DHEC Probes Hazardous Waste Shipment in Aiken
The Lower Savannah Environmental Control Office investigates 132 drums of 2 4 Dinitrophenol stored at an old meat plant near Owens Corning in Aiken. Sunneborn Refractories & Chemicals plans reclamation or resale, with future status tied to Hazardous Waste Act rulings and SRC operations. No immediate danger cited. drums to remain until regulatory clarity and permits are settled.
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S.C. 302
Thurmond Whatley
Aiken
Lower Savannah
S.C
Owens Corning Fiberglas
Sonneborn Refractories & Chemicals
Burckhalter
Verona Dye Stuffs
Charleston
Holly Ridge
N.C
SRC
Edgefield
Sonneborn
North Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Columbia
South Carolina
John P. Sonneborn
Nurse Alice Carter Wins 1980 First Award at Aiken Hospital
On the hospital's second floor at Aiken Community Hospital last Wednesday nurse Alice Carter earned the 1980 First Award, an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding employee.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Alice Carter
Jobless Rise Sharply as July Employment Surges
Washington AP report shows July employment up 459,000 to 97 million amid mixed signals. unemployment ticks to 7.8 percent as labor force participation grows, while 8.2 million remain jobless. Separate establishment survey indicates a 240,000 drop, suggesting potential measurement gaps.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Department
Reagan to make South Carolina key in 1980 campaign
Reagan strategists shift course to win South Carolina in November marking a high dollar budget for the state. Lee Atwater says overcoming Mississippi will help secure 15 electoral votes and bolster eastern reach with Ford Bush and others stumping there. Thurmond Campbell Edwards and Bryan Patrick named among possible campaigners.
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Columbia
Ronald Reagan
South Carolina
Reagan
Lee Atwater
Gerald Ford
George Bush
Atwater
Mississippi
Southeastern
No Extension for Immunization Certificates for School Starters
Columbia officials say no 30 day extension will be granted for pupils needing immunization certificates before school opens this month. David Collie of DHEC says regulations require a certificate at entry, with no delay to enrollment. The department may discuss a compromise, but no extension is planned.
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Columbia
David Collie
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Division of
Education
Charlie Williams
DHEC
Robert S. Jackson
Collie
Jackson
Tent Revival Draws Crowd in Mustard Tent at 919 Hampton Ave
Traveling preacher Rev. Emmanuel Jackson from Augusta conducts gospel services in a mustard colored tent at 919 Hampton Ave through next week. His Tuesday sermon Death by the Tablespoon! Disease by the Bowl! Four Ways to Postpone Your Funeral drew about 70 attendees and mixed scriptural talk with down to earth humor. He urged care of the body noting his own past addictions and naming beverages and stimulants to avoid while praising 7-Up and fruit drinks and warning against caffeine in cola and coffee.
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Emmanuel Jackson
Jackson
Augusta
Hampton Ave
Demetrius Jones
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