Oil firms to allow selling competing gas brands at 50000 stations
More than 50,000 stations displaying symbols of 13 major oil producers could sell competing brands if a 13 year old antitrust settlement is approved. Dealers call it debranding, boosting competition and possibly lowering prices. analysts warn it may create distribution inefficiencies and higher costs.
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New York
Texaco
Mobil
Vic Rasheed
Service Station Dealers of America
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg Letter
New Radar System Proposal Aims to Prevent Wrecks
Vehicle Radar Safety Systems Inc of Mount Clemens Michigan seeks FCC approval to sell a front bumper radar device for cars and trucks. The system beams a narrow signal to detect obstacles and warns drivers with a buzzer and dashboard light, intensifying if a collision is imminent.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Vehicle Radar Safety Systems Inc
Mount Clemens
Mich
Weather Outlook Promises Cooler Weekend Skies
Cool weather arrives with fair tonight and a low in the lower 60s. Sunday will bring sunny skies and clouds in the afternoon with a high near 90. The extended outlook shows partly cloudy Thursday with a chance of showers, then clearing Friday and Saturday. Lows drop from the 60s Thursday to the 40s and 50s Friday and Saturday, with highs in the 70s and 80s Thursday, then 60s to 70s Friday and Saturday.
South Aiken coach ends Rotary Talk with joke on 1 3 start
South Aiken High head football coach Gary Smallen addressed the Aiken Rotary Club yesterday. He opened by saying, we played A C Flora and they defeated us 40 to 18. Our 1 3 start is the worst in our history according to his brief remarks. The talk concluded with a quip.
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South Aiken High
Aiken Rotary Club
Gary Smallen
A.C. Flora
Our Voter Registration Much Heavier This Year
Aiken County Voter Registration Office reports an unusually heavy influx of citizens wanting to register. Frances Pennington notes peak interest this early in the campaign season, with 48,253 registered by Aug 14. Absentee ballot requests exceed 400, and race demographics show rising registrations among blacks and whites.
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Aiken County
Frances Pennington
Voter Registration Board
S.C. Election Commission
Pennington
Soviets Reject U.S. Offer in Global Conflicts
Tass described Reagan's address as empty rhetoric aimed at camouflage of U.S. foreign policy and interventionism. The agency criticized his peace talk as political cover while urging continued military superiority and rejecting a space weapons moratorium. Gro myko prepared for high level talks in Washington.
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Washington
Middle East
Central America
Africa
Europe
Far East
Tass
U.N
Reagan
U.S
Rea
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Radio Moscow
Council Won't Consider Pro SRP Stickers for City Vehicles
The Aiken City Council, voting 5-1, declined to accept a pro Savannah River Plant bumper sticker offer for city vehicles citing precedent concerns. Some members argued the plant’s promotion might justify future sticker requests. Other actions included turf bids for Citizens Field, sprinkler systems, parking study for Crosland Park, and first readings on building code upgrades and handicapped grievance procedures.
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Aiken
Hastings Wyman
Skipper Perry
Wyman
Savannah River
Howard Hickey
Crosland Park Civic Association
Council
Doonesbury Returns To Newspapers In Sunday Strip
Doonesbury comic by Garry Trudeau returns to papers after 20 months with new panels. Universal Press Syndicate guards plot details tight while Trudeau crafts the strip under a 10 day deadline and political headline weaving.
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New York
Joanie Caucus
Baby
Uncle Duke
White House
Garry Trudeau
Universal Press Syndicate
Fairway
Kan
Trudeau
The
Aiken Standard
Doonesbury
Garry
Universal
Victoria Houston
Lee Salem
Two Men Charged In Coed Death Case At USC
Columbia AP reports two North Carolina men, Willie Nesmith 26 of Raleigh and Benjamin Joyner 24 of Garner, arrested in Raleigh on murder warrants related to the rape and slaying of 20-year-old Barbara Lynn at the University of South Carolina. Extradition to Richland County pending and FBI involvement noted.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
North Carolina
Willie Earl Nesmith
Raleigh
N.C
Benjamin Anthony Joyner
Garner
Wake County
Sheriff's Department
FBI
Richland County
Barbara Lynn
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Merritt Thurlow
Aiken Prep School
Mrs. Thurlow
Stretch
Nmber
Soviets
U.S.A
Gan
United States
Soviet Union
Tifton Turf Farms
Citizens Field
Midland Service Company
Western International Mechanical Inc
Rye Patch
Hastings
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