Rally Opposes Savannah River Plant With Protests And Proliferation Fears
Speakers at a Jackson rally denounced nuclear weapons while critics raised abortion and religious arguments. Activists from the Natural Guard and pacifist groups distributed literature and outlined civil disobedience plans. Demonstrators camped near the SRP facility two miles from the administration building.
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Revolutionary Communist Party
U.S.A
Don
Communist Party
Kitty Tucker
Washington D.C
SRP
Natural Guard
The
Bill Carroll
Carroll
Down BY the Riverside
Organization of Veterans For Demilitarization
Army of the United States
Savannah River
79 Are Arrested In Protests At The SRP Gates
Police arrested about 30 to 60 protesters at the SRP gates as demonstrators blocked highways at Jackson and New Ellenton sites. Women from several states sang and marched, some were carried off on stretchers, and one officer was cut when a protester brandished a knife.
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Munn
Highway Patrol
Jackson Gate
New Ellenton
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
Karin Schawengir
Jim Perry
Ms. Schawengir
Fourway Market
S.C. 19
S.C. 278
Aiken County
Jackson
First Lady Visits Augusta National During Presidential Tour
Mrs. Reagan joined a visiting group at Augusta National and later relaxed at Mrs. Ward's house in Aiken. Mrs. Tower recalls the Secret Service discussion after waving to people and notes Mrs. Reagan's warm, articulate presence. The luncheon centered on security concerns and the first lady’s drug abuse and parents’ programs, with a pledge to share information for local involvement.
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Augusta National Golf Course
Tower
Brady
Schultz
Regan
Reagan
Aiken
Marines Debate Iran Link as Beirut Attack Probed
Defense Secretary Weinberger cites circumstantial evidence pointing toward Iran as the attack’s direction while Speakes notes a Syrian connection under exploration. Congress roars over the bloodshed, with a prior 270 161 House and 54 46 Senate vote authorizing up to 18 months in Lebanon.
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Caspar Weinberger
Iran
Speakes
Reagan
Lebanon
House
Senate
Lebanon disaster shifts congressional agenda this week
The Lebanon disaster yesterday is likely to push other issues from the congressional agenda as sessions resume at noon today. Rep. Butler Derrick will attend Textile Week events in Greenwood Aiken and Clemson while debates on appropriations for binary weapons loom in remaining budget bills. The piece also notes staff changes in Sen. Hollings campaign team, a Supreme Court edgefield case, and Halloween vendors featuring familiar political figures.
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D.C
Lebanon
Butler Derrick
Greenwood
Aiken
Clemson
Tri-County Tech
Congress
Ernest Hollings
Billy Keyserling
Keyserling
Hollings
South Carolina
Don Fowler
Charleston
Henry Tecklenberg
Carter
Tom Bryant
Sen. Hollings
Aiken City Council to discuss pay raise for Public Safety officers
The Aiken City Council meets at 7 30 p m in the Municipal Building to consider transferring contingency funds to Public Safety for officer salaries raising the starting wage from 13567 to 14952 to stay competitive with area wages and Gackehhut Services Inc offerings. The agenda includes 3 3 million water and sewer revenue bonds for the Aiken Vernes Industrial Park Mason Branch reservice project and Horse Creek Valley Facility expansion, plus highway widening plans for SC 302 and an update to horse stabling ordinances.
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Aiken
Park Ave
Public Safety Department
Roland H. Windham
Windham
Mason Branch
Horse Creek Valley
Council
School Board Set To Discuss Hydrant At A L Corbett Middle
Aiken County Board of Education plans 7:30 meeting at Hammond Hill Elementary in North Augusta to consider installing a fire hydrant at A L Corbett Middle School. The note explains the current hydrant distance deficiency and historic use of in school suspension programs at North Augusta High School and similar programs elsewhere, highlighting aims like continued coursework and credit.
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Aiken County Board of Education
A.L. Corbett
Hammond Hill
North Augusta
Wagener
Fire Underwriters Association
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