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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1982
Page
2
A broad weather summary shows showers possible tonight with a 20 percent chance and more widespread showers at 50 percent tomorrow. Temperatures will range from the low 70s tonight to upper 80s tomorrow with warm humid conditions Thursday through Saturday.
Weather notes include high Monday and low Monday figures, plus the highest and lowest August temperatures to date. Sunset tonight is 8 20 p m and sunrise tomorrow 6 47 a m.
A long list of real estate transactions shows multiple deeds and quitclaims. Buyers include Robert Garnto, James Floyd Jr., William Seamon, William Brown, L. Holley, The J. W. Greenway Company, Johnny Harper, and John Mahoney, with properties ranging from lots and subdivisions to acreage and improvements near Aiken Beech Island Belvedere and North Augusta. Amounts noted include 1 to 82 thousand dollars along with consideration of love and affection.
A list of local emergency contacts includes Aiken Community Hospital, Aiken Rescue Squad, Aiken County Sheriff and dispatcher lines, Aiken Police, Aiken Fire Department, Bath substation, Belvedere Fire, Graniteville Police, New Ellenton police and fire, North Augusta Fire and police, Salley and Wagener services, plus Crisis Line, Deaf emergency, Poison Control and Highway Patrol numbers. Species of agencies cover sheriffs, police, fire, EMS, and rescue squads.
Local listings for today feature a full evening of community activities across North Augusta Belvedere and Aiken. Sessions include club meetings, exercise classes, alcohol and substance recovery groups, a band practice, health clinics, and senior citizen activities.
Bennie Bernard Gathers 18 died Sunday at an Aiken County hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Your Funeral Home. He was a native of Aiken County and a member of Runs Baptist Church. Survivors: mother Ease Gathers New Ellenton. father Bennie Gathers Jackson Florida. sisters Marian and Stephanie Gathers New Ellenton. brothers Steven Stanley and Calvin Gathers New Ellenton. paternal grandmother Mozella Gathers New Ellenton. maternal grandparents Sam and Mrs Hankerson York Pennsylvania.
A blotched obituary column lists services for Terry Mattox 44, Roger Gregory 25, Estell Rynes, Helen Marlow 88, Lola Graham 57 and others. Details include church names Sunset Memory Gardens Sunset Memorial Gardens and funeral homes Poseys Jackson Brooks and Souls Rhame.
Conservative Mavericks push for a simplified balanced budget amendment ahead of the governors summer meeting. They aim to send a message to Congress and voters while facing slim odds of the three fourths vote needed to suspend rules. Governor Bruce Babbitt and Lamar Alexander back a wartime deficit exception approach. Reagan supports the Senate plan but the governors propose a streamlined version needing broad support.
Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend reports four deaths in five days with no foul play suspected. Stanley Lints, 103 Doff St New Ellenton, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car by Old Spring Church cemetery. Lola Graham of New Ellenton died from shotgun wound at her home. Roger Gregory, 29, of Clearwater died from a gunshot wound at Talmadge Memorial Hospital. Autopsy requested for Dorothy Brannen, 32, Warrenville, found at her Warrenville residence.
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