Hollings urges fair trade amid broader policy shifts
Sen Hollings spoke in Aiken about a 50 million Savannah River upgrade and broader increases in plutonium reactor, security and waste treatment spending. He warned of a 15 20 year trade war, urged coordinated policy across agencies, and criticized candidates for avoiding the real trade issue.
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Savannah River
Sen. Hollings
Aiken Rotary
Congress
United States
The
Treasury
State, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
Gromyko
World Food Production Up Yet Hunger Remains Global
A House Foreign Affairs Committee report on World Food Day notes global food production rose over the decade, but hunger and malnutrition persist. It cites distribution, income, storage, transport, and nutrition knowledge as key barriers while flagging Sub-Saharan Africa as the only region with per capita declines over the past twenty years.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
M. Peter McPherson
Agency For International Development
House
Africa
Eight Men Sentenced in Denmark Rape Case
A circuit judge, Rodney A. Peeples, sentenced eight men from Walterboro Charleston Orangeburg and Cottageville to eight years each after pleading guilty to second degree criminal sexual conduct for raping an 18 year old Denmark woman on August 25. The judge ordered restitution of 200 dollars for medical expenses and expressed sympathy for the victim and the defendants' families.
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Bamberg
Denmark
Rodney A. Peeples
Robert J. Harte
Peeples
John P. Brown
Gregg Clayton
Reggie Roundtree
Leon Williams
Walterboro
Leroy Geathers
Tyrone B. Moore
Charleston
Darrell Shivers
Orangeburg
Leroy Womble
Cottageville
David Crum
Womble
Jack Early
Moore
Young Solar System Discovered Around nearby Star Beta Pictoris
In Pasadena AP reports strongest evidence yet that planets form around a nearby star Beta Pictoris. A computer enhanced photo from Las Campanas Observatory shows a circumstellar disk extending up to 40 billion miles, hinting at planet formation and prompting questions about life on other worlds.
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Pasadena
Calif
Beta Pictoris
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Richard J. Terrile
Terrile
Bradford Smith
University of Arizona
Carnegie Institution
Las Campanas Observatory
Serena
Chile
Mary Beth Murrill
Smith
Ms. Murrill
Bankers Trust: Ronnie Craven’s kind of bank in Aiken County
Ronnie Craven of D&R Auto Salvage in North Augusta praises Bankers Trust for a long standing relationship. The ad emphasizes personal service and local roots dating to 1948 and invites others to bank there.
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Ronnie Craven
D&r Auto Salvage
North Augusta
Aiken County
Bankers Trust
Dukakis to Sign Bill Banning Mandatory Retirement Now
Governor Dukakis will immediately enact a bill abolishing mandatory retirement in most jobs. The measure ends age based layoffs during a 90 day pre enactment window and sets individual ability as the sole standard for employment. Public safety workers and some executives are exempt.
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Boston
Michael S. Dukakis
House
Senate
James Dorsey
Jack Backman
Backman
Dukakis
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Protectio Carrol G. Heath
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Wire Road
Aiken
Ginny Southworth
Chime Bell Church Road
SPCA
Ibankers Trust
CSS
Aya Osalva
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