18 Aug 1983
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1983
Page
1
Hurricane Alicia lashed Galveston with 115 mph winds and 12 foot tides, flooding hundreds of homes and cutting power to the city of 60,000. Nine tornadoes touched inland as devastation spread toward Houston. one elderly Houston woman died when a tree fell on her house.
Attorney for Willcox Hotel owner Joseph M. Eways asks the Circuit Court in Aiken for an extension to present renovation plans after Judge Rodney A. Peeples set a 5 p.m. deadline. The city seeks demolition for fire and safety hazards. an extension would push back the threat of demolition as architects await approval and funding details.
Aiken County Council approved an ordinance to refund up to 320000 in taxes paid to the defunct Belvedere Water and Sewer District. The measure details procedures for refunds while excluding legal costs and related debts. exact amounts await final calculations.
Medical overview notes that herpes viruses cause a severe initial outbreak followed by retreat into the nervous system. About two thirds of genital herpes sufferers experience recurrences, typically five or six times annually, though some victims vary in frequency.
Genital herpes recurs in some patients far more often than others with milder symptoms over time as the body adapts. Initial outbreaks last about 15 days, with recurrences healing in five to nine days. Acyclovir may shorten future episodes, though exact recurrence timing is unpredictable. About 80 percent experience prodromal itching or hot spots before lesions erupt, often in the same locations. The virus hides in sacral ganglia and reawakens to travel to the genital area, a process described by a medical writer as marching down nerve fibers. The name herpes reflects its creeping, on again off again nature.
Energy Secretary Hodel orders environmental studies on a proposed New Production Reactor at Idaho Falls. Gov Riley and AG Medlock say they will not lobby for SRP, while Thurmond and Derrick urge Savannah River site. Delays and lawsuits surround restart of L Reactor at SRP.
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