Southern Bell asks PSC for 19 percent rate hike in SC
Southern Bell sought a 19 percent telephone rate increase from the South Carolina Public Service Commission, aiming to boost annual revenue by about $88 million. The plan would place most changes into effect under bond starting Sept. 11, with higher residential and business line rates and various surcharges.
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Southern Bell
State Public Service Commission
PSC
South Carolina
Tance
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Israel intensifies bombing as talks with Habib collapse
Israeli jets bomb west Beirut in the heaviest strikes of the nine week war. Lebanese Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan suspends talks with U S envoy Philip Habib over evacuating the PLO, accusing Israel of destroying Beirut. Prime Minister Menachem Begin says talks progress exists but peacekeeping U N and France hinder final settlement. Gunships tanks and artillery join the assault with a final entry into the PLO enclave planned if ordered. Fears mount of a new clash between Israeli and Syrian forces near Beirut.
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West Beirut
Shafik Wazzan
U.S
Philip C. Habib
PLO
Israel
Menachem Begin
Jerusalem
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
U.N
Reassessment Delays Tax Bills In Aiken County
Aiken County real estate tax bills will arrive later due to a countywide reassessment program. An extension to November 1 was granted. Tax reviews continue. about 1,182 taxpayers questioned assessments, with 600 reviews granted.
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Aiken County
Margie Plunkett
Plunkett
McKenney
McKenny
Aiken County Administrator Scott Barnes Becomes Father
Scott Barnes welcomed a new daughter Richard Scott Barnes born August 3 weighing 7 pounds 10.2 ounces. Aiken area family tradition is noted as an opera singer earns praise in Santa Fe production.
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Aiken
Scott Barnes
Richard Scott Barnes
Frederica von Stade
Santa Fe Opera
Holloway Declared Innocent After Murder Trial
After four hours and 15 minutes, Howard Daniel Holloway, 23, of North Augusta, was found not guilty of the July 21, 1981, murder of John Wayne Dunbar in Aiken County General Sessions Court. Dunbar was found fatally shot at his home on 1514 Redd St. Gallman testified Holloway aided in an armed robbery and implied the murder. other witnesses offered conflicting alibi and identification details. The verdict prompted emotional reaction from Dunbar’s wife and Holloway’s family as the court adjourned.
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Howard Daniel Holloway
John Wayne Dunbar
Aiken County General Sessions Court
Joan Dunbar
Holloway
Betty J. Holloway
North Augusta
Sylvia Westerdahl
Dunbar
Redd St
Carlos Gallman
Jefferson Terrace
Sce&g
Gallman
Atlanta
Robert Harte
Bolloway
John Jordan
Aiken
Jordan
General Sessions Court
Walter Cox
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