Owens Corning Fiberglass furloughs 200 at Aiken plant
Owens Corning Fiberglas plants in Aiken will furlough 200 hourly workers this week due to high inventories and a softening economy. Leafing employees will stay on health plans for nine days and may file for unemployment benefits through the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. Plant officials say the fiber inputs support other industrial products such as electronic circuit boards.
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Aiken
Laura Little
Owens-Corning
Jim Jackson
Jackson
S.C
Employment Security Commission
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Deaths listed for local residents on Page 10A
The notice enumerates several deceased individuals from Augusta and surrounding towns including Ann P. Chalker Langley Charles Chavous Sarah G. Cook Bamberg Jeff Gigger Mary Ann Grif Johnston William B. Hare Eileen J. Hazel Eula M. Jones Theresa McCarty J0 Mitchell Emma Smith Myrick Jora S. Moore Freelove Tolbert Mina Tropp and Charlie L. Vance With a prompt to view details on Page 10A and location references across North Augusta Barnwell Saluda Batesburg Aiken and Fairfield counties.
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Ann P. Chalker
Langley
Charles Chavous
Augusta
Sarah G. Cook
Bamberg
Jeff Gigger
Mary Ann Grif
Johnston
William B. Hare
Trenton
Eileen J. Hazel
North Augusta
Eula M. Jones
Theresa McCarty
Saluda
J.0. Mitchell
Keith Emma Smith Myrick
Barnwell
Jora S. Moore
Ilian €. Renew
Noodrow Skinner
Freelove Tolbert
Fairfax
Mina Tropp
Aiken
Charlie L. Vance
Batesburg
House Approves Budget Resolution Amid Shutdown Pressure
The House, split and late into the night, passed a Democratic retread of a $500 billion deficit plan 250 to 164 and sent it to the Senate. President Bush vetoed a temporary spending bill as talks continued, while the government faced a shutdown since Saturday over disputed budget action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Bush
Ment
Conress
White House
Williamson Family Living Dream Come True
Williamsons share an optimistic tale of reunions and remarriage. Marc Williamson and Katie Busbee, high school sweethearts, married after reconnecting at a class reunion and now raise Kyle and Suzanne with a baby on the way. They emphasize faith as the central partner in their blended family and urge commitment amid rising stepfamilies.
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Biar Orrell
Katie
Suzanne
Marc
Iamson
Belvedere
Wiliamsons Ba Williamsons
Kyle
Williamson
Williamsons
Real Life In The '90s Editor's Note on Family Life
An editor's note introduces a series on family life in the 1990s, discussing shifting traditional family dynamics. Mrs Williamson backs the view that the traditional family is changing, noting losses and broader social trends that frame the feature on page 3A.
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Williamson Family
Warships Fire Shots to Enforce Iraq Embargo in Gulf of Oman
British, Australian and American warships fired warning shots across the bow of an Iraqi freighter near the Gulf of Oman as part of enforcing the UN embargo. Four frigates and a notable first for a British vessel marked the naval blockade. Two U.S. Marines are missing after a dawn helicopter training mission in the Gulf of Oman, prompting ongoing search and rescue efforts. Iraqi claims of resistance and refugees continued from the Saudi border, while Israel started distributing gas masks amid fears of chemical attack.
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Gulf of Oman
Persian Gulf
U.S. Marineers
Cmdr
J.D. van Sickle
Navy
van Sickle
Khai
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Saddam Hussein
HMS
Battleaxe
HMS London
Ahms Adelaide
USS
Reasoner
Ministry of Defense
Americans Win Nobel In Medicine
Two Americans whose pioneering organ and cell transplant work underpinned modern medicine won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas were cited for enabling organ compatibility and reducing graft rejection, transforming treatment for tens of thousands with severe illness.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Joseph E. Murray
E. Donnall Thomas
Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institute
Thomas
Bellevue
Wash
Murray
PALFED Posts Higher Pre Tax Income in Quarter
PALFED Inc, holder of Palmetto Federal Savings Bank, reported a pre tax income of 1.267 million for the quarter ended Sept 30, up 438,000 from 1989. After taxes net earnings were 717,000, dividends per share set at 4 cents, and stock trades around 7 per share.
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Palfed
Palfed Inc
Palmetto Federal Savings Bank
Kard W. Herring
Howard M. Hickey Jr
Herring
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