Battle for Charleston Center aims for downtown hotel complex
In Charleston a $60 million Charleston Center hotel and convention complex moves toward realization on a vacant downtown block, despite four years of bitter debate. Preservationists condemn the plan as ruin to historic structures and livability, while Mayor Riley and supporters claim decay and blight justify redevelopment.
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Charleston
S.C
Charleston Center
Elizabeth Hamilton
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Preservation Society
Henry Cauthen
Cauthen
Joseph Riley Jr
Riley
Parker Hudson
Corpus Christi grain elevator blast tears apart three silos
A 14 story Corpus Christi grain elevator exploded in a sequence of fiery blasts tied to machinery sparks. Three workers are dead and 33 injured as fires burn in plastic grain bags. The complex suffered about 30 million dollars in damage.
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Texas
UPI
Bellwood
Neb
Gulf of Mexico
Federal Grain Inspection Service
Producers Grain Co-Op of
Texas Company
Memorial Hospital
Alfredo Canales
Richard Pierce
Jose Valdez
Spahn Hospital
Army
Coast Guard
Darrell Johnson
Jesse Reyna
Bottle bill fails by six votes in New Hampshire House
Concord New Hampshire AP The bottle bill, a major conservation push this session, failed to pass the House by six votes. The defeats come after two roll calls with six and nine vote margins. Rep Betty Tamposi urged against the measure describing it as nickeling and diming. Rep William Roberts warned of costs to consumers and government.
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N.H
House
Betty Tamposi
Nashua
William Roberts
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