Darlene Hale Crowned Miss Aiken County in Pageant
Darlene Hale was crowned Miss Aiken County at the Saturday pageant and will represent the county in the Miss South Carolina pageant in Greenville next summer. Laura Ed earned first runner up with the swimsuit award, and Karen Dukes was second runner up with a dance talent. Hale, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Lewis, is a graduate of Aiken High School and Baptist College of Charleston where she earned various honors.
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South Carolina
Greenville
Laura Ed
Karen Dukes
Miss Hale
George Lewis
Aiken
Aiken High School
Baptist College of Charleston
Miss Baptist
Diane Toole
Kim Wright
Aiken County
Cindy Gregg
Bill Haselden
Mike Simpkins
Junges
J. Fred Sides
George Seigler
Floods flood Jackson as Pearl River swells, thousands evacuated
Rain swollen Pearl River floods downtown Jackson turning it into a peninsula. Authorities report about 17,200 homeless in the city and 8,000 statewide, with sandbagging and river relief efforts under way as Governor Carter declares a disaster area.
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Miss
Pearl River
Steve Spotts
Dale Danks
Carter
Cliff Finch
Sammy Milner
Danks
National Weather Service
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pearl
Town
Missouri
Illinois
Selma
DuPont Wins DOE OK for Savannah River Waste Facility Design
The Department of Energy authorizes negotiations between DuPont and Bechtel for initial design work on a $3 billion radioactive waste solidification facility at the Savannah River site. Bechtel to receive a $2 million contract to develop designs over up to six months.
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Washington
Department of Energy
DuPont Company
Savannah River
DOE
DuPont
Bechtel Company
San Francisco
Congress
Bechtel
SRP
A Humorous Look at Easter, Love, and Loans
A lighthearted collage notes women avoiding new swimsuits, a minister joking about his Easter gift and third marriage, and finance firms reluctant to lend for pools with repossession warnings from a loan officer. The piece blends cheeky observations on romance, Easter, and credit.
Roads Build Tale Of Two Cities In Aiken South Carolina
Aiken City Manager Roland H Windham warns that lacking east west access creates a divided city with duplicated services and rival schools The 1975 Aiken Area Transportation Study urged a new route to connect downtown with Whiskey Road Pine Log Road but citizen opposition blocked proposals Onlookers cited Hitchcock Woods and horse industry concerns while officials note Whiskey Road traffic exceeds intended capacity and a Powderhouse Road tie in to US 78 was proposed but not prioritized.
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Aiken
Roland H. Windham
Windham
Pine Log Road
Aiken Area
South Carolina
Timmerman
Powderhouse Road
U.S. 78
Highway Department
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Miss Aiken County
Darlene Hale
Fred Sides
Tim Dominick
Darlene
Observer's School
Jazzitup
Laura Edl
Miss Edl
By Terry Goggin
Associated Press
Incredible Hulk
Whiskey Road
S.C
Elizabeth Harrington
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