Paver Fined for Late Work On Rural Highway Contract
An Augusta road builder with a major highway contract in Aiken County is 17 days past deadline and faces a daily fine of 70 dollars per calendar day from July 31 until completion. Southern Roadbuilders Inc. is working on just over three miles of paving at New Ellenton Wagener Graniteville and Center Community with completion expected early next week.
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Augusta
Highway Department
Aiken County
Cole Page
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Southern Roadbuilders Inc
Page
Southern Roadbuilders
New Ellenton
Wagener
Graniteville
Center Community
Have You Heard A Sticky Sandal and Summer Picnic Tales
Evelyn Marshall in Trenton loses a sandal to hot asphalt on Richland Avenue. She abandons the melted flip flop and continues to work. Two Aiken families enjoy a Maine pre school vacation on Meg Jones island with lobster on the rocks. Ginnie Samsel jokes that peanut butter and jelly beats the trip. Harry Spires prizes a frozen eight pound nine ounce bass sent to Alabama for mounting. The busline’s $75 go anywhere offer may explain the delayed fish arrival.
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Evelyn Marshall
Trenton
Richland Avenue
Evelyn
Jim Samsel
John Jones
Maine
Meg Jones
Ginnie Samsel
Harry Spires
Alaneat
Harry
Alabama
Inside Today Keeping Cool Takes A Little Ingenuity
A concise feature notes simple clever ideas to stay cool in heat. It surveys practical tricks and household tips to beat rising temperatures with everyday items and smart planning.
Weather Update Forecast Mild Rain Chance 10 Percent
Forecast calls for mostly fair conditions tonight and Friday with a minimal 10 percent chance of thunderstorms. Warm temperatures continue with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the lower 70s through tonight and tomorrow.
Senate Finance Committee weighs Carter tax plan
The Carter administration seeks Senate approval for a tax cut bill after a House defeat. Treasury Secretary Blumenthal testifies as the Finance Committee hints at changes favoring corporations to avoid a presidential veto before the elections. The House bill would cut about 16.3 billion, with gains tilted to upper incomes and a capital gains tax cut eroding the minimum tax.
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Washington
Carter
House
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Senate
SRP Expansion Backed in Senate to Press for 1980 Funding
In Washington, Senator Strom Thurmond urged allies to push the Carter administration for a $2 billion SRP expansion in the 1980 budget. The plan spans a decade, creates about 5,550 jobs, inclining 5,000 construction roles, and centers on a waste solidification facility.
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Washington
Senate
Science, Technology, Space and Transportation
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
Carter Administration
SRP
Thurmond
James B. Edwards
Telethon Aiken Opens Pledge Center For Jerry Lewis Event
Aiken hosts its first satellite Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon pledge center with the Aiken B and PW Club and WAKN WNEZ. Live on the Laurens Street studio lawn with local acts while volunteers take pledges inside. Michael Koon, the CSRA muscular dystrophy poster child, will attend.
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Aiken
Jerry Lewis
Aiken Business and Professional Women's Club
South Carolina
Wakn-Wnez
Aiken B & PW
Augusta Area
Wrdw-Tv
North Augusta
Aiken Center
Laurens Street
Michael Koon
CSRA
Shrine Clowns
B & PW
Virginia J
Sebie) Lybrand
Ann H. Taylor
Greendale Not Ready for Full Opening on Tuesday
Greendale Elementary will not be ready for full occupancy at the start of the school year. Kindergarten through second grade will attend Greendale on Tuesday, while third through fifth grades return to Talatha-Hawthorne. Sixth graders will report to New Ellenton Junior High as planned.
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Greendale
Aiken County
Talatha-Hawthorne
New Ellenton Junior High
Randy Davidson
Dis
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Charles Law
Department
Richard Nixon
Pat
Tricia Cox
San Clemente
Calif
General Hospital
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Jenny
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Blumenthal
U.S. Senate
Allied General Nuclear Services
AGNS
David Peek
Congress
Peek
Department of Energy
DOE
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