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02 Oct 1988
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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina
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Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1988
Page
1
Deaths: Henry B Adams Columbia Marie Baker Hamp Holmes Thelma Johnson
List of obituaries includes Henry B Adams of Columbia Marie P Baker of Augusta Hamp E Holmes of Trenton Thelma H Johnson of Augusta and Robert L Padgett of Jacksonville Fla details on Page 6A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Adams
Columbia
Marie P. Baker
Augusta
Hamp E. Holmes
Trenton
Thelma H. Johnson
Robert L. Padgett
Jacksonville
Fla
SRP Safety Incidents Revealed by Panel
Congressional investigators disclosed secret documents from Savannah River Plant detailing near cataclysmic incidents akin to Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Du Pont withheld these records from the federal government for over 30 years and allegedly destroyed or misplaced other vital radiation exposure reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Savannah River
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Chernobyl
Russia
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Energy Department
SRP
du Pont Co
du Pont
Federal Complex
DOE
Du Pont Denies Safety Cover Up At Savannah River Plant
Du Pont officials say they are appalled and dismayed by congressional hearing coverage accusing the Savannah River Plant contractor of hiding nuclear safety problems. Spokesman Clif Webb defends the plant’s safety record after more than 30 years of operation and notes limited knowledge of the hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont Co
Savannah River
Clif Webb
du Pont
Webb
Department of Energy’s
SRP
Gorbachev Becomes President in Kremlin Shakeup
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected president by the Supreme Soviet after a swift Central Committee reorganization. The move consolidates power to push economic and government reforms, with promises to elevate Soviet councils and limit party overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Communist Party
Andrei 4
Gromyko
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
Gorbachev
Communist Party Central Committee
Soviets
Kidnappers To Release One Of Four Hostages
Beir ut Lebanon kidnappers of four hostages American educators and an Indian instructor said they will release one hostage to prove good intentions. The handwritten Arabic statement from Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine did not name the hostage or set a deadline. It called the move a sign Washington should respond to support the Palestinian uprising. The captives include Alain Steen, 49, a journalism teacher. Jesse Turner, 41, mathematics and computer science professor. Robert Polhill, 55, accounting lecturer. and Mithileshwar Singh, 60, finance professor and US legal resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Islamic Jihad For the Liberation of Palestine
Washington
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Alain Steen
Jesse Turner
Robert Polhill
Mithileshwar Singh
United States
Discovery Crew Tests Escape System at Space Center Houston
Discovery astronauts rehearsed a new emergency escape system and infrared communications during a Saturday exercise. George Nelson and Frederick Hauck tested bulky orange pressure suits, practiced a firefighter pole exit, and radioed with Mission Control as the shuttle neared the flight’s midpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George “Pinky
Nelson
Frederick H. Hauck
Earth
Mission Control
Discovery
Falling Satellite Alert Called Off After Kosmos 1900 Ejects
Federal officials canceled a nationwide alert after the Soviet Kosmos 1900 spy satellite ejected into high orbit reducing the risk of radioactive debris. FEMA spokeswoman Peg Maloy said pieces began disintegrating but reassured there is no nuclear radiation.
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Washington
Federall
Earth
Peg Maloy
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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