Trial Begins In Savannah For Aiken Exerci ser Death
Michael Charles Caffo 30 goes on trial in Savannah General Sessions Court charged with the March 25 1979 strangulation murder of Leslie Bower 29 of Kentucky. Jury selection starts as prosecutors seek to prove abduction and homicide in Savannah creek death.
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Aiken
Ms. Bower
Kentucky
Savannah
Caffe
Gene Carpenter
Grace Avenue
U.S. 17
Chatham County
Bower
Michael Gardner
Alex Bower
the Blood-Horse
Jessamine County
Drug Probe Claims 22nd Arrest in Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety reports its 22nd arrest in a drug trafficking probe as Wallace Hayes, 27, is charged with sale and distribution of a controlled substance. The force aims for about 30 arrests, noting most suspects are not yet tried and some released on bond.
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Aiken
Wallace Hayes
Durham Avenue
Hayes
J. Carrol Busbee
ADPS
Busbee
William C. Clyburn
Aiken Elementary
Clyburn
Poland Strikes Persist as Purge Promises Quietly Seen
In Poland, more than 150000 workers along the Baltic coast continue walkouts despite a government purge. Lech Badkowski and Leszek Walesa speak for the strikers while Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Jagielski and Premier Edward Gierek negotiate.
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Gdansk
Poland
Baltic
Lech Badkowski
Mieczyslaw Jagielski
Jagielski
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Edward Babiuch
Lenin
Inside Today Aiken County Today Highlights
Classifieds and comics fill the page alongside a community calendar and varying local spots. Dear Abby and Erma Bombeck columns offer domestic hints and humor while editorials and obituaries reflect community life and notable locals. Sports and television listings round out the issue.
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Aiken County
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Aiken
Candidates split on party platforms amid ERA controversy
The piece notes at a party convention that candidates need not fully back the platform. Rep. Derrick opposes some planks and supports the ERA, while Republican rival Marshall Parker insists the platform must be followed. Hollings and Mays express reservations on nuclear power and the 12 billion jobs program.
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Butler C. Derrick
D-S.c
Derrick
Harry Truman
Marshall Parker
Seneca
Wayne Adams
Ronald Reagan
Adams
Ernest F. Hollings
Mike Fernandez
Hollings
Kennedy
Carter
Senate
Marshall Mays
Greenwood
Reagan
Mays
Courthouse Annex Plan Faces Doubt in Aiken County
Aiken County officials reviewed a two month planning effort for a three story courthouse annex but support wavers. Council members Homer L. McGee and Walter C. Guy Jr. questioned the plan while Sue H. Roe denied involvement.
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Aiken County
Medwell Hill
Billie K. Trapp
Homer L. McGee
Walter C. Guy Jr
McGee
Guy
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Madison
Jozef Pinkowski
Communist Party Secretariat
Stefan Olszowski
Olszowski
East Berlin
Warsaw
Gierek
New Commission
Miecysiew Jagielski
Central
Lenin Shipyard
Babiuch
Jan Szydlak
Tadeusz Pyka
Aiken County Council
Parker
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