Voyager I beams power from SRP plutonium generators
SRP plutonium 238 heat sources power Voyager I instruments enabling near Saturn closeups. Each of Voyager I’s three 155 pound generators holds 24 plutonium spheres produced at SRP around 1973. By 1990 Voyager may exit the solar system as radio signals fade beyond Earth.
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Savannah River
Saturn
Carter
SRP
Sonny Goldston
Space Nuclear
Voyager
Ringed
Goldston
Galileo
Moon
Earth
Carter veto hurdle as busing amendment links to aid bill
The Carter administration warns Senate opposition to busing could cripple desegregation efforts by barring federal spending on court ordered busing. The 42-38 vote splits along party lines as opponents say the move could hinder government action in integration cases.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Carter
House
Lowell Weicker
R Conn
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Benjamin Civiletti
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Thurmond
Helms
Ronald Reagan
America
Weicker
Senate House Conference
Civiletti
Appropriations Committee
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Executive Branch
Robert Owens-Corning awards honors and tickets for Clemson game
Two employees received perfect attendance awards for 20 years of service at Owens-Corning Fiberglas with a trophy and check at the annual service banquet. Leon C. Casey got two tickets to the Carolina Clemson game. Willie Ruth Forrest received a kiss from plant manager Bob Hrubala alongside her gift.
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Leon C. Casey
Carolina Clemson
Willie Ruth Forrest
Leon
Bob Hrubala
All American Delegation Heads For Houston
Sarah Caskey will report from Houston on Aiken as an All American City candidate. Nov 15 to 18 delegates present their case, with a jury chaired by pollster George Gallup. Aiken highlights Croft House Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center and Helping Hands as private sector quality of life gains. William Clyburn and Bill Bassham will represent the Chamber.
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Sarah Caskey
Houston
Aiken
Aiken County
Sarah
Michael D. Strickland
Liesl Clark
Southern Bell
Orin Byrd
Lower Savannah
William C. Clyburn
Aiken Elementary
William
Bill) Bassham
Carl Littlejohn
William Bassham
William Clyburn
Roland Windham
Lies Clark
Nancy James
Ruth Ashe
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R Treker Craft
Laurens Street
Chuck Orr
Pacers
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