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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1981
Page
1
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A Pittsburgh jail inmate, 27 year old Frank Weston, has been indicted on premeditated murder robbery use of a pistol while committing murder and robbing and being armed during a break in in the October slaying of Constance C Mellon 36 an executive formerly of Time Life Books Weston is also involved in a previous Pittsburgh case and faces possible death penalty The indict ment notes money was taken from the townhouse where Mellon was killed in Alexandria Virginia and Weston is in custody in Allegheny County Pennsylvania awaiting death penalty hearing
A sports reader asks if colored golf balls like miniature golf could be allowed in pro events. A player received a four stroke penalty after hitting another golfer’s ball twice. The note also recalls the first All Star Game under lights in 1943, won by the American League 5 to 3 in Philadelphia.
Aiken County short items cover classifieds comics community calendar Dear Abby editorials Louis Rukeyser obituaries Our Churches Showtime sports and weather notes in a compact local roundup.
A quiet Augusta airport scene shows few travelers as air traffic controllers strike disrupts schedules. Delta staff report all LaGuardia flights canceled this morning while some later flights operate, leaving a seven hour delay for one traveler. Guards chat and maintenance crews clean windows as life goes on.
The Senate Armed Services Committee doubts current reactors at Savannah River Plant and other sites can safely operate into the next decade and may authorize 40 million dollars for design work on a new reactor. Potential sites include SRP Hanford and Idaho Falls with a projected cost around 4 billion dollars and a possible completion in 1994 if current schedules hold.
James Joseph Shively 25 was found hanged in his Whiskey Road apartment days after falling behind on rent and losing a job. Neighbors recalled a bright student who loved English and worked graveyard shifts while pursuing class at USC Aiken, and landlords described a hopeful young man facing money woes.
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