Bridge Contest Tests Strength Of Model Structures
18 student built truss type bridges using 69 feet of balsa wood were tested for load capacity by two engineers. Larry Harpring won with 65 pounds, Steve Selby second with 54 pounds, and Martha Mink third with 49 pounds.
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London Bridge
North Augusta Senior High
Math Club
George Nelson
Kenneth Taylor
Alma Holston
Bill Besson
Larry Harpring
Larry
Steve Selby
Martha Mink
Aiken County News Highlights Scholarships and Education
Aiken County High School seniors may earn two AKS scholarships via guidance counselors or Lelia A Bradley. Joseph Andrews of St Marys won the Area I Spelling Bee. Donna Boylston pushed for a new federal Education Department with Rep Derrrick backing cabinet status. Boylan Haven Mather Academy hosts Discovery Weekend April 27 to 29 in Camden. Jamie Crapps placed third in SC Statewide Voc-Ed Cosmetology contest. Spring break for Aiken County Public Schools runs Thursday Friday and Monday.
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Aiken County
Alpha Kappa Sorority
Lelia A. Bradley
Donna Boylston
Washington, D.C
Butler Derrick
Third
Department of Education
Congress
Miss Boylston
South Carolina
Boylan- Haven-Mather Academy
Camden
Boylan-Haven-Mather Academy
Campbell St
Jamie Crapps
Office of Voc-Ed
State Department of Education
Cain Opposes Six New Circuit Judges Plan
Rep. C Marshall Cain voiced disapproval at a public meeting over a proposal to add six circuit judges. He argued the need depends on county court abolitions, which he says would require new judges to handle caseloads, while noting the push favors a uniform South Carolina court system and discussing USC appropriations.
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Rep
C. Marshall Cain
Cain
South Carolina
USC
Cain to Lead Budget Fight On Health and Environmental Control
House minority leader Cain announces he will lead next week’s floor battle on the budget for the Department of Health and Environmental Control. He also says funding for the attorney general and the Secretary of State will be among his assignments during the budget debate.
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Aiken and
Aiken Tec
House
Ways and Means
Cain
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Solicitor's Office Expands As Court Schedule Grows
Aiken Rotary hears that general sessions court now runs one week monthly, prompting staff expansion under solicitor Sylvia Westerdahl. She outlines duties for crimes 30 days or more, juvenile and child abuse cases, and highlights a three year federal grant improving warrant review and case screening statewide. Bill Tucker joins as part time assistant for family court work.
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General Sessions Court
Solicitor’s Office
Aiken
Bamberg
Barnwell
Westerdahl
Bill Tucker
July 17 Election Set To Fill Council Seat
New Ellenton will hold a special election on July 17 to fill the unexpired term of Councilman Richard Chambers who resigned. Primaries are set for June 12 and party chairmen will be notified.
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New Ellenton
Richard Chambers
Carl E. Langley
James O
Jim) Jamison
Jamison
Council
McDonald Law
Sentergy Inc
Langley
Harold Denton A Nuclear Regulator Ties SRP to TMI Operations
Harold Denton, former Savannah River Plant physicist 1958 to 1963, later led operations at the Three Mile Island Nuclear plant as head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission operations. He joined SRP after NC State University graduation and moved to the Atomic Energy Commission, precursor to the NRC.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commissions
Three Mile Island
Savannah River
Harold Denton
Savannah River Laboratory
North Carolina State University
Denton
SRP
Nuclear Regulatory Branch
The
Atomic Energy Commission
ACE
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Traffic Fatalities Top 200 In South Carolina
The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation reports 203 highway deaths in the Palmetto State as of midnight March 29, up 47 from 1978. Aiken County trails last year by two fatalities, though 1977 saw only three deaths in the same period.
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South Carolina
Palmetto State
Aiken County
Windsor Council Set for Final Franchise Reading Tonight
Windsor Town Council will hold a public meeting at 7 30 p m in the temporary town hall on U S 78 for the final reading of an ordinance establishing a franchise with South Carolina Electric and Gas Company. The paper notes a correction about Fountain Odom and Maurice Ewing.
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Windsor
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
US. 78
Aiken
Fountain Odom
Maurice Ewing
Ewing
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Phyllis Dixon
George Littlejohn
Fantasy Island
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Leavelle McCampbell
Graniteville Exchange Club
James Anderson
Warrenville
James
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Augusta
G. Emmett Kauffman
Millbrook
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Lynne Katonak
Chris Mills
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Melissa Johnson
Melanie Williams
Eric Thompson
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Beth Clayton
Kelly Cowan
Wayne Morris
Ronnie Johnson
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Rachelle Tolton
Ashley Dawsey
Kevin Young
Jennifer Lanham
Kevin
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Joseph Andrews
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Jan Boylston
Charlotte
Sylvia Westerdahl
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Happy Times Florist & Greenhouses
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E. Cheraskin
U. of Alabama
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Richland Ave. W. Reee
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Emer Msc Munister
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