Aiken Officers Nab Stolen Car Driverless After Chase Disrupts Downtown
An Aiken Public Safety officer stopped a chased yellow Cadillac on Laurens Street early today and found the vehicle unoccupied in a Greenville yard after the driver fled on foot. The car had been reported stolen from a local business that had left it for service.
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Aiken
Greenville
Aiken Public Safety
J. Carrol Busbee
Larry J. Perry
ADPS
Newberry Street
Busbee
Windsor
Trenton Town Council to Review Monthly Committee Reports
The agenda lists only monthly committee reports for tonight's meeting. Town secretary Sandra Grandy confirms the session starts at 8 p m at the town hall.
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Trenton
Sandra Grandy
Council of Governments Postpones Meeting
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments board postpones tonight s session due to the South Carolina Association of Counties annual meeting in Charleston. The group will reconvene August 20 at 6 30 p m at the office on S C 302.
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Lower Savannah
Correction notes error in ROTC commission listing
The Aiken Standard corrects a Collegiate Notes item that misidentified the first USC Aiken ROTC students. The three listed as first are indeed the first, but the commissioning occurred in 1984 and the error is acknowledged.
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USC Aiken
Aiken
New HCA Chief Finds Hospital Work Fascinating
Mickey Smith III, 32, began July 13 as administrator of Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He aims to expand neurosurgery and grow staff, while balancing long hours with family life and improving hospital image in the evolving Aiken community.
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Mickey Smith
Talmadge Memorial Hospital
Augusta
Dairy Queen
HCA
Aiken
Smith
Jesse G
Mickey) Smith III
Aiken Hospital
HCA Group
Kathy
Christin
Amy
South Carolina
Mickey) Smith II
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Man Charged With Murder Pleads To Manslaughter
In Aiken County, 66 year old Jack Turner pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, avoiding a murder trial after the June 16 stabbing death of James Manuel. Judge Luke N Brown Jr sentenced Turner to 15 years with five years to serve and three on probation. The plea reflected self defense claims amid disputed facts and risk considerations.
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Aiken County
Jack Turner
Clearwater
James Manuel
Luke N. Brown Jr
Turner
Robert J. Harte
Patricia Ann Turner
Delores Manuel
Manuel
Turners
Gerald Smith
Brown
Domestic violence affects half of all women conservative figures
Anne Wolf of the Coalition to Assist Abused Persons notes that about 50 percent of women will experience battering and 25 percent face ongoing abuse. CARP aided 263 victims in 1984 and 245 in 1985 with 133 cases in the first seven months of 1987. National surveys show a woman is abused roughly every 18 seconds in the United States.
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Anne Wolf
Coalition
Ms. Wolf
CARP
Aiken County
U.S
Passing Notes In Court May Bring Trouble
George Perkins of Graniteville received a five year sentence in Aiken County for breach of trust linked to a scheme to relieve officers of money used in undercover drug buys. A jury convicted him on breach of trust and cocaine charges. sentencing on a conspiracy to distribute cocaine was postponed to consider defense motions. A note shown to Perkins while awaiting sentencing drew questions as a sheriff deputy may have handed it to him. Captain James W. Whitehurst acknowledged knowledge of the note but offered no further comment.
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George Perkins
Graniteville
Aiken County
Perkins
Luke N. Brown
Captain Whitehurst
Robert J. Harte
Sheriff's Department
Capt. Whitehurst
Don’t Call 911 In Emergencies Until May 1988
Aiken County residents should use seven digit numbers for police fire and rescue until Enhanced 911 becomes effective on May 1 1988. Emergency services coordinator Richard Powell notes only one dial 911 issue so far and outlines current local emergency lines and billing details including costs continuing until E 911 starts.
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Aiken County
Richard Powell
Powell
Southern Bell
Columbia
Kay Heath
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