Tiger Search Begins In Lexington County
A woman reported seeing a big cat behind a mobile home north of Pelion Airport. Two tiger experts inspected paw prints and estimated the animal as a 10 month old tiger weighing 300 to 500 pounds. Authorities checked Riverbanks Zoo and licensed tiger handlers but found no missing animals.
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Pelion
Lexington County
James R. Metts
Bob Ford
Sheriff's Department
Metts
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia
Midlands
Cotton Prices Escalate and Outlook Bright in SC
Greenville reports rising cotton prices with contracts near 75 cents per pound, triple last year's level. Land under cotton in South Carolina grew 20 percent since 1984, reaching about 125,000 acres in 1987, aided by demand for natural fibers and boll weevil eradication efforts.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Loyd
Weather forecast cools as school opens with mild heat
Officials predict a cooler start to the new school term with a high in the mid 80s and partly cloudy skies. A 20 percent chance of thundershowers is forecast tomorrow while tonight stays fair with a low in the upper 60s.
List of deaths in five South Carolina towns
Obituaries notice lists ten individuals aged varied who died in Augusta Ben Hill Aiken Belvedere Graniteville Warrenville and Augusta communities including Ralph Davis Nellie Jackson Kenneth Hood Stevie Seymour Jr. and Charlie Toole with no further biographical details provided.
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Ralph Davis
Augusta
Herman Dicks
Aiken
Kenneth S. Hood
Belvedere
Nellie Jackson
Graniteville
Alice Martin
Bennie O. Riley
Stevie H. Seymour Jr
J. Gordon Sumerau
Ernest L. Tolbert
Charles W. Toole
Warrenville
Bridgeton Heads Through Hormuz in Gulf Convoy Escort
Three reflagged Kuwaiti tankers join Bridgeton in the Persian Gulf escorted by U S warships as the mine damaged su pertanker advances through the Strait of Hormuz. The Guadalcanal and Hawes repelled an Iranian gunboat and warned two approaching dhows, while the convoy moves with Kidd and Crommelin nearby.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
U.S
Strait of Hormuz
Guadalcanal
Hawes
Pentagon
Gulf
Strait of
Hormuz
Bridgeton
Marine to Be Sentenced Today in Espionage Case
Sgt. Clayton Lonetree faces possible life in prison after a 13-count court martial for passing secrets to the Soviet Union. Defense claims judge railroaded him and will seek reversal rather than leniency. Lonetree, 25, from St. Paul, alleged to have provided CIA agent identities and embassy floor plans to the KGB through a Soviet translator.
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Quantico
Clayton Lonetree
Michael Stuhff
Soviet Union
Stuhff
Lonetree
St. Paul, Minn
KGB
CIA
U.S
Moscow
Vienna
Violetta Sanni
Staiff
William Kunstler
Sgt
Quantico Marine Base
U. S
Aiken County Students Return To School On Busy First Day
The district reports a smooth start with buses on regular routes and limited first day issues. Enrollment expectations indicate growth from last year with official sixth day counts pending and USC Aiken also welcoming new and returning students.
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Aiken County
Owen Clary
Clary
J.H. Lawton
Aiken
North Aiken
Madge Phillips
Renee Moseley
U.S. Incomes Rise Modest .4 Percent
The Commerce Department reports July personal income up 0.4 percent, while consumer spending increases 0.9 percent for a second straight month. Durable nondurable goods and services show varying gains, with savings dipping to 2.8 percent of disposable income.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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Dear Abby
Lewis Grizzard
Kidd
Crommelin
Marine
Navy
Philip F. Roberts
Filephoto
North Augusta High School
Jospeh R. Brooks
USC Aiken
Jerry Norton
Norton
Lynne Katonak
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