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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1984
Page
2
Washington sources say President Reagan will issue a report within a week accusing the Soviet Union of flouting decades of arms control agreements. The report, sent to Congress, will reveal principal findings amid State Department concerns over U S Soviet relations.
In Ostend Belgium a French freighter carrying radioactive cargo sank two weeks ago. A fierce storm ruptured its hull, raising fears the 30 containers may drift in the North Sea. Bad weather halted divers from assessing damage to the Mont Louis which hit 12-foot waves and winds to 63 mph.
Yitzhak Shamir seeks Herut approval today for a joint government with the Labor Party after six weeks of talks. Peres has won bipartisan backing, and a new government could be installed Wednesday if Shamir secures Herut’s endorsement in Tel Aviv.
President Reagan will host Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko on September 28 for a White House meeting. Officials say the encounter signals no breakthroughs and seeks to show responsiveness to critics while gauging current U S Soviet relations. Gromyko arrives after attending UNGA in New York where he will also meet Secretary Shultz.
Mondale unveiled a 177 billion dollar tax increase and spending cut plan in Philadelphia to slash the federal deficit and challenged Reagan to stop avoiding the deficit issue. Bush dismissed the plan, saying the public knows where the campaign stands as Reagan heads to Buffalo and hurricane warnings shadow other travel.
Washington researchers study a cradle to grave spent fuel container to enhance safety by reducing handling. Six companies under Energy Department contracts will test one step cask systems amid a projected 50 000 metric tons of high level waste by century’s end.
Sherwood H. Smith Jr., chairman and president of CP&L, told engineers and nuclear experts that nuclear plants will be needed by 2000 but only if federal regulation of the nuclear industry is streamlined. He cited political climate and higher costs from regulation as key hurdles at the conference in Raleigh.
A statewide poll conducted for the St Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch shows Reagan leading Mondale 47 to 40 in Minnesota. The survey of 931 residents Aug 24 to Sept 1 has a 3 point margin of error.
Pope John Paul II arrived in Montreal under heightened security after a bombing and threats. Faithful lined streets, singing a midnight serenade outside his residence following a 175 mile train ride. A protest by the Coalition Against the Pope's Visit criticized church teachings on abortion and birth control, planning a march away from papal routes. The pope was to meet priests, visit nun graves and address youth at Olympic Stadium.
Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions, classifieds, and news tips. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with main lines 648-2311, 649-1555, and 649-7911.
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