Expose to Feature Edgefield Migrant Farm Workers
NBCs Expose season premiere will air a segment on Edgefield County migrant laborers. The report, hosted by Tom Brokaw and produced by Margaret McEvoy, investigates crack cocaine use to lure workers to peach camps and notes prior drug and living-condition concerns observed during Florida filming.
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Edgefield County
Margaret McEvoy
Tom Brokaw
Wis-Tv
Columbia
Wagt-Tv
Augusta
Business Cautions On New Investments
Washington AP report notes American firms plan to boost investments in new plants and equipment by 1.6 percent this year. Commerce Department survey shows expansion and modernization spending at 532.4 billion dollars, up from 523.8 billion in 1990, the smallest rise in five years amid recession effects.
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Washington
Abyate
Commerce Department
Local Obituaries List Nine People Across Cities
Death notices for Nettie Adams Catherine Blanchard Otis Davis Jr Lillian Duncan Myrtle Gordon James H Mobley Rex M Shipp Annie Smith Linwood Turner appear across Aiken Edgefield Barnwell Augusta North Augusta with details on Page 3B.
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Nettie Adams
Aiken
Catherine Blanchard
Augusta Otis Davis Jr
Lillian Duncan
Myrtle Gordon
Edgefield
James H. Mobley
Rex M. Shipp
Barnwell
Annie Smith
Augusta Linwood Turner
North Augusta
Aiken County plans interviews for county administrator job
The Aiken County Council will hold two Sunday interview sessions for about a dozen finalists for the county administrator post behind closed doors. More than 100 applications have been received, with candidates spanning from graduates to corporate executives.
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Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Barnes
Warner
Soviet Congress Abolishes Central State Transfers Power
Soviet lawmakers vote 1682 to 43 to dismantle the centralized state and form a smaller legislature and interim government led by Gorbachev and republic leaders. They back plans for a union salvage, declare independence pledges by republics, and propose a new executive council to guide a transition to a market economy.
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Moscow
Toda
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Congress of People’s Deputies
Vladimir Lenin
Red Square
Leningrad
Gorbachev
Russia
Boris N. Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Gaskins Tries Death by Own Action Before Execution
Condemned killer Don ald Pee Wee Gaskins slashed his arms during the night to avoid the electric chair. He received 20 stitches and was found at 6 30 a.m. He faces execution at 1 a.m. Friday for the 1982 blast that killed a fellow inmate after admitting to 13 other killings.
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Columbia
Donald
Gaskins
Corrections Department
Robyn Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Rudolph Tyner
Central Correctional Institution
DOE Cleanup Plan Signals Rise to 38 Billion
The Energy Department unveils a revised five year plan proposing as much as 38 billion dollars for nuclear weapons plant cleanup from 1993 through 1997. Savannah River complex cleanup is set at 3.2 to 5.2 billion dollars. Congressional sources call the figures a sharp spending increase and a shift from production to environmental remediation.
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Washington
Energy Department
Department
Savannah River
DOE
Srs
Noriega trial opens amid secret informant allegations
Noriega’s lawyers accuse a former attorney serving as a U. S. informant of betraying him as jury selection begins in his drug trafficking trial. Prosecutors acknowledge Takiff’s past role but say it has no bearing on Noriega’s case.
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Miami
Manuel Noriega
U.S
United States
Norie
Noriega
Raymond Takiff
U.S. Justice Department
Takiff
Frank Rubino
State Department
Panama
Rubino
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