Langley Woman Granted 37 320 In Brown Lung Claim
Clara B. Lewis of Langley receives 37 320 in workers compensation from Graniteville Company for byssinosis after 45 years in the mills. The award includes life medical expenses and was ordered by Commissioner Harold Trask on August 12. Graniteville may appeal.
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Langley
Clara B. Lewis
Graniteville Company
Harold Trask
S.C. Industrial Commission
Graniteville
Robert M. Bell
Lewis
E. Phillip Smith
Jury Chosen In Exerciser's Murder Trial
In Savannah AP report a six men six women jury was selected in Chatham Superior Court for the murder trial of Michael Charles Caffe. He faces murder for the strangulation death of 29 year old Leslie Bower an Aiken horse exerciser last seen March 25 and found in Salt Creek River March 31. The state has waived the death penalty and the trial is expected to continue through the week.
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Savannah
Chatham Superior Court
Michael Charles Caffe
Aiken
Leslie Bower
Salt Creek River
Caffo
Chatham County
L.T. Caffo
Ms. Bower
DeSoto
U.S. 17
Kentucky
W.C
Mike) Freeman
Aiken News Highlights Local Gratitude Tributes and Notable Guests
In Aiken community notes George and Betty Bigham host yearly Ohio guests who sent seven diminishing brass spittoons as thanks. Vera Kinney preserves a family christening dress from 1870. Archie Jordan, son of J T Jordan, impressed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville with a crowd that included Larry Hagman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Betty Bigham
Aiken
Bighams
Ohio
Vera Kinney
John E. Riggs
Charleston
Mrs. Kinney
Aikenite
J.T. Jordan
Archie
B.J. Thomas
Grand Ol’ Opry
Nashville Shrine
Larry Hagman
J.R. Ewing
Villian We
Galardi Enters County Sheriff Race On Petition Route
Frank T. Galardi former crime prevention officer for the Aiken County Sheriff's Department has secured enough petition signatures to appear on the November ballot for sheriff. He opposes Democrat W Ralph Gunnells and Republican Carrol G Heath and says he aims to run as a petition candidate with about $8000 pledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Galardi
Aiken County
Galardi
Heath
Sheriff’s Department
Sherriff
Paul D. Grant
Grant
Department
Sheriff's Department
Polish Workers Resume Talks After Regime Concession
Poles in Gdansk resume negotiations with the government as the regime restores telephone service and promises partial media access. Trade unions face leadership changes while strikers demand free trade unionism and press for big gains at Lenin Shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gdansk
Poland
Central Council of Trade Unions
Warsaw
Jan Szydlak
Trade Union Council
Lech Radkowski
Inter-Factory
Anna Valentinovic
Leszek Walesa
Baltic
Lenin
Central Committee
Mieczyslaw Jagielski
Jagielski
Aiken County CETA Office Praised as Model Program
Aiken County's Comprehensive Employment and Training Act office, led by A. Gilford Trapp since 1975, is named a state model for other counties. The office handles placing workers across social agencies, county departments, municipalities, and the school district, with contracts peaking at 3.2 million in 1977 and easing to 1.4 million projected this year.
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Aiken County
CETA
A. Gilford Trapp
State Department of Labor
Trapp
Aiken County Ceta
Aiken County CETA Workers Bolster Family Court
Sue H. Roe, clerk of court, reports that Aiken County Family Court staff includes former or current CETA workers. She has absorbed ten slots into payroll and seeks a fourth, noting training takes time and supervision is key. Workers handle nearly $1 million in support payments and are bonded, with careful selection and high performance expected.
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Aiken County
Family Court
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Sue H. Roe
Roe
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Exerciser
Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Frank Galardi
Grand View
Grandview
Hampton
State
Gilford Trapp County
Aiken Family Court
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