Double Dippers Cost Millions Across Congress
More than 50 members of Congress supplement their 75 100 salary with pensions from prior government service. Notable figures include Sen Daniel Evans 60 527 yearly from state service and Rep Lindy Boggs 47 274 as a widow. Senate leader Strom Thurmond 82 adds 33 390 in benefits to an 82 100 salary.
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Washington
Congress
National Taxpayers Union
Daniel Evans
R-Wash
Lindy Boggs
D-La
Senate
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Taxpayers Union
Retpn
Thurmond
Bipartisan plan seeks VA hospital cost sharing
Washington lawmakers from both parties propose a $300 million VA savings package to require health insurers and some veterans to share part of treatment costs at Veterans Administration hospitals as part of the 1986 budget effort.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Gorbachev Rolls Out Rapid Soviet Reforms
Moscow AP reports Mikhail Gorbachev has implemented sweeping personnel changes and policy shifts six months after becoming Communist Party leader. He continues Andropov’s reform drive, expanding reshuffles and direction in the Soviet bloc.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Yuri V. Andropov
KGB
Andropov
Liberal Episcopal Leader Browning Signals Social Activism
Edmond Lee Browning, elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, urges fairness for all and opposes nuclear arms. he backs women’s ministry and questions clergy divorce rules. Browning, 56, has Hawaii ties and prior international experience, and he plans a January installation for a 12 year term.
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Anaheim
Calif
Edmond Lee Browning
Episcopal Church
Hawaii
Browning
Okinawa
Paris
Europe
Janu
Deaths in Georgia and South Carolina
Blairs ville Georgia funeral reports for Franklin D Bowles 53 a former Pet Dairy Aiken plant manager Cable Dairy Murphy North Carolina Korean War veteran survived by widow Audrey and sons Theodore Bowles and others in multiple states Lila Briggs Shuler funeral at Thomas McAfee Greenville burial Bethany Cemetery Aiken memorials to St Matthews United Methodist Church George Funeral Home handling local arrangements
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Pet Dairy
Aiken
Bowles
Cable Dairy
Murphy
N.C
Audrey S. Bowles
Theodore Bowles
Blairsville
I.N. Bragg
Lanark
W.va
Lesslie Bragg
Deerfield Beach
Fla
Charles Bowles
Trenton
M.H. Bowles
Greenville
Lila Briggs Shuler
Thomas McAfee
Bethany
Shuler
Cleveland St
St. Matthews United
Mary Baskin
Bishopville
St. Matthews United Methodist Church
George Funeral Home
Rioting in Birmingham Eases as Vandalism Lags
In Handsworth and surrounding districts in Birmingham sporadic car burnings looting and arson continued with 92 arrests overnight bringing total to 128 since Monday. Police report 150 incidents in the area late Tuesday into Wednesday as authorities note no major confrontations expected.
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Birmingham
England
West Midland
Geoffrey Dear
Handsworth
Dear
Lozells Road
Tyburn Square
Erdington
Sparkbrook
Aiken Standard Ad Office Hours and Contact Lines
Aiken Standard announces contact numbers for subscriptions and classifieds and outlines the crisis line coalition to assist abused persons. Offices at 124 Rutland Drive are open 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday to Friday.
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Aiken Police
Aiken Fire Crisis Line Coalition To
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency Numbers for Aiken Community and Services
Emergency numbers list for Aiken area includes Aiken Community Hospital 649 7911 and county services 648 6811 for fire EMS sheriff and volunteer departments. Grief support group offered by Widowed Persons Association.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Widowed Persons Association
Britain Split as Common Market Acts Against South Africa
Nine of ten Common Market states sanction South Africa over apartheid with arms and oil embargoes and calls for emergency end and prisoner releases. Britain alone opposed the punitive package while backing the call for negotiations and nonwhite outreach.
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Luxembourg
South Africa
Britain
Nelson Mandela
Malcolm Rifkind
Reagan
U.S
Portugal
Spain
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Franklin D. Bowles
William Bowles
Richard Bowles
Sunset Memory Gardens
Langley
J.S. Miller
Mr. Bowles
Route
Lila B. Shuler
Douglas Hurd
Hurd
Carrier
PBM
Poison Control Center
Jackson
Graniteville
New Ellenton
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Wagener
Wagener Police
Salley
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