Reagan Eyes Final Push on AWACS Sale
President Reagan seeks support among a few opponents to approve the AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia as Senate action looms. He has won one vote and lost one over the past day, with Sen. Robert Dole signaling possible backing after discussions on ABC. The delivery is not due for four years, giving time to reassess.
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Washington
Reagan
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
Dole
ABC
Bell Pleads For Rate Hike To Sustain Service
Eugene Brigham of the University of Florida warns the South Carolina Public Service Commission that Southern Bell could deteriorate financially if allowed to earn enough to cover capital costs. Southern Bell seeks 78 million dollars more from 750000 customers in the state, over half from local exchange service, in a second request within seven months following a prior partial grant.
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Columbia
State Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Eugene Brigham
Public Utility Research Center
University of Florida
Southern Bell
South Carolina
Aiken ballet instructor Carl Crosby draws crowd with lively class
Have You Heard that Aiken dance instructor Carl Crosby kept a ready smile as he demonstrated movements to his adult ballet class last night. Several steps were repeated when requested, Crosby quipped that he would repeat on cue if someone asked.
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Aiken
Carl Crosby
Crosby
Handsome
Aiken OKs zoning for SPCA hospital site
Aiken City Council approved Dr. John Haddon's four acre Banks Mill property zoning to allow a large animal hospital for horses and cattle. The 6-1 vote followed weeks of debate and a petition from 49 nearby residents amid conditions limiting dogs, animal numbers, water and erosion controls, and fencing.
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Aiken
John Haddon
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Haddon
Banks Mill
Hastings Wyman
SPCA
Wire Road
Planning and Zoning Commission
Wyman
Banks Mill Road
Lonnie H. Chapman
Alex Beasley
Beasley
Government to overhaul CPI housing cost measure starting 1983
The government will revise the Consumer Price Index to treat housing costs as if owners rent their homes, a move expected to lower the inflation rate. This change, affecting about 90 million people tied to CPI rises, faces union resistance yet may persist with a transitional plan through 1983.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Organized Labor
Phillips Pleads Guilty In Slayton Case
Aiken County General Sessions Court heard pleas from multiple defendants in the Walter Slayton slaying and related cases. Mark Phillips admitted guilt to assault with intent to kill as prosecutors amended the indictment, with sentencing postponed. Another defendant, Albert Scruggs, pleaded guilty to assault and indecent exposure and received seven additional years. Several youths charged with break-ins under the Youthful Offenders Act were given probated sentences with restitution.
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New Ellenton
Walter W. Slayton
Aiken County
Mark Phillips
Slayton
Robert J. Harte
Phillips
Walter J. Bristow
Bristow
Harte
Diane Graddick
John Gordon Brooks
Jackson
Jeffrey Martin
William Raisch
Albert Scruggs
Johnston
Scruggs
Lower Savannah
Lucy Knowles
Aiken
Johnny Lee Coates
Cox Avenue
Robert E. Merritt
Kershaw St
Kirk A. Thomas
Brighton
N.J
Bettis
Robert Nathaniel Huff
Sumter St
Golden Comb
Southern Beer
Johnnie W. Huff
A.R. Feaster Co
Feaster
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