Secret B-2 stealth bomber rollout at Northrop
The Air Force unveils the B-2 stealth bomber at a rollout ceremony by Northrop Corp. The aircraft, guarded at 200 feet, is described as unmatched and the first real computer-age aircraft. Estimates put the 132 aircraft fleet cost at up to 68.5 billion dollars, with unit costs around 250 million before modifications.
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Palmdale
Calif
Air Force
Northrop Corp
Northrop
Les Daly
Aerospace Company
Daly
General Accounting Office
Pentagon
Ring found from Navy flier’s 1944 Memorial Day crash
Rob Young found the class ring of Clinton Baker, St. Cloud Technical High School 1942, at Palomar Mountain. The ring lay buried since a B 24 bomber collision on Memorial Day 1944. Baker’s brother Larry Baker called the discovery a shocker and said the find rekindled memories of a lost brother.
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San Diego
Navy
Clinton Baker
St. Cloud
Minn
Palomar Mountain
San Diego County
Iier
Larry Baker
Rob Young
Weather outlook with clouds and light rain chances
A weather summary notes cloudy and cool conditions tonight with a 30 percent rain chance and a mid 40s low. Tomorrow brings mostly cloudy skies with a 30 percent rain chance and a high in the low 60s. Details on Page 5A.
Deaths David D. Matthews Viola B. Salley Mary Wenzel
Obituary brief notes the deaths of David D. Matthews of Reading ra Viola B. Salley of Columbia and Mary Wenzel of Graniteville with a pointer to more details on Page 5A.
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David D. Matthews
Reading
Viola B. Salley
Columbia
Mary Wenzel
Graniteville
Bush Cabinet Filling Fast
President elect George Bush moves to appoint key Cabinet members from Reagan era with Dick Thornburgh and Laura Cavazos joining as attorney general and education secretary respectively. Treasury chief Nicholas Brady and James Baker III as secretary of state also named, along with Richard Darman as OMB director.
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George Bush
Mikhail Gorbachev
Bush
Point Clear
Ala
Houston
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Mexico
Treasury
Richard G. Darman
Office of Management and Budget
Brady
Baker
Johnson Space Center
Salinas
Clothing Tops Consumer Price Increases
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in overall prices in October with apparel up 1.8 percent, driven by fall lines. Food costs rose 0.2 percent as drought relief eased fruit and vegetable prices, while gasoline fell 1.0 percent but electricity and natural gas surged 14 percent. Dairy rose 0.9 percent, offsetting declines in beef pork and poultry.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ber
DOE Seeks $11 Million for SRP Office Complex
Local DOE officials seek 11 million dollars to build an engineering and services office complex at the Savannah River Plant. The plan could force changes at Westinghouse Savannah River Co. and Bechtel Savannah River Co. with potential annual cost savings up to 2 million. Up to 250 Bechtel employees may relocate in coming months as the project aims to shorten distances to projects and staff.
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Savannah River
DOE
Congress
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
SRP
Department
Bechtel Savannah River Co
James M
Jim) Gaver
SRO
Bechtel
North
Augusta
Gaver
Jack Herrmann
Herrmann
SKO
Recollections of JFK Assassination Echo Across Time
The nation remembers John F Kennedy’s November 22 1963 Dallas death with personal memories. North Augusta Councilmember Edward C Ergle recalls hearing the news while car shopping and the shock of the moment that defined a generation.
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John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Pontiac
Telfair Caver
North Augusta
Edward C. Ergle
Aiteashk Ponliss Basuselig
Television Helped Bring Kennedy Into Our Lives
A personal reflection recalling how television shaped perceptions of John F. Kennedy from his 1960s inauguration to his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The writer remembers school TV use, Cuban missile crisis, and the moment of learning of the president’s death at Franklin High School in Franklin, Virginia.
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Dallas
Franklin High School
Franklin
Barton
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