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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1979

Page

2

Deaths And Funerals In Lincolnton And Nearby Areas

Amos Bailey 81 a Lincoln County native and former carpenter dies in Washington Ga funeral at Loco Baptist Church cemetery in Lincoln County with Rev Terrell Blackmon. Edwin James Upton 76 of Aiken dies in Richmond County. funeral at St Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Fannie Louise Snider 82 Beech Island dies in Richmond County. funeral at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery. Thomas James Fluker Southall 74 native of Aiken County dies in a Richmond County hospital. graveside services at Westover Memorial Park with multiple survivors and local pallbearers.

Lincolnton Amos Bailey Emory Bailey North Augusta Washington, Ga Loco Baptist Church Lincoln County Terrell Blackmon Bailey Harte County Chapel Baptist Church Winder Mary Frances May Augusta Grace B. Brown Ruth Doolittle Greenville Annette Radder Athens Richard B. Bailey Winterville Blueford Bailey Amos M. Bailey Abbeville Rees Funeral Home George Lee Brown Route 3 Edwin James Upton Silver Bluff Road Richmond County St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church Roy F. Aiken George Lewis Smith Calvary Cemetery George Funeral Home Upton Plainesfield Ill Aiken du Pont Co Savannah River Mary Isabelle Conant Upton Donald Beck Indianapolis Ind Edwin Beech Island Fannie Louise William Ross) Snider Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Jim Williams Floyd V. Chandler Church Snider William Ross Snider Jr Robert Henry Snider Linda Snider Golden R.A. Prior J.O. Prior J. H. Prior William Thigpen Horace Blalock Donnie Prior Bennie Bartley Joe Tavelle Thomas James (Fluker) Southall Aiken County Westover Memorial Park C. A. Dabney Harriet S. Morgan Savannah Cothran Mary C. Southall Elizabeth S. Wiggins J. W. Spence S. Herbert Elliott Louis Hildebrandt Starkey Flythe Eugene Kerr Walter E. Overstreet William Fleming J.W. Spence Jr Elliott Sons Inc

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Wet spell forecast with scattered showers this week

The forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of rain tonight and 70 percent for precipitation on Wednesday. With remaining dry periods, skies will be cloudy and highs will linger in the 70s. Lows near mid 50s tonight. showers possible Thursday and Friday. Saturday looks fair with 70s highs and 50s to 60s nights.

Rail relocation plan excludes Aiken County gains favor

Aiken County Council chairman Carrol H. Warner says a revamped plan to reroute lines along the levy on the Georgia side should win approval from a steering committee. The shift, opposed previously by North Augusta, aims to avoid harming Aiken County while advancing Augusta area rail needs. The steering committee meets next week to discuss the proposal.

Aiken County Carrol H. Warner Augusta Georgia North Augusta Warner

Aiken County weighs nepotism policy clarification

County Council Chairman Carrol H. Warner says the nepotism clause may be clarified after receiving recommendations from Corbin Inc. The issue followed a formal reprimand for County Administrator L C Greene when his son in law was hired as an assistant to Public Works Director Arthur Baxter. The law bans supervision of an employee by a family member, but interpretation remains disputed.

Aiken Carrol H. Warner Corbin Inc L.C. Greene Arthur Baxter Warner

Ross Attacks Powell Removal as Partisan Move

Columbia GOP chairman Dan Ross calls Governor Riley removal of Kenneth Powell from the Alcohol and Beverage Control Commission high-handed and possibly illegal. He accuses the action of backroom dealing to aid a PSC selection bill, noting Miller Ingram from Sen. Lindsay’s district will replace Powell as chair despite Powell keeping his ABC seat.

Columbia Republican Party Dan Ross Kenneth Powell The Alcohol and Beverage Control Commission Ross Dick Riley Powell ABC Miller Ingram GOP Riley Public Service Commission Ingram John Lindsay D-Marlboro Lindsay Senate James Edwards Commission

Teenager Pleads Guilty in 1978 Moon Couple Murders

Carlton Davis, 18 going on 19, pleads guilty to the March 1978 shooting deaths of Willie and Myrtle Moon during a rural Socastee convenience store holdup. He receives a life sentence plus 25 years for armed robbery and five for conspiracy, with parole eligibility in 20 years. Rudolph Tyner, 19, appeals his murder conviction and was sentenced to death.

Georgetown Horry County Carlton Davis Willie Myrtle Moon Davis Rudolph Tyner Tyner Paul M. Moore State Probation, Parole and Pardon Board Georgetown County James Dunn

Community Calendar listing multiple events in the region

Evening schedule shows health care clinics, clubs, meetings, and public events across Midland Valley Clearwater North Augusta Aiken Wagener Windsor Trenton and surrounding areas from 5 30 p m to 11 p m with venues including churches schools centers and shopping centers. Highlights include a family planning clinic in Midland Valley and a Thoroughbred Hall of Fame event at Hopeland Gardens.

Midland Valley Clearwater North Augusta Aiken County Mental Health Association Aiken Choral Society First Baptist Church Wagener Jaycees Wagener Windsor Aiken County Board of Aiken County Museum Henry Middleton Dar Odell Weeks Center Senior Citizens Senior Citizens Clubhouse Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Hopeland Gardens New Village Trenton Knights of Columbus Spaulding Dr Valley A.A Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church Gloverville

Another Iranian Officer Executed

An Islamic court executed Col. Houshang Tavana, a former Tehran martial law administrator, as the 20th royalist official killed since executions resumed. The tribunals spared a police torturer with a prison sentence and probation for 16 others, amid reports of four more policemen executed in Behbahan.

Tehran Iran Col Houshang Tavana Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlvai Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Behbahan

Women return to homes near Three Mile Island

Joyful women and their children return to the area near the Three Mile Island plant after officials announced the nuclear crisis was over. Gov. Thornburgh and NRC officials urged evacuation earlier in the week and now mothers express relief as they return to Middletown and other local homes.

Harrisburg Three Mile Island Dick Thornburgh Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yvonne Black Middletown

Workers Strive to Upright Tankers After Derailment

About 1,500 Crestview residents were kept from their homes as disaster crews labor to upright derailed railroad tankers loaded with deadly chemicals. Fire Chief Dalton Brannon said several crippled tankers were righted during Monday after a Sunday derailment that left 28 tank cars piled near a bridge on the Louisville and Nashville line four miles west of Crestview.

Crestview Fla Florida Panhandle Dalton Brannon Louisville & Nashville

Garwood Awaits Decision On Trial At Camp Lejeune

Marine Pfc. Robert R. Garwood faces a decision at Camp Lejeune on whether to stand trial for desertion during the Vietnam War. The 33-year-old, who says he was held as a POW, has been granted 30 days convalescent leave and will be assigned to the base in southeastern North Carolina once the period ends May 8.

Camp Lejeune N.C Robert R. Garwood Garwood Unie Marine North Carolina John Woggon Art Brill Washington David Brahms Marine Headquarters

Victoria Department Store Fire Stuns Bucharest

A major blaze engulfed the Victoria department store in central Bucharest near the police station at about 9 20 am. The fire department battled flames as crowds escaped and ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals. The toll was not immediately known.

Bucharest Romania Victoria

Panel weighs quick response teams for nuclear plant safety

A Senate panel convenes to study creating fast response teams of government nuclear engineers to seize command of a plant at the first sign of trouble. The hearing centers on NRC delay at Three Mile Island and seeks explanations from all five NRC commissioners on their afteraction roles.

Washington Senate Nuclear Regulatory Commission Three Mile Island NRC Pennsylvania

Protect Your Pet Months Named in Rabies Vaccination Push

Gov. Richard W. Riley proclaims April and May as Protect Your Pet From Rabies Months to support mass vaccination clinics for pets. Clinics run by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and 46 health departments charge $3 per inoculation. Times and locations to be announced by county health departments.

Columbia Richard W. Riley Department of Health and Environmental Control

Also Mentioned on This Page

Aiken, S.C Edwin J. Upton Joseph Upton Houston Texas John Robert Upton Columbus Ohio Lawrence Richard Upton Harold Sleaman Henniker N.H L.C. Keith J.P. Coffey Henry E. Schultz Paul C. Lee Bill Chambers Frank Beaman Easter Seal Society Fannie L. Snider Thomas J. Southall Wendy Danles North Aiken Wendy Danley North Aiken Elementary University Hospital Soon Kim Rt. 3 Whiskey Road Lynne Katonak Dunn Carroll Padgett St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Aiken A.A Linden St
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