Aiken County Faces Flood Plain Ordinance Fight
Aiken County Council Chairman Carroll H. Warner says the flood plain ordinance is required to qualify for disaster aid. The plan restricts development in flood zones along the Savannah River and sets 100 year elevation standards, sparking anger in Jackson area North Augusta and Horse Creek Valley residents. The program, tied to the Federal Flood Insurance Program, mandates permits only for elevated or floodproofed buildings with proper anchoring and drainage.
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Aiken County
Carroll H. Warner
Warner
Savannah River
Jackson
North
Augusta
Horse Creek Valley
Federal Flood Insurance Administration
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tornadoes Kill Across Texas and Oklahoma Regions
Turbulent storms killed and injured dozens as tornadoes struck Vernon and Lawton, evacuations and emergency shelters opened. Authorities reported multiple deaths including a teacher and her child, extensive property damage, and thousands left homeless. Police and National Guard aided search and rescue amid looting reports.
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Civil Defense
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Vernon
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Lawton
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Oklahoma City
Rocky Scott
Wichita County
National Guard
U.S. 287
Wilbarger General Hospital
Altus
Henrietta
Oklo
Wilbarger Memorial
George Nigh
Karen Lanham
Southwestern Hospital
Hays
Kan
Wichita
Tornado Ravages Wichita Falls Grounding Patrols and Looting Prevention
ROTC volunteers and National Guard troops patrolled Wichita Falls Texas after a deadly tornado that killed at least 33 people and leveled the Sikes and Southmoor shopping centers. Rescue crews worked amid rubble as doctors treated more than 700 injured and residents described widespread destruction. Volunteers searched smashed homes and vehicles including a Pinto impaled by a street sign.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
National Guard
Josh Fuller
KBID
Sikes
Southmoor
Joe Tom White
Kwft Radio
Southmoor Center
Waste Trucks Kept From State
South Carolina health officials refused entry to two trucks carrying nuclear wastes from Three Mile Island after Chem Nuclear Systems flagged highly radioactive material in one load. Officials said the shipment aimed for a Barnwell disposal site and mixed water from the damaged reactor with low level waste from the undamaged unit.
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Columbia
Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Barnwell
South Carolina
Heyward G. Shealy
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc
Three Mile
Shealy
Pennsylvania
DHEC
Board Deliberates Budget deficits and school year plan
Board notes budgeted revenue received and expenditures at 67 percent of the target. Growth taxes expected to counter inflation but fall short. Members cite aging buildings and stagnant teacher supplements over a decade. Calendar set for 1979-80 with August 27 start and May 29 close. Also approved drug survey contract, meeting date shift to May 1, and $325 in budget transfers plus CETA contract adjustments.
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Clifton L. Williamson
Charles F. Kneece
Aiken County Drug and Alcohol Commission
CETA
Ohio Admitted Statehood on Feb 19 1803
The entry notes Ohio joining the United States as the 17th state on February 19 1803 marking its admission to statehood.
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Ohio
Factory Explosion Kills Eighteen in Rawalpindi
Eighteen people died and 50 were injured in a firecracker factory blast in Rawalpindi. Police said the dead included 14 men, two women and two children, with more fatalities feared as debris was cleared.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
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