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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1980
Page
1
The S C Department of Health and Environmental Control granted a 30 day grace period for students unable to prove full immunization records. The move prevents clashes between mandatory attendance and a new law requiring polio tetanus diphtheria rubella rubeola and pertussis immunizations. Certificates of exemption allow 30 days to complete shots.
Ted B. Willis will retire in June 1981 after 31 years with the Aiken County School System. The decision aligns with the completion of the 1976 building program and three new high schools. Willis, 54, has served since 1973 and previously held district and school leadership roles in Wagener and Aiken, with deep roots in the area and a family life centered in Wagener.
The closing session will be televised by NBC from 7:30 p.m. to end. CBS carries coverage from 8 p.m. ABC broadcasts 7:30 to 8 p.m. then 8 to 9 p.m. with 20 20 and convention news breaks as warranted. Local news or World News Tonight may be delayed if events require.
Several women in a two hour make up class yesterday stripped away all cosmetics and proposed a contract to keep their bare faces secret. Fifteen smiles approve as they imagine a day with a cool porch spot and unlikely harmony between rivals.
Classifieds and notices lead the page with comics and community calendar items. Dear Abby Erma Bombeck columns and obituaries appear alongside local business and sports briefs. Television listings and weather wrap the issue.
Grady C. Shumate announces retirement as golf director and co owner of Midland Valley Country Club effective Oct 1 after 6 years second half ownership sold to Purvis Ferree and his son Jimmy of Winston Salem NC Shumate plans lifetime PGA membership and may pursue non golf opportunities Ferree says Jimmy will assume duties and no major changes planned Midland Valley founders O White and H Bland previously involved with club history noted prior leadership roles and awards.
President Carter moves to solidify support for a fall re election bid after Sen Edward Kennedy endorses him and pledges to back Carter. The Democratic convention nears completion with Mondale renomination and party unity on center stage despite lingering rifts as Kennedy signals unity.
New York South Carolina delegates cast 37 votes for President Carter early today in a near unanimous show of support for renomination. The final tally was 2129 for Carter 1146.5 for Kennedy and 53.5 for others with 93 votes shy of the nominating threshold. Gov. Dick Riley praised the unity as crucial to the result.
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