Energy Secretary visits Savannah River Site to review vital programs
Bill Richardson arrives at SRS to inspect tritium production and plutonium disposition plans. He will decide by year end on tritium disposition and near-term site choices between a linear accelerator at SRS or a TVA reactor conversion. Pantex and SRS vie for phase in plutonium disposition. Secretary to choose site by 1999 while SRS hopes to share in operations with communities in South Carolina and Georgia.
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Bill Richardson
Savannah River
DOE
Richardson
SRS
Pantex
Amarillo
Texas
South Carolina
Georgia
Aiken
Is our sense of justice for sale
Matt Brooks, a Sierra College junior in Rocklin California, argues that linking political ethics to the economy endangers justice. He criticizes defenses of Clinton amid perjury and obstruction probes, warns against trading liberty for prosperity, and notes China and crime policy as examples of profitable ethics.
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Republican Congress
Reagan
Bush
China
Tiananmen Square
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Adolf Hitler
Rudolph Hess
Hitler
Hess
America
Matt Brooks
Sierra College
Rocklin
Calif
Iraqi sanctions fail to topple Saddam Hussein
The Advocate argues that prolonged sanctions hurt Iraqi society while not dethroning Saddam Hussein. It cautions that renewed air strikes alone may not end the dictator and urges the Clinton administration and United Nations to press forces to degrade his ability to threaten US allies and regional stability.
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
United Nations
Clinton
America
Advocate
Baton Rouge
Father defends son in alleged railroaded case saga
An outspoken letter from John Travis Mace's father claims a personal grudge behind a July incident and accuses law enforcement and officials of conspiring to railroad his son. He portrays John as not a hardened criminal, cites cocaine history, and urges readers to seek truth beyond local rumors.
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Chase
Mace Chase
John Travis Mace
Solicitor's
Columbia
Gow Beasley
Beasley
Letters to the Editor for The Atken Standard
Brief letters welcomed with signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited or condensed. Address letters to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard RO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 Or email editorial@scape.net.
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Atken
Aiken Stanfard
Aiken
Editorial
Scescape.net
Milwaukees school choice test spurs nationwide push
The Supreme Court declined to hear a Milwaukee program allowing public funds to attend any school. Studies by Harvard and Princeton researchers show private school vouchers can boost reading and math, with greater gains for minority students. Advocates urge broader adoption while critics warn of public-school impact. Nina Shokrait Rees of The Heritage Foundation argues for expanded choice.
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Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Harvard University
Paul Peterson
New York City
School Choice Foundation
Peterson
Harvard
Clinton
Milwaukee Choice
Princeton University
Cecilia Rouse
Caroline Hoxby
Education Week
Education Department
Paul Hill
The
Rand Institute
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