Reagan to start filling top posts with Casey likely CIA chief
Reagan plans weekend actions to fill Cabinet posts with William Casey favored to lead the CIA. Other leading picks include William French Smith for attorney general and William Simon for treasury, while battle lines form over State and Defense appointments involving Alexander Haig George Shultz John Tower and others.
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Ronald Reagan
William Casey
CIA
Casey
Reagan
Carter
California
William French Smith
William Simon
Treasury
Smith
Simon
State Department
Alexander Haig
NATO
Richard M. Nixon
George Shultz
Haig
Shultz
John Tower
Texas
Defense
Tower
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
John Connally
William Clements
Vocational Education Aims To Build Self Supporting Citizens
Norman Woodward of the Aiken County school district outlines vocational training as a path to employment. About 5,000 students are enrolled with a $11.5 million budget offering 60 courses including air conditioning carpentry drafting and nursing for adults. A $12 million federal grant boosts funding with 70 percent slated for state districts.
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Norman Woodward
Aiken County
Woodward
South Carolina
State Department of Education
Aiken
Aiken Native John Hatcher Jr Works With Forest Service Fire Team
Have You Heard remarks spark confusion as Mrs. Rudnick and group discuss questions. Aiken native John Hatcher Jr. serves in the U S Forest Service on a brush fire team active in Southern California.
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Aiken
John Hatcher Jr
United States Forest Service
California
Rough Times Ahead For Housing
The Commerce Department reports October housing starts rose 1.6 percent to 1.57 million due to multi family projects while single family starts fell 4.4 percent. Building permits dropped 14.8 percent to 1.33 million, erasing September gains and signaling a bleak four to six months. Michael Sumichrast voices caution about the near term housing outlook.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Michael Sumichrast
Erector Set Aids SRP Waste Disposal Plan
An $8 million pilot plant nicknamed the erector set tests full scale equipment and procedures for the Defense Waste Processing Facility at Savannah River Plant. The Waste Immobilization Process Development plant refines a staged approach to solidifying radioactive sludge stored in carbon steel tanks while trimming cost and plant size. Stage one advances remote glass making and new equipment designs as researchers adapt to evolving waste management strategy.
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Savannah River
Defense
Drawing Board
SRP
Jerry Oakeson
Thurmond Whatley
Gunnells Names Three To Department Posts
Aiken County sheriff-elect Ralph Gunnells selects Daniel Bowe as chief deputy and George B. McCormick as training officer with Martin Posey as uniform line captain. Bowe previously investigated for Paul D. Grant and later ran a loan service in Augusta. Gunnells seeks a six month budget and equipment audit from the county council.
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Ralph Gunnells
Aiken County
Daniel Bowe
Graniteville
George B. McCormick
Martin Posey
Bowe
Paul D. Grant
Augusta
North Carolina
Sheriff's Department
McCormick
Gunnells
State Police Academy
Columbia
Posey
Aiken
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