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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1990
Page
1
Aiken Standard announces a back to school feature edition on Thursday offering advice to ease reentry into the school year. Continued coverage of Aiken County school bus routes will appear on page 5A.
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of scattered rain are forecast for the area. Weather officials urge residents to carry umbrellas and stay prepared for brief showers across the afternoon and evening on the eighth page report.
Regina Elizabeth Guy, 25, weighing 367 pounds and 5 feet 6 inches, challenges the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration over a proposed revocation. Police say her girth blocks safe sitting behind the wheel. she cites the incident from July when driving a friend’s car with expired tags and a pending hearing.
Deaths of Augusta Clarence E. Johnson Neeses Trailer LaBord Augusta Dorothy O Sikes August Edward Wallace Vaucluse Fannie Wolfe Sparta Ga details on page 8A
Circuit Judge Hubert E. Long ordered B&S Grocery known as Burgess Store on U.S. 1 in Monetta closed under the state nuisance statute for ongoing liquor law violations. The ruling bars owner Nancy K. Burgess from selling or leasing the property without county approval as residents are deemed to have a right to peaceful community life.
A second Iraqi freighter was blocked from loading supplies at a Persian Gulf port amid a U.S.-led economic quarantine on Iraq. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates halted the freighter Al-Abid from entering Dubai to load for Iraq while Jordan reportedly kept an Iraqi oil pipeline open. A mine alert was posted in a central gulf channel where the ship was seen Monday. President Bush cut his Maine vacation to return to Washington for gulf crisis talks and a Pentagon briefing on the Iraq confrontation with Saddam Hussein.
Aiken City Council approved a second reading to raise water and sewer charges, lifting revenues 12 percent to fund an $8.6 million bond issue for Shaw's Creek treatment plant. The higher rates affect heavy users, with a new scale from 14 to 97 cents per 100 cubic feet, effective Oct. 1, while small users see no impact. Homeowners will get a $20 rebate, renters about $0.? in refunds, and a deposit requirement is eliminated. Continuous usage above 1000 cubic feet triggers the higher rate. county residents pay double city rates. The plan includes increased storage for peak demand after recent drought relief.
Aiken County Council Administrative Committee plans to study possible alternative sites for a county museum before a final Banksia disposition. The 6 p.m. meeting at the County Council building will review nine items including the budget for the Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center and library board financing.
The Aiken Standard runs an ugly tie contest with $100 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third plus four new ties each. Entries due by 5 pm today August 14, judged on ugliness, winners announced August 19, no Standard staff or families eligible.
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