Britain Recaptures Falkland Island South Georgia
Britain completed the takeover of South Georgia and reportedly captured 200 Argentine prisoners including 80 to 90 crew from the Santa Fe. A Defense Ministry spokesman would not confirm numbers but noted the Union Jack is flying again and Grytviken port was seized with the submarine damaged and leaking oil.
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Britain
Falkland Islands
South Georgia
Defense Ministry
Grytviken
Press Association
Leith
Jail Problems Await Solution at $3 Million Aiken County Jail
Aiken County officials, sheriff, designers and contractors inspect the nearly finished $3 million jail after six inmates escaped in a month. Inmates damaged walls and ceilings, ripped fixtures, and questioned lock reliability as guards heard banging from cells.
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Aiken County
Ralph Gunnells
Aiken
Council
Young woman seeks Aiken Centennial Polo ball collection
The person attends most games to recover battered polo balls from the field. She considers offering them to the Smithsonian Institute. A local philosopher on Laurens Street notes a conference is a meeting where people discuss tasks they should undertake.
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Smithsonian Institute
Laurens Street
Defective Flue Blamed For Fire Near Wagener
Authorities say a defective chimney flue started a deadly Wagener fire that killed eight, including five children aged from three months to eight years. The Maples family home was destroyed as the fire produced smoke and heat injuries. Catharine Maples survived.
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Wagener
Charlie Widener
Catharine Maples
Aiken County School Board Budget Report Tonight
The Aiken County School Board will hear a budget advisory committee presentation at the regular meeting tomorrow at 7 30 PM at South Aiken High School on Pine Log Road behind Kennedy Middle. Other agenda items include transportation for Camp Hope and several permanent staff appointments for 1961 82 and 1982 83, plus budget adjustments and the nine month financial report showing 73 64 percent revenue and 68 8 percent expenditures.
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Aiken County School Board
South Aiken High School
Pine Log Road
Kennedy Middle School
Aiken Zoning Change Gets Hearing Tonight
Aiken City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 30 P M in the Municipal Building on 214 Park Ave S W to discuss a revised zoning ordinance after nearly five years of revision. The meeting will include second and final readings and consider limits on city animal numbers and annexations near the Village at Whiskey.
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City of
Whiskey
Byrd School Mourns Teacher Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Graniteville Byrd Elementary fifth grade teacher James Murray Ballard was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 20 near St. Andrews in Lexington County. Principal Claude Prather said the civic leader and Cairo Temple motorcycle unit member will be greatly missed by students and staff.
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Graniteville
James Murray Ballard
Byrd Elementary
Claude Prather
Ballard
Lexington County
Columbia
St. Andrews
Cairo Temple
Prather
S.C. Highway Patrol
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Steve Wong
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Clemson University
James Ballard
Byrd School
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