Air Routes Open As Canadian Controllers End Boycott
Canadian Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin announced the North Atlantic route would reopen with traffic resuming to normal by 6 30 a m EDT after talks with the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association. The move followed a two day boycott by Canadian controllers over safety complaints, with only Spanish and Portuguese actions ongoing elsewhere. Thousands of weary Americans abroad faced long waits as trans Atlantic air traffic remained disrupted.
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United States
Europe
North Atlantic
Canadian
Jean-Luc Pepin
Pepin
Gander
Newfoundland
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
New
British Civil Aviation Authority
London
Heathrow
Drafts Lists Rise in County Courthouses Across Nation
Washington AP reports 18 and 19 year old registrants will have their names posted in county courthouses city halls and public places. Lists cover men born in 1962 and early 1963 who registered before June 1 and have been sent to state selective service directors for posting.
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Washington
Selective Service
City youth Blake Bouknight visits Aiken for horse show
Have You Heard reports 10 year old Blake Bouknight of Sarasota with his father Jim visited a horse show in Aiken. He wandered to a restroom, returning quickly after two stalls labeled Studs and Fillies sparked a joke from Randy Davidson. The Rotary Club humor continued as Davidson framed automation as easing work for women.
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Blake Bouknight
Aiken
Jim
Blake
Sarasota
Fla
Randy Davidson
Rotary Club
Davidson
Aiken County Today Classifieds and Community Schedule
Local page highlights include college notes sports results and obituaries. Readers find classifieds listings community calendar Dear Abby advice Dry Doc medical notes and a science front.
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Aiken County Today
All
Dear Abby
Science Front
Showtime Sports
the Butcher
Aiken County Board Tightens Student Conduct Rules
The board approved a revised Code of Student Conduct requiring principals to begin expulsion proceedings for first offenses punishable by expulsion and letting advisory councils determine lesser punishments after hearings. It adds counseling options and targets middle to high school students with copies to 4th grade onward.
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Aiken
Terry Brown
Aiken County Commission On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Brown
Aiken District Eyes Near Target 1 21 Ratio for 1 3
At a Board of Education meeting Superintendent Paskel warned the district may barely meet the state required teacher pupil ratio for grades 1 3 when classes begin August 31 a slight shift could push the balance over the limit. He outlined 20 goals to improve instruction and student performance while the district plans to sell five rebuilt box cars to USC Aiken for 1000 each and readvertise the Kirk School building with a minimum 490 price.
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Aiken County
Paskel
Durward B. Pridgen
Rod Greenway
J.P. Kneece
Paskel Devel
Usc-Aiken
Kirk School
SCE&G Investors Back Rate Increase at Public Hearing
Manning Owen of the Association of SCE&G testified in Columbia that investors support a 74.3 million rate increase before the South Carolina Public Service Commission. He argued low lifts hurt dividends and stock value amid inflation, noting his group owns about 700 common shares, 50 preferred shares, and utility bonds.
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S.C. Electric and Gas Company
Manning Owen
Aiken
Association of Sce&g
Sce&g
S.C. Public Service Commission
PSC
Owen
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Bob) Paskel
Elizabeth Harrington
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