Aiken Names Thompson Assistant City Manager
Steve Thompson the city of Aiken purchasing agent and assistant finance director is named assistant city manager effective April 28. He will keep finance duties and purchasing responsibilities while Jamie Crown becomes planning director and John Green adds duties with the Aiken Park Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Thompson
Aiken
Mike Strickland
Wichita State University
Roland Windham
Thompson
Windham
Irma
College of Charleston
University of South Carolina
Bureau of Governmental Research and Service
USC
Richland County
Jamie E
Packie) Crown
Crown
Department of Planning Studies
Clemson University
Greenville County Redevelopment Authority
Coastal Area Planning and Development Commission
Kings Bay
Brunswick
John Green
Aiken Park Commission
Green
Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission
Robert Marvin
City
Mrs. Crown
NASA regains control of troubled TDRS satellite
NASA reports regaining command of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite after it tumbled from Challenger. Officials say deployment has begun and solar panels are unfolding, but maneuvering to a 22 300 mile stationary orbit remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
NASA
Jim Kukowski
Agency
Space Agency
Steve Nesbitt
Derby Colt from Derby Winners Stillborn at Waterford Farm
A chestnut colt born at 3 10 a m at Cacochin stud farm Waterford Virginia would have been the first foal from Derby winner Genuine Risk and Triple Crown winner Secretariat The Firestones Bertram and Diana own Genuine Risk and said the filly stillborn foal was two weeks overdue and they plan to breed Genuine Risk to Secretariat again this year Regret was the first Derby winner in 1915.
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Waterford
Cacochin Stud Farm
Genuine Risk
Secretariat
Bertram
Diana Firestone
Firestones
Aiken
Mattingly to block SRP funds over EIS dispute
U.S. Senator Mack Mattingly vows to block funding for restarting Savannah River Plant L Reactor unless an environmental impact statement is performed. He argues DOE plans require an EIS, while DOE asserts no significant environmental impact. The move pits Mattingly against fellow Republican Strom Thurmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
U.S
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Energy Department
Mattingly
DOE
Savannah River
Richard Moore
Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Energy
Donald Hodel
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Augusta National Flourishes With Historic Plantings
The Augusta National course blends Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie design with Berckmans nursery plantings. Visitors learn the course’s flora includes azaleas camellias magnolias dogwoods and a double row of pre Civil War magnolias. The article notes vantage points for watching golf among flowering trees and shrubs.
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Augusta National
Bobby Jones
Alister MacKenzie
Baron Proper Jules Alponse Berckmans
Berckmans
Augusta
Belgium
Georgia
United States
Berckman
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Aiken County Economic Recovery Committee Forms Initiative
Civic leaders established the Aiken County Economic Recovery Committee sponsored by the South Carolina Employment Security Commission and the state Chamber of Commerce to speed local job creation. The group aims to match unemployed residents with available positions and promote tax credits and telethons to spur hiring amid 12.6 percent county unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Herbert
Red) Booneau
S.C
Booneau
Rock Hill Evening Herald
Hammie L. Chaplin Jr
Greater Aiken
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Bill Baker
Department of Public Safety
York Street
Barnwell Avenue
Phil Jones
Challenger
Globe
Derby
Cathy Hughes
No. 2
Bank of Azaleas
Aiken Technical College
Ashley Little
Graniteville Company
United Merchants and Manufacturers
Little
Little Said
LSCOG
Wagener Road
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