Voters reflect on city responders and disaster readiness
Residents express appreciation for emergency services but note limits in facing Hugo sized events. They acknowledge imperfect preparation yet commend effort by authorities and responders. Some say they are less familiar with San Francisco’s response compared to other cities.
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Hugo
San Francisco
Gordon Jensen
Cynthia Clawson
Larnelle Harris
The
Imperials
Dallas Holm
Evie
Doug Oldham
Truth. Fm
Gospel Music Association
Gordon
Jesus
Jesus Christ
New Covenant Praise Church
Ronald Gray
Wire Rd
Aiken
Public views on Hurricane Hugo and San Francisco relief efforts
A reader poll notes mixed judgments on government relief for Hugo victims and the San Francisco earthquake. Citizens call for prioritized feeding, cite South Carolina homelessness, and acknowledge non scientific sampling from Aiken with interviews by Keith Ward and photos by David Kidwell.
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San Francisco
Aiken Post Office
Keith Ward
David Kidwell
Bush signs bill barring federal funding for obscene art
President Bush signed a bill prohibiting federal funds from being used for materials deemed obscene by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Interior spending plan also blocks oil and drilling on 84 million offshore acres, sparking a debate over energy moratoriums and conservation.
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Bush
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National Endowment of the Humanities
Interior Department
California
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Everglades
Ralph S. Regula
Ohio
House
Georgia Dome ground broken day before Thanksgiving approved
The Georgia Financing and Investment Commission selects the day before Thanksgiving for groundbreaking on the $200 million Georgia Dome and approves $30 million in revenue bonds to cover site work design and early construction. Attorney General Bowers opposes issuance. final bond action awaits Fulton County Superior Court approval. Daniel Graveline Jr. says most design work should wrap early next year as costs become clear.
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Georgia Dome
State Financing and Investment Commission
Supreme Court
Joe Frank Harris
Michael J. Bowers
Bowers
Atlanta Falcons
Superior Court
Fulton County
Georgian World Congress Center
Georgia World Congress Center
Daniel A. Graveline Jr
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Aiken Regional Medical
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Omaha
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Vanderbilt University
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Chicago
Margaret Fitch
HCA
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Usca School of Business
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F.X. McGahee
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Robinson- Humphrey
Tom Ellis
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NEW Covenant Priase Church
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