Crane Tragedy Averted When Boom Struck 23 000 Volt Line
A truck crane accident at Chivas Products in Aiken-Verenes Industrial Park injured no one after the crane boom hit a 23 000 volt line. The driver escaped with minor injuries as the front tire exploded from the electric surge. South Carolina Electric and Gas Company cut power, and firefighters controlled the blaze for over an hour.
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Chivas Products Ltd
Chivas
Aiken-Verenes
J. Carrol Busbee
Edward G. Boyle
Carolina Crane
Aiken County
Busbee
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Center Fire Department
Department of Public Safety
Council Grants SCE&G Power Rights for Southwood Subdivision
Aiken City Council in a 6 1 vote awarded electric service for the Southwood subdivision between Pine Log and Silver Bluff to SCE&G, overriding Aiken Electric Cooperative’s franchise. The move voids a June compromise and aligns with state law allowing city purchase options. The decision affects municipal power pricing and tax revenues.
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Aiken Electric Cooperative
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Aiken
Southwood
Pine Log
Silver Bluff
Sce&g
Hammie L. Chaplin
Chaplin
Willar H. Hightower Jr
J.C
Jim) Ray
Coop
New Southwood
Cooperative
Radiation risk no higher in Aiken due to SRP says physicist
A Savannah River Plant health physicist told the Aiken Rotary Club that radiation risk at SRP is minimal. Charles H. Cofer Jr. compared plant boundary levels to background radiation across South Carolina and Georgia, noting SRP would expose residents to about one millirem per year.
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Savannah River
Aiken
Earth
Cofer
South Carolina
Georgia
Savannah
Columbia
Charleston
Macon
Atlanta
Greenville
Roentgen
Wilhelm Roentgen
SRP
Town Council Hears Beautification Plans
New Ellenton officials discussed landscaping and design plans with landscape architect David Hargrove and Hattie Polk leading the beautification committee. The council authorized funding applications and approved repainting the north end water tank for 1900 dollars by Carr and McLeod Painting.
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New Ellenton
Beth Ellis
Hattie Polk
David Hargrove
Carr and McLeod Painting
Fire damages duplex on Two Notch Road
A duplex owned by Porky Bradberry was damaged by a Sunday fire on Two Notch Road. J Varrol Susbee of the Aiken Department of Public Safety said the building was vacant except for stored furnishings and the cause is under investigation.
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Porky Bradberry
Two Notch Road
J. Varrol Susbee
Aiken
Two Black Candidates Seek SC Senate Seat in Primary
Chester mortician Christopher C. King 46 and Columbia pastor Rev. I DeQuincey Newman 72 will face off in the August 30 Democratic primary for South Carolina Senate. A runoff would follow if needed before a October 25 special election to fill the Richland Fairfield Chester district vacancy after Alex Sanders moved to the Court of Appeals. King argues Chester needs a resident senator after decades of Columbia representation.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Alex Sanders
Chester
Sanders
Council Votes To Stop Service In Jackson
Jackson Town Council voted unanimously to terminate garbage service for non paying subscribers. Councilman Al Ellis said five to eight hours of service would be saved by ending service to over 80 non payers and proposed legal action procedures against delinquent subscribers.
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New Ellenton
Bush
Gulf Station
Eubank
Exxon
Gulf
Butler Derrick
Strom Thurmond
Ernest Hollings
Floyd Spence
Jackson
al Ellis
Drug Trial Nears Jury in Charleston Smuggling Case
Prosecution spent four days and 26 witnesses presenting its case against eight Operation Jackpot defendants. Defense rested after two hours with five witnesses as final arguments began, seeking to show no proof the drugs were marijuana or imported. The ring allegedly led by Thomas N. Rhoad III and Barry J. Foy generated about 125 million in profits since 1974. 41 counts linger against all defendants.
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Charleston
Thomas N
Rhoad III
Branchville
Barry J. Foy
Columbia
U.S
Falcon Hawkins
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City of Aiken-Verenes
Judy Hoffmeyer
Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Council
Willcox
Joseph Eways
Eways
Pire
Marshall H
Mark) Bennett
Bennett, Murray, Thomas and Associates
Augusta
Kalmia Landing
Gregg Avenue
Aiken Community Hospital
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
State Municipal Association
Park Ave
S.W
Aiken Mile Track
Cofer JR
Mrs. Polk
Senate
York SE
Aiken Self Storage Cablevision
Enloe Aluminum
United States
Meredith Cohen
Medica
Kathryn S. Duncan
S.C
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