11 Oct 1988
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1988
Page
1
A Quick Road Dyke Industries of Little Rock announces a new plant in Verenes Industrial Park in the old Roller Bearing building. The company in building products plans to create 50 to 65 jobs and has been in business 122 years per J David Jameson.
Tonight will be fair with temperatures dropping into the 40s. Tomorrow turns sunny and cooler with highs in the 60s. See detailed forecast on page 5A.
Death notices list Earline Eoston Clearwater Helen Knight North Augusta Betty Lyons Augusta Mrs Willie L McCreary Blackville Mattie Nicholson Aiken George Oakman Aiken Rosa Kitty Penn Washington DC Anna Prather New Ellenton Ethel Timmerman Edgefield Janie Weaver Edgefield details on Page 5A care.
DOE officials announced a phased start up of the K-reactor at Savannah River Plant in late December with full operations in early January. Grover Smithwick, manager of Oak Ridge, will oversee Savannah River Operations and Du Pont personnel will be trained under outside help. A fifth training shift will be created and shift engineers must hold degrees in their fields.
A federal report says radioactive and hazardous waste contamination at the Savannah River Plant is so severe that cleanup should be a top priority. The General Accounting Office urges adding SRP and four other Department of Energy plants to the National Priority List to enforce cleanup schedules, alongside Superfund projects.
Aiken County School District marks School Lunch Week with fifty six cafeterias offering a standard daily menu. Naomi Hilderbrand notes USDA guidelines shape portions and ingredients while students like the choices. Cited expectations include a four item option set and a minimum of three items per plate at nineary price.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will publish a revised lunch cookbook this fall for school cafeterias with 161 recipes and labor-saving tips. It is the first new model since 1971 and aims to reflect regional tastes for about 24 million children in 90,000 schools nationwide. Assistant Secretary John W. Bode notes dramatic changes in food service since the 17 year gap.
Iranians involved in the Iran-Contra affair believed George Bush was the most powerful man in the world and pulling strings, based on Michael A. Ledeen’s Perilous Statecraft. The book notes Bush’s CIA past shaped Iranian assumptions, while detailing North’s secret operation and Casey’s reported disapproval.
The Senate moves toward finalizing a $2.7 billion tax bill offering targeted benefits to individuals and firms and creating a taxpayer bill of rights to ease IRS interactions. The measure, amid about two dozen amendments, awaits House reconciliation and possible Reagan veto as Congress nears adjournment.
NEW YORK Forbes says 51 Americans are billionaires with total net worth of 84.8 billion. Sam Walton remains No 1 for the fourth year, his wealth down to 6.7 billion after the stock crash, while Japan's Tsutsumi Mori Yoshimoto lead the global rankings.
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