City Polls Open for Council Race in Aiken County
City residents may vote until 7 p.m. to select Democrat Willar Hightower or Republican Jane Vaughters for the seat vacated by William Clyburn who joined the County Council. Voters must have registered 30 days prior. Polling locations include Municipal Building Precincts 1 and 35, American Legion Post 212, North Aiken Elementary, Smith Hazel Recreation Center, Aiken Elementary, St. Angela High School, H Odell Weeks Activities Center, and other precincts.
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Willar Hightower
Jane Vaughters
William Clyburn
Aiken County
Clyburn
Municipal Building
Park Avenue S.W
American Legion Post
Hampton Avenue N.W
North Aiken
Rutland Drive
Smith Hazel
Kershaw Street
Aiken
Chesterfield Street
St. Angela High
Berry Road
H. Odell Weeks
Municipal
Rabid Dog Bites Four In South Carolina
Four members of a Calhoun County family were bitten or exposed to a rabid dog and are receiving rabies treatment. The dog was unconfined and unvaccinated, and health officials reported a very rabid animal. More vaccine had to be flown into the state after limited Rabies Immunoglobulin supplies were found.
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Orangeburg
Calhoun County
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Leonard Rice
DHEC
Upper
South Carolina
Inside Today Aiken Count Classifieds Comics
A compact newspaper page highlights classifieds and community items with brief notices. Local sections feature comics, Dear Abby, Erma Bombeck, obituaries, a business column, sports previews, TV listings, and weather notes for readers. Page 7A includes Reagan Denies Cut Compromise coverage.
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Aiken
Dear Abby
Erma
Reagan
Aiken County Population Hits 105 625 in 1980 Census
The 1980 census shows Aiken County at 105 625 residents and 39 791 housing units, a 16 percent population gain and 43 percent more housing since 1970. Urban corridor growth concentrates 80 000 residents in 20 percent of land as Eric Thompson notes.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Eric Thompson
Thompson
North Augusta
Horse Creek Valley
Belvedere
Aiken Standard Reporter Thurmond Whatley Attends 1980 Census Seminar
Aiken Standard staffer Thurmond Whatley, a three year reporter for the paper, attended a seminar on the 1980 Census at Chapel Hill North Carolina. Whatley covers county government and nuclear facilities and hails from North Augusta. He enjoys reading and working with the Aiken Community Playhouse and is now learning to fly.
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Aiken Standard
Thurmond Whatley
Chapel Hill
N.C
Whatley
North Augusta
Aiken Community Playhouse
Shuttle Heads Toward Desert Landing
The shuttle Columbia and its two pilots edge toward a hypersonic return to Earth with a wheels-down landing planned on Rogers Dry Lake in California's Mojave Desert. Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen express calm confidence as Neil Hutchinson notes the crew is ready for entry after a smooth maiden voyage with strong systems performance.
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Associated Press
Columbia
California
Mojave
Outer Space
Rogers Dry Lake
John Young
Henry Hartsfield
Robert Crippen
Neil Hutchinson
Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave Desert
Young
AGNS Sees Positive Outlook From Presidential Memo
AGNS officials call Reagan memo a stance favoring private nuclear reprocessing. George Stribling notes the president addresses private industry reluctance to enter reprocessing and urges constructive steps with Energy Secretary Edwards.
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Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
George T. Stribling
Stribling
Reagan
Energy
James B. Edwards
United States
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S.C
Ondar
By Thurmond Whatley
The
Desert
Tracy Pope Toole
Tracy
Ravenel Street
Elizabeth Harrington
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