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Article: Congress approves Byrd scholarship funding. (Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program)
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- October 19, 1989
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CONGRESS APPROVES BYRD SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Congress gave final approval today to legislation earmarking $8.7 million for the award of more than 5,000 college scholarships under the national Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program in 1990.
"I also added funding in the bill for the operation of black lung clinics and to increase rural health programs that serve West Virginia," said U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.
"The legislation also, at my request, provides money to prepare the site for an addition to the Appalachian Laboratory of ...