospitalized with five in very serious condition.
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Enniskillen
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Fermanagh
Nuclear Power Found Costlier Than Promised in South Carolina
A Public Citizen study ranks South Carolina plants H B Robinson and Catawba among the nation’s costlier power producers while Oconee and Summer deliver cheaper output. It estimates national nuclear costs may exceed industry estimates by up to 13 billion dollars, challenging the cheap energy promise.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Public Citizen
H.B. Robinson
Hartsville
Catawba
Rock Hill
Oconee
Seneca
V.C
Jenkinsville
Robinson
Maine Yankee
Maine
Carolina Power & Light Co
Duke Power Co
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Fairfield County
Nursing Home Costs Threaten Elderly With Poverty
A congressional report for the House Select Committee on Aging finds high nursing home costs push many seniors into poverty. It notes half of couples with one spouse in a facility become impoverished within six months and 70 percent of single elderly patients reach poverty in 13 weeks, with longer care eroding income especially for those living alone. The study, done with the Urban Institute and Villers Foundation, links average annual nursing home costs over 22 000 to elderly median income around 11 500, and critiques Medicare and Medicaid coverage as insufficient for long term care.
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Washington
California
House Select Committee On Aging
Edward Roybal
Calif
Census Bureau
Health Care Financing Administration
Roybal
House
Senate
Conference Committee
America
Reagan Ortega To Address OAS Meeting In Washington
President Reagan will host a lunch for Western Hemisphere foreign ministers at the State Department while Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega plans to address the OAS General Assembly in Washington. Ortega may visit since 1979 and has offered indirect talks with the Contras as the U.S. calls for compliance with the peace plan.
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Washington
Reagan
Daniel Ortega
Central America
Organization of American States General Assembly
State Department
Nicaragua
Ortega
Carter
U.S
Managua
Contadora Group
Mexico
Venezuela
Colombia
Panama
Contadora
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Uruguay
OAS
United States
Oyster Shortage Hits Grand Strand Seafood Prices
Grand Strand merchants and fishermen report a oyster shortage due to extreme heat and overworked beds. Single select oysters cost bushels at 16 dollars, up from 9 to 10 last year, while clustered oysters are 12 dollars a bushel, up from 7 or 8.
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Myrtle Beach
Grand Strand
Nance’s
Murrell Inlet
Chuck’s
James Wade
Wade
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Ruth Thomas
Environmentalists Inc
Nicaraguan National Assembly
International Observer Team
Honduras
Heritage
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