Student Test Scores Rise Across South Carolina Districts
State Board of Education reports dramatic increases in standardized test results. In fourth grade reading 52 percent and language 53 percent at or above national norms in Aiken County, with similar gains in math. Seventh to tenth grade scores also climbed nationwide and statewide. Districts statewide show improvement across reading language math and science as districts align curricula with test content.
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South Carolina
Aiken County
State Board of Education
John B. Bradley
Aiken County Court to Convene Monday for Several Cases
Aiken County General Sessions Court will convene Monday at 10 am at the Aiken County Courthouse. About 50 cases are expected to be settled, including a criminal sexual conduct case involving a young girl. Richard Mason, indicted while under treatment in the State Hospital, faces additional dockets of two housebreakings one burglary and one armed robbery. Pianist Josef Patchen appears Monday at 7 pm in Hopeland Gardens for a Summer Concert Series by the Aiken Recreation Department. Patchen will perform Mozart and Chopin, with rain backup at South Aiken High.
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Aiken County
Richard Mason
State Hospital
Harte
Josef Patchen
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken
Patchen
Ceca Teat
Plant
Rachel Spillman
Studio South Cect Samt Ealene Producion Company
Augusta
Mozart
Chopin
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
South Aiken High
Have You Heard Anyone Trying to Phone Home
A terse notice asking any caller who attempted to reach a person by phone to try again, reflecting a brief contact interruption or misdial. The message lacks names, dates, or places, offering a generic call-back appeal.
Flooding, Outages Hit Aiken After Heavy Storm
Aiken endured near three inches of rain causing widespread flooding and power outages. The northeast city area lost power for about 45 minutes while lightning and saturated ground prompted barricades and street closures. Pump stations logged 2.95 inches in 24 hours as crews assessed damage and began cleanup.
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Park Avenue
Union Street
Aiken
Ginny Southworth
Public Works Department
Joey Berry
City of
Crosland Park
York Street
Jim Ray
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Scea&g
Ray
Shaw’s Creek
Berry
City of Ai
Chesterfield
South Boundary
Abbeville
Edgefield
Hampton
Stocks Soar In Record Trading On Bullish Rates Hint
Investors fueled by signs of slowing growth and peaking rates sent Wall Street to its busiest session ever with the Dow rising to 1166.08 and volume hitting 172.83 million shares. Institutional buyers dominated activity as banks, funds, and advisers shifted into stocks, signaling broad confidence and herd buying.
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Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
U.S
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Institutional
Accu
John J. Smith
Fahnestock & Co
America
James Davin
First Boston Corp
Peter Lynch
Fidelity Magellan Fund
Waste Law Change Was Anticipated
Officials at the Savannah River said they weren’t surprised by a Washington agreement to bring nuclear weapons plants under federal hazardous waste laws. The DOE and EPA approved a plan covering about a dozen sites including the Savannah River Plant, with states potentially enforcing permits and differences in handling radioactive waste acknowledged as necessitated by national security concerns.
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Savannah River
Washington
SRP
Grover Smithwick
Smithwick
Department of Energy
Donald Hodel
Hodel
William Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Energy Department
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
South Carolina
DOE
Reagan Administration
Ise
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General Sessions Court
Hopelands
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