Telephone Workers Still Out Striking in Southern States
Local sections of the national strike against American Telephone and Telegraph leave 75 to 80 percent of Southern Bell employees idle. Steve Griffin of the Aiken office says separate local agreements are needed for Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Backlogs in installations and slower repair service persist, though some local calls remain unaffected.
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American Telephone and Telegraph
Steve Griffin
Aiken
Southern Bell
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Griffin
Train Strikes Again In South Carolina Route Mishaps
Amtrak Silver Meteor on the Miami to New York run struck a car at a Kenly crossing injuring its driver Walter Earl Blackmon Jr. The train had already derailed in Rowland and killed a 57 year old woman near Savannah as part of three incidents within six hours.
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Kenly
N.C
Amtrak
New York
Miami
Connie Conyers
Walter Earl Blackmon Jr
Henderson
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Savannah
Edgar F. Myers
SRP faces permit for thermal pollution as board rejects reclassification
SRP has discharged 175 degree cooling water into streams for 30 years. DHEC refused to reclassify the streams but will issue a permit with thermal mitigation studies. DOE and SRP plan discussions to improve cooling, with environmental protections and possible plant shutdown as a last resort.
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DHEC
James M. Gaver
DOE
South Carolina
SRP
Roger E. Davis
Reagan
Davis
Michael Lowe
Palmetto Alliance
Lowe
Richard P. Denise
U.S. Department of Energy
SAP
James A. Spruill Jr
Four Mile Creek
Gerald Raynard
Aiken County Hikes Delinquent Tax Penalty Under New System
Aiken County residents with unpaid 1982 property taxes must pay by Tuesday 5 p.m. or face a 25 percent penalty up from 20. The Chapter 51 collection system may lead to sales in September and auctions in October, with 18 months to reclaim after sale.
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Aiken County
Mildred Magness
W. Scott Barnes
Carrol H. Warner
Robert W. Paskel
Basil T. Brinkley Jr
Gov Riley seeks removal of SC from nuclear waste site list
Gov. Dick Riley wrote Energy Secretary Donald Hodel asking South Carolina be excluded from consideration for a permanent high level waste site. He cited Savannah River Plant near Barnwell storing about 30 million gallons with annual increases, and argued the state already bears more than its share of waste.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Energy
Donald Hodel
Riley
Hodel
Savannah River
Barnwell
SRP
Energy Department
Phil Garon
Garon
Mississippi
Louisiana
Nevada
Utah
Texas
Washington
Tomato plants tower over Curry backyard in Deerwood
Bernard Curry says his mother stands about five feet and the tomato plants reach 18 feet high in the Curry home on Deerwood Street. The piece notes a 35 mph speed limit sign on Whiskey Road near Rich Plaza. Aiken Public Safety patrols the area as residents discuss a sleep talking husband and his grinning habit.
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Ernest
Winifred Curry
Deerwood Street
Currys
Bernard
Curry
Whiskey Road
Rich Plaza
Aiken
South Carolina solicitors oppose court rule on docket timing
South Carolina solicitors united against Chief Justice J Woodrow Lewis over a Supreme Court rule that would force older criminal and domestic cases to be tried within 180 days and rearrange dockets to finish older cases first. They call the rule arbitrary and unconstitutional, and foresee a court clash with the chief justice, though no suit is yet announced.
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Columbia
South Carolina
J. Woodrow Lewis
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Lewis
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Tayna Spurlock
Dawn Hanak
Gloverville
Robin Glenn
Clemson Extension Service
Phil Jones
Gov. Riley
S.C
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