Final defense budget pact includes 3.6% pay raise and Bosnia stay
Congressional negotiators reached a 270.5 billion defense bill backing President Clinton on keeping US forces in Bosnia and restricting missile tech exports. The agreement lowers 1996 spending in real terms, funds environmental work at Savannah River Site, stockpile management, tritium project design, and Bradley fighting vehicle parts, with satellite export jurisdiction to shift back to the State Department by next March.
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Washington
House
Senate
Clinton
Bosnia
U.S
China
Savannah River
DOE
United Defense
Aiken
State Department
Mareh
Clintor
Commerce Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Sen
John Warner
R-Va
Obituary notices for multiple individuals across Georgia towns
Notices report the deaths of Sara B Owens of North Augusta Claire P Day of Augusta GN Shirley of Aiken Shirley Dunbar of Aiken and Johnnie Johnson Jr of Williston with brief acknowledgement of services and local memorial details.
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Sara B. Owens
North Augusta
Claire P. Day
Augusta
GN. Shirley
Aiken
Shirley Dunbar
Johnnie Johnson Jr
Williston
Georgia Lottery Friday Drawn Numbers Headlines
Georgia lottery results list Cash 3 Midday numbers 68 and 0 and Cash 3 Evening numbers 5 80. The Big Games numbers were 22 50 15 28 40 with Big Money Ball 12.
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Cash
Volunteers Help Elderly Woman After Yard Cleanup
Volunteers from VISION and local utilities help clear an elderly woman’s yard in Graniteville. They uncover pennies and bills tucked beneath years of debris, presented in a cap passed among volunteers. 92 year old Vlimie Turner weeps with gratitude, saying God bless you. She was born in 1906 near her current home and has no surviving family in Aiken.
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Project Vision
Tenneco
Sce&g
Vlimie Turner
Mrs. Turner
Graniteville
Aiken
Judiciary approves release of Clinton grand jury tape
The House Judiciary Committee voted to release President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony and 2,800 pages of Starr material. The four hour Clinton tape and Monica Lewinsky grand jury testimony are set for Monday, with party leaders criticizing the rush to judgment.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Monica Lewinsky
Young
White House
Newt Gingrich
House
John Conyers
Michigan
Judiciary Committee
Negotiators drop tritium ban on TVA plant plan in Alabama
Congressional negotiators erase language blocking the Tennessee Valley Authority from producing tritium for military use at an unfinished Alabama plant. Rep. Graham lamented the move while noting the president’s nonproliferation concerns and opposition to relying on a private or commercial reactor for national security needs.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Lindsey Graham
R-Sc
Ed Markey
D-Ma
Senate
White House
Graham
Sen
John Warner
Virginia
United States
Teen prodigy attends USC Aiken as a 12 year old college sophomore
Nick Green age 12, a Taft College transfer now at the University of South Carolina Aiken, is pursuing a history degree as a sophomore. He has attended four semesters at USC Aiken with a 3.3 GPA, enjoys Waffle House, soccer, and has a Harry Truman biography collection. His parents, Rev. Glenn Green and Catherine Green, express pride and concern about his early college path. He plans to join the soccer team and continue study of the American colonial era while balancing youth and academics.
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Nick Green
University of South Carolina Aiken
Nick
Taft College
California
Glenn Green
South Aikien Church of God
Catherine Green
Green
Calvin Smith
USCA
Boston
Smith
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Jared Karr
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