South Carolina Fights Nuclear Waste Facility Threat
A Hollings aide says defeating a bill to place a high level waste site in South Carolina faces uphill odds. Governor Campbell backs efforts by Hollings and Thurmond to protect state interests but avoids a unified telegram. Keyserling questions committee stance as members are polled.
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Columbia
U.S
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Hollings
Patrick Windham
Democrat
Carroll Campbell
Campbell
Harrett Keyserling
D-Beaufort
Twelve Die In Milwaukee House Fire Morning Tragedy
An early morning blaze on Milwaukee's North Side killed 12 people including 10 children in a two story home. Two adults escaped as investigators and a state fire marshal arrived at the scene to determine the cause. The fire spread to an adjacent house with no injuries reported.
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Milwaukee
James Rechlitz
Dottie Brewster
Woman in Jail Holding Cell Settles 6 Million Suit
Cassandra Jones a 26 year old from Fort Washington Virginia settled a civil rights and false imprisonment suit against sheriff James Dunning over a 69 hour stretch in a police holding cell with no food or water. Jones was jailed after a February 1986 incident and allegedly forced to drink from a toilet after being left in a weekend locked cell until Monday morning.
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Alexandria
Cassandra Jones
Fort Washington
Jones
James H. Dunning
Reagan says timing for Contra aid still under review
President Reagan says the administration is still deciding when to request 270 million dollars in military and humanitarian aid for the Nicaraguan contras. He confirms plans to seek the funds to cover 18 months but expects a formal request no earlier than November 7 under a Central American peace framework. The interview stresses commitment to the rebels and determination to push a decisive aid package.
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Washington
Reagan
Arnaud de Borchgrave
The
Washington Times
Capitol Hill
Congress
Np- Reagan
the Times
Bribe Allegations Outline Wedtech Case
A former SBA official says Wedtech offered a $12 000 payoff while another SBA official cites a Wedtech competitor accusing the firm of bribing to win 135 million in Navy contracts. Pentagon officers testified about faulty Navy pontoons that were not delivered on schedule, a claim dismissed by Pentagon leadership amid multiple investigations into Wedtech's bribery and fraud allegations.
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Washington
Small Business Administration
Wedtech Corp
SBA
Wedtech
Senate
Pentagon
New York City
U.S. Convoy Moves Through Gulf Amid Tanker Attack
A Greek tanker Koriana was attacked by missiles about 50 miles north of Abu Dhabi as a U.S. led convoy of warships and a Kuwaiti tanker headed through the gulf. No casualties reported. mines were feared off Dubai with British mine sweepers searching waters.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
U.S
Abu Dhabi
Central Gulf
Pentagon
Dubai
Iran
Guadalcanal
Lloyd’s Shipping
London
Lykiardopulo and Co., Ltd
Dam
United States
U.S. Navy
Kuwait
Iraq
Navy
Kidd
Tehran
Islamic Republic
U S In Minority On World Loan Financing Deals
Washington reports the United States stands apart from major allies over boosting loans to the world’s poorest nations. Treasury Secretary Baker pushes surpluses like Japan and West Germany to fund a tripling of the IMF loan pool, while Camdessus urges shared costs among industrial nations.
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Washington
United States
sub-Saharan Africa
Treasury
James A. Baker III
Japan
West Germany
International Monetary Fund
U.S
IMF
Michel Camdessus
Venice
Italy
Baker
World Bank
Reagan
Congress
Latin America
Canadian Postal Workers Strike Expands Across Canada
About 2,000 Montreal area workers defied the national union with an all out strike while 23,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers walked off duty across the country. Union leader Jean Claude Parrot said new proposals would be made when talks resume this afternoon.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Canada Post
Montreal
National Union
Jean-Claude Parrot
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Details
The notice lists subscription and advertising phone numbers, office hours, and the mailing address for the Aiken Standard. It provides customer service hours and office location at 124 Rutland Drive with P O Box 456 in Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
Emergency numbers and local services listed in Aiken Standard
A list of emergency contacts and local services including Poison Control, SC Highway Patrol, Salley Fire and Police, Sheriff’s Department, Wagener Fire and Police, Voluntary Fire Departments, Widowed Persons Association, with phone numbers 1 800 922 9709 and local lines. Published by Aiken Standard.
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S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley
Volun
Wagener
Abused Persons Coalition
Aiken
Aiken Police
Emerg
HCA
Jackson
New Ellenton
New Holland
North Augusta
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