Du Pont Expands Conoco Stake Amid Three-Way Fight
Du Pont increased its Conoco holding to 62 percent after exercising an option for 15.9 million unissued shares, while Seagram bought 25 percent of Conoco and plans up to 44.35 million shares as its $92 offer nears expiry. Mobil Oil watches closely as the takeover contest persists.
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du Pont
Conoco Inc
Oil and Coal Company
Seagram Liquor Company
Conoco
Mobil Oil Corporation
Seagram
Man Hurt In Fall From Downtown Aiken Bridge
An Aiken man, Carl Cook, 36, fell from a downtown bridge onto railroad tracks near the Aiken Museum and Courthouse complex at 11 40 a.m. yesterday. He is in serious but stable condition at University Hospital with fractures to both arms and legs and possible head injury. A witness said he climbed the railing and jumped. this is the second fall from the same bridge.
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Aiken
University Hospital
Carl Cook
Columbia Drive
Aiken Museum and Courthouse
Cook
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Community Band Set for Monday Hopeland Gardens Concert
The Aiken Community Band will perform Monday night at 7 as part of its eighth consecutive summer concert series. Volunteers from Aiken Edgefield Wagener North Augusta and Augusta make up the ensemble, with Hopeland Gardens at Dupree Place and Whiskey Road as the venue. If rain occurs the show moves to the H Odell Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Edgefield
Theft at Golden Comb Barber Shop in Aiken
Aiken police report: thieves pried open the front door of the Golden Comb Barber Shop on Kershaw Street yesterday and stole tapes worth 250 dollars and barber supplies valued at 650 dollars.
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Golden Comb
Aiken
Thelves
Kershaw Street
County Court Term Opens Monday With Bristow Presiding
Judge Walter J. Bristow will preside over a one week General Sessions term starting Monday at 10. Sessions will be held in the federal courthouse on Park Avenue.
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Walter J. Bristow
General Sessions Court
Federal
Park Avenue
Salley Council Plans Monday Meeting
The Salley Town Council will meet Monday night at 7:30 at the Town Hall on Main Street to discuss routine business. No agenda was provided.
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Salley
Main Street
Aiken City Council to Revisit Bingo Ordinance
Aiken City Council will hold a second reading on amending the business license to allow bingo for religious fraternal and charitable groups. The meeting starts Monday at 7 30 p m in City Hall. Other items include Amvets Post 88 York Street site and bingo three times weekly.
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Aiken
Park Ave
S.W
Amvets Post 88
York Street
Amvets
DHEC Opposes Life Bill
DHEC board unanimously approved a resolution opposing a life begins bill. The measure which would outlaw abortion could also restrict contraception and IUD use. Dr Harold Gabel warned of illegal abortions and maternal deaths if enacted while supporting access to contraceptive counseling and alternatives.
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Department of Health and Environmental Control
U.S. Senate
Harold Gabel
DHEC
Health Protection
Gabel
New Ellenton Council Set to Meet Monday at Town Hall
The New Ellenton City Council will hold a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Town Hall on Main Street. No agenda details were provided.
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New Ellenton
Main Street
Thefts Reported In Aiken And Six Points
The Aiken Sheriff’s Department reports a burglary at Vernon Vance’s Route 4 home with $200 of meat $150 freezer $60 coke box $200 scales and $50 pots taken. Another theft involved a light blue three phase air compressor from Roger’s Tire Service in Six Points valued at $1,500.
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Aiken
Vernon Vance
Martin Posey
Roger
ACSD
Midland Valley Band Booster Club Sets 1981-82 Meeting
The Midland Valley Band Booster Club opens the 1981-82 school year with its first meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Band Room. Dr William Meehan urologist will be guest speaker. The Aiken Ostomy Association also meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the Aiken Community Hospital Classroom.
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Midland Valley Band Booster Club
Aiken Ostomy Association
Aiken Community Hospital
William Meehan
Bookmobile Schedule for Coming Week in Town
The bookmobile routes list daily stops Monday through Thursday with times at venues such as Valley Homes Breezy Hill Midland Valley Shopping Center Woodcrest Beech Island Edison Heights and more. Friday shows in office with no routes scheduled.
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Gloverville Valley Homes
Breezy Hill
Midland Valley Shopping Center
Woodcrest
Beech Island
Russell Cleaner
Edison Heights
Jackson
Bonnieview
Mockingbird
Ledges Apartments
Woodridge-Edgewood
Lakewood Circle
Roberts
Langley Nutrition
Bath
Langley
Steifeltown
Correction Center
Morris Grocery
McClain’s Store
Sander’s
Monetta
Kneece
Hartley
Foxtown
Doolittle
Ridgecrest
Elko
Boiling Springs
Kline
Barnwell Co
Black's
Hilda
Bamberg Co
Windsor P.O
Woodward Subdivision
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Mary King
Studio OF Dance
Graniteville Gregg Park Civic Center
Nti
Wary King
Candy Jeknoen
ASST
Civic Center
Aiken County
Columbia
Board of the State
France
Midland Valley Band
Ostomy Association
Kalmia Plaza
Wills’ Greenhouse
Floramerican & Burpee
Longkeeper
Silver Bluff Rd
Aiken By-Pass
Millbrook
Volley Lawn
Hayne Ave
Fairfield School
Fk Kemi
Frederick Cooper
Williamsburg Brass
Beatrix Potter
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