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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1981
Page
3
Members of the Aiken Community Concert Association will hear the final concert of the year tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Laurens Street Elementary auditorium. Keith and Rusty McNeil will perform A Celebration of American Heritage in Folksong using over 30 instruments including five string banjo guitar Highland bagpipes African drums and dulcimers. The concert is open to association members.
Senior Olympians gather Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center for the fourth annual Senior Citizens Olympics. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority sponsors games such as balloon races horse shoes a face making contest and simon says. Contact Rose Butler or Ann Dicks for details.
A fire at a Shiloh Heights Road residence damaged the attic and four rooms, with smoke damage to the entire dwelling. Occupant Amy Buggs was not injured. The blaze began in the kitchen, per Aiken Department of Public Safety.
The NRC appeals board near Washington is undecided on Duke Power Co. request to lift a ban on 300 highly radioactive waste shipments through North and South Carolina. If allowed, trucks in 25 ton casks would transport waste from Oconee to McGuire Nuclear Plant for temporary storage, via I 85 and I 77, with no master plan in place.
A Greenwood man threatened to kill evangelist Leroy Jenkins and burn his house days before a 1978 blaze that destroyed the home. The trial over an 86250 insurance claim alleges Jenkins was involved in the fire, which he denies, noting he hired five bodyguards then and can account for two that night.
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