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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1983
Page
1
A young rider Martha Clyatt aged 4 endured a tiring morning during the Horse Show in the Woods. The scene captures a staff photo by Ginny Southworth as details continue on Page 2B.
Federal investigators cleared Sen. Strom Thurmond of taking $20 000 in bribe money. The State cited sources noting the charges were meritless and that a formal notice would follow within 48 hours. The probe focused on alleged payments from a middleman connected to Edwin P. Wilson.
A car bomb exploded outside the U S Embassy in Beirut collapsing the central wing and killing multiple people including six U S Marines and embassy staff. Hospital morgues and officials reported higher death tolls while France and the United States evacuated casualties. Moslem Holy War claimed responsibility.
Aiken City workers will spray to control mosquitoes as the need is indicated by population monitoring. The approach minimizes waste and costly insecticide use, though recent heavy rains may raise the required spraying.
A weekend band festival in South Aiken drew about 3,700 students. a Laurens mother praised swift courteous service as three bus loads of middle schoolers overwhelmed a local restaurant. Report mentions a Volkswagen Rabbit with a vanity plate HOP HOP seen around town.
Senator Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina announced his presidential bid at Midlands Technical College near Columbia. He outlined a goal to restore discipline to the White House while joining Mondale Hart Cranston and Askew as declared Democrats.
A federal hearing in Washington will hear South Carolina's motion for a swift ruling on demanding a full environmental study of the Savannah River Plant L-Reactor restart. DOE schedules four public hearings through July 17 in Augusta Aiken Savannah Beaufort and other venues. The suit seeks an environmental impact statement. DOE's assessment claimed no significant impact but critics cite groundwater contamination and data gaps.
DHEC says Savannah River Plant groundwater contamination report is inadequate and requests more detail on sources and levels. Assumptions about seepage basins protecting the Tuscaloosa Aquifer proved false after solvent linked to cancer was found in the water table 300 feet underground. SRP officials maintain seepage poses no external threat and will supply additional technical data.
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