Textile industry draws support from lawmakers and locals
U.S. Representative Butler Derrick urged broad backing for textiles during Textile Week in Aiken and Augusta. He noted textiles employ 2.6 million nationally and 47 percent of South Carolina’s workforce, citing $132.8 million local payroll and $1.7 million in taxes. He warned imports rise and said he would push new legislation to aid the sector while also urging Marine troops in Lebanon be brought home after Beirut losses.
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U.S
Butler Derrick
Derrick
D-S.c
Houndslake Country Club
South Carolina
Aiken
Augusta
United States
Greenville
Reagan
Lebanon
Beirut
South Carolina Counties Declared Official Disaster Areas
Aiken County and 33 other South Carolina counties are designated official disaster areas after a severe drought. The move unlocks low interest FHA loans at 5 percent for farmers, with livestock producers now eligible. Estimated state losses run to $400 million to $500 million, as drought devastated crops including corn soybeans and cotton.
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Washington
U.S. Agriculture
South Carolina
Aiken County
White House
Farmer’s Home Administration
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Sen
Thurmond
Reagan Administration
Abbeville
Aiken
Allendale
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Berkeley
Calhoun
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Edgefield
Fairfield
Greenville
Greenwoood
Jasper
Agriculture Department
Sen. Thurmond
John Block
Independent Panel Reviews SRP Worker Studies in Atlanta
A CDC coordinated panel meets in Atlanta to review epidemiologic studies on Savannah River Plant workers. The work aims to decide if further studies near SRP are needed, following a Feb hearing on L-Reactor restart.
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SRP
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Savannah River At
Department of Energy
Committee On Armed Services of the
U.S. Senate
North Augusta
Savannah River
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Medical and Health Sciences Division
du Pont
Herbert I. Sauer
University of Missouri School of Medicine
CDC
China’s modern and traditional medical care described at Rotary
Dr. L H Rasmussen spoke at the Aiken Rotary Club detailing China’s medical system. He noted a population over one billion uses all land for food, rural transport by horses and water buffalo, bicycles and buses in cities, free Western and traditional care, and the Peking Tumor Institute’s work on esophageal cancer linked to asbestos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Rotary Club
Rasmussen
Peking Tumor Institute
Correction Officer Will Stay On The Job
A jail break at Aiken County Jail led to Officer Van Ray being tied and forced from his post by inmates Michael Coursey and Clinton Thomas. Sheriff Ralph Gunnells defended Ray, noting he passed a polygraph and remains employed. He blamed the incident on locking system flaws and a planned escape over a week.
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Aiken County
Ralph Gunnells
Gunnells
van Ray
Van
Michael ‘Coursey
Clinton Thomas
Ray
Aiken
New Ellenton
Norman Strader
Gene Whitman
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Aiken Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
ASPCA
Wire Road
Ginny Southworth
By Thurmond Whatley
Robert Alvarez
Environmental Policy Institute
Washington, D.C
Edward L. Baker Jr
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston
Mass
Robert Brent
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Daniel Bronstein
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Mich
Glyn G. Caldwell
James W. Hanson
University
Houston
Alan Chavil
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia
Norman Cohen
New York University
Tuexedo
N.Y
Ernest B. Altekruse
Medical College of Georgia
Kathy Petty
K-Mart & Bi-Lo
Cubler'’s Hall
Acre
S.C
Bek
Eis Lyalls
Kalmia Plaza
North Augusta Plaza
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