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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1979
Page
2
The notice lists funeral services for Sammie Williams at Samaria Baptist Church Springfield and for several others including Robert C. Miller in St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church Aiken Memorial Park and Grandison Williamson at Cumberland AME Church. It notes burial details, pallbearers, call times, and involved funeral homes Jackson-Brooks George and Liberty Mortuary in Augusta and Aiken area.
Lillian Bennett Chapman 80 a native of Aiken County died yesterday at a Simpsonville hospital. Funeral 11 a.m. Home Chapel with Rev. Clarence C. Murphy Jr. and Rev. Hoyt Murray officiating. Burial Montmorenci Baptist Church cemetery. Survivors include son W. Pickens Chapman Mauldin daughter Georgia L. Hutson three brothers. Friends may call George Funeral Home 7 to 9 p.m. today.
The notice directs all advance payments to be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
A group of five Iranian students living in the United States after fleeing the Shah discuss their views on Iran's future. They describe discontent with the Shah, critique Khomeini, and warn against a government of religion while noting personal hardships under immigration rules.
Tonight shows fair weather and near zero rain chances for the next 24 hours. Saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low 70s and lows in the upper 40s. Sunday to Tuesday bring partly cloudy skies with highs in the 70s and overnight lows from the 40s to the 50s.
A gospel sing will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 at Aiken First Pentecostal Holiness Church featuring the Crusaders. The church sits at the intersection of Gregg Avenue and Trolley Line Road.
Alcohol is linked to over a third of yearly motor vehicle injuries and half of fatalities. It also accounts for forty four percent of private plane accidents annually.
A schedule of events in Aiken County lists activities at USC Aiken Hopeland Gardens Rose Hill Art Center and local churches. Included are programs from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on various venues with meetings concerts tours and a doll house garden center showing.
A 22 year old man, David A. Williams of Centenary, was charged by the FBI with robbing the First Citizens Bank and Trust Co in Conway of an undisclosed sum. He was arrested shortly after the Thursday noon robbery and appeared before a U.S. magistrate in Florence. No injuries were reported.
The Associated Press reports widespread rain across the eastern half of the country with scattered thundershowers from the Gulf Coast to Georgia. Flooding hits Slidell, Louisiana, as other areas see minimal snow and warm Pacific Northwest conditions. Temperatures vary from near freezing near Lake Superior to the 80s in California.
Aiken Polo Club spokesman Tom Biddle says no polo action will be held Sunday due to an insufficient number of players available for matches.
During a pre dinner press conference sponsored by Rep. Butler Derrick the audience of Aiken officials and judges heard Bell request relief from his duties as attorney general. He praised President Carter as hard working but said the president prefers handling problems himself. Bell cautioned about press rights and noted no danger to First Amendment freedoms while stressing press and religious freedoms.
A policy aide estimates decontrol raises oil prices by 15.4 billion over three years. Only 3.3 billion is taxed by a windfall levy, effectively about 21 percent after exemptions. Deduction for oil companies lowers net tax to around 2 billion, roughly 13 percent of the extra income.
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