Torrent Brings Fire And Some Flooding
Dark skies and heavy rains moved into Aiken County around 6 30 PM causing two inches of rain in 14 hours. Streets including Richland and Park flooded up to two feet while cars stalled along US 1. A wildfire hazard followed a lightning strike that ignited an attic fire at a Banks Mill Road building. Public safety crews battled the blaze for about 45 minutes. No major floods or fires reported elsewhere. some power outages and cable TV interruptions affected New Ellenton and Jackson.
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Aiken County
Wne
Aiken
Richland and Park
U.S. 1
Public Safety Department
Lee Wetherington
North Augusta
Robert Funk
New Ellenton
Kalmia Hill
Aiken Cablevision
Archie Luther
Luther
Cablevision
Textile Work Is Up In Southeast Plant Jobs
Southeast textile employment rose for the second straight month to 578,300 in June, up 1,900 from May but down 3,400 from January. North Carolina gained 1,000 jobs, Tennessee 400, with smaller increases in Alabama Georgia Kentucky and South Carolina.
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Atlanta
U.S. Labor Department
Southeast
Donald M. Cruse
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Nerve bombs moved from Denver to Utah desert
The transfer of 128 Weteye nerve gas bombs from Denver to Dugway Proving Ground in Utah went as well as could be expected for health and safety, according to Gov. Scott Matheson who opposed the move.
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Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Denver
Utah Desert
Scott Matheson
Have You Heard About Kathy Joseph and Campus Confusion
A College of Charleston student named Kathy Joseph is joked about on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia. A friend, misidentifying a red headed Arkenite, asks about her presence, prompting a humorous denial that she is Kathy Joseph and noting the friend is from Aiken studying at the College of Charleston.
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Kathy Joseph
College of Charleston
University of South Carolina
Columbia
Kathy
Arkenite
Aiken
Crosland Park Gets Traffic Light After Three-Year Effort
Dorothy Sires led a three year drive to convince the S C Highway Department to install a traffic light at York and Aldrich Streets Crosland Park entrance. The City of Aiken will cover the light and electricity with a total cost of 5500 dollars.
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Dorothy
Dorothy Sires
S.C
Highway Department
Sires
Irene K. Rudnick
Aiken
Marshall Cain
Crosland Park
York Street
Aldrich
Roland H. Windham
Windham
Reagan Signs Historic Tax and Spending Cuts
President Reagan signs the largest tax and spending cuts in U.S. history at a Santa Barbara ceremony on his mountaintop ranch. The package trims 1982 federal spending by about 130.5 billion over three years and cuts individual and corporate taxes by 749 billion through 1986, with staged withholding reductions and inflation adjustments.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
Santa Ynez Mountains
Belvedere Residents Taxed In Water Fight
Belvedere Water and Sewer District seeks a 20 assessment from Water Distributors subscribers to fund engineering legal services and a tax anticipation loan for acquiring Water Distributors. District views the levy as a district wide obligation via Aiken County, despite collection limits this year.
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Belvedere
Steve Romig
Water and Sewer District
Romig
Aiken County
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