South Carolina seeks location for new production reactor
A South Carolina House resolution urges the Department of Energy to consider Savannah River Plant as the site for a new production reactor. Rep Irene Rudnick says SC is best fit, noting a DOE panel’s early preference for the state. Idaho supports Potato State for the reactor.
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Department of Energy
Irene Rudnick
D-Aiken
Aiken
S.C
South Carolina
Idaho
National Engineering Laboratory
DOE
Savannah River
Hodel
House of Representatives
Senate
General Assembly
Savannah
Britain Leads U.S. in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Moves
Dr. Ben Warner retired Windscale official says Britain will solidify nuclear waste and store it for 50 years before disposal beyond reach of man. Interim period will study permanent disposal options including deep sea or geological sites. He visits Aiken with Dr. Bebington as the U.S. starts work on Savannah River Plant classification facility to solidify 26 million gallons of high level waste.
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United States
Ben Warner
Aiken Standard
Terim
Warner
Aiken
William P. Bebbington
Savannah River
Sheriff testifies undercover role in drug case at Augusta court
Aiken County Sheriff Ralph Gunnells confirms dragway co owner Paul Wyatt acted undercover for the department in a federal case. Wyatt aided by trying to lure a smuggling plane but no seizure occurred. Wyatt, an honorary deputy, says he was to pilot a surveillance helicopter if contraband was seized.
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Aiken County
Ralph Gunnells
Augusta
Paul Wyatt
Wyatt
Palmetto National Dragway
Twin Lakes Executive Air Park
Aikep County
Gunnells
Raymond G. Hammond
Coker Spring Water Declared Unsafe For Drinking In Aiken
The South Carolina health department says Coker Spring water in Aiken is not safe to drink due to unsafe bacterial levels. City engineers note nearby horse stables and open streams may cause contamination. The spring, once part of a stagecoach route and a historic picnic site, was deeded to Aiken in 1844 and listed on the National Register in 1979.
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Aiken
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
James Burkhalter
DHEC
Jim Brownlow
Whiskey Road
Sand Bar
Coker Spring
Wyatt Johnson
Johnson
William Peronneau Finley
Charleston
Abbeville
South Carolina projected fast growth among southern states
The U S Census Bureau forecasts South Carolina to grow fastest among southern states east of the Mississippi by 2000, excluding Florida. The surge is linked to more people choosing SC for retirement and late career settles, per John Long.
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Washington
D.C
U.S. Census Bureau
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
John Long
Projections show South Carolina growth outpacing neighbors
Aiken Standard reports PCat notes from Census Bureau official on two decade national population projections. South Carolina is expected to grow 13.7 percent in the 1980s and up to 25.3 percent by 2000, exceeding Georgia and North Carolina. Aging newcomers to SC may comprise 10-15 percent, higher than regional peers.
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Census Bureau
Long
Palmetto
Bureau
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Indi
New Ellenton Faces Emergency Water Shortage
New Ellenton, in an emergency water situation after a lightning strike damaged the town water works and electric motor. The system is down to one pump, with about 30 hours before full operation, as residents are urged to conserve water.
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New Ellenton
Tink Sanders
Commission of Public Works
Sanders
Aiken Electrc Cooperative
Little girl with leukemia gets go cart aid from readers
Eight year old Deidre Wright, diagnosed with leukemia, dreams of a go cart. An Aiken Standard ad sparked help from Bill and Brenda Aiken in Crosland Park to take Deidre racing in November while a 9 year old boy Jamie Jamison donated his own go cart. Deidre is in remission and awaiting a month end checkup to decide if medicine resumes.
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Deidre Wright
Deidre
Eula Mae Wright
Sharye Whise
Nant
Aiken Standard
Bill Aiken
Crosland Park
Brenda Aiken
Augusta
Wrights
Jamie Jamison
Jamie
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