Casper Led Coastal Carolina Path From Back Door Rise
Jeff Wallace reports on Casper, who helped turn the College of Charleston at Conway into Coastal Carolina and became its director in 1960. He moved to the Aiken campus after three years, witnessing rapid growth from a mansion setting to a brick and glass complex on University Parkway. Casper credits the community with supporting the university’s ascent over 16 years, noting USC Aiken’s early Harvard on the Hill nickname and the current flourishing program.
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College of Charleston
Conway
Coastal Carolina
Casper
Aiken
Usc-Aiken
Laurens Street
Harvard
University Parkway
William C. Casper
Elizabeth Harrington
Aiken High Grid Games Get New Parking Rules
Aiken Public Safety will implement uniform parking for Hagood Stadium football games this year. Vehicles enter via Teague Street until the home side lot fills, then traffic shifts to the opposite lots. Parents should drop children at the scoreboard end, circulate, and exit. pickup ends by 10 30 p.m. to save costs for the school board.
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Aiken Public Safety
Hagood Stadium
Teague Street
J.H. Lawton
Lawton
Two More Charged In Burning Case In Aiken County
Aiken County authorities charge Billy Hamilton and Judy Henson with accessory before the fact and conspiracy to defraud an insurance company in a Pontiac fire near Indian Springs Road on May 16 1978. Six warrants were issued for related defendants including Jeff Henson Jamie Heath and two Baughmans with bonds set at 10000 and 5000. Sheriff Grant noted no further personnel actions were planned and SLED will evaluate the deputy’s involvement.
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Aiken County
Jamie S. Heath
Wyman Alan Baughman
Ricky Baughman
Indian Springs Road
Vaucluse
Henson
Paul D. Grant
Grant
Jeff Henson
Heath
Baughman
Hamilton
James E. Perry
State Law Enforcement Division
Sylvia W. Westerdahl
Nichols
Neal M. Forney
Forney
State Supreme Court Administrative Office
SLED
Robert Turner
Turner
Officer Suspended For Week In Public Safety Incident
Aiken Public Safety officer Frank Howard, 28, was suspended for one week without pay and placed on probation after an internal investigation. The incident stemmed from disorderly conduct on August 18 in Augusta, per a statement from DPS Director J. Carrol Busbee.
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Aiken Public Safety
Frank Howard
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Safety
J. Carrol Busbee
Howard
Augusta
Children learn by example at Houndslake pool
A five year old girl scolded her mother for letting her three year old brother sit at the pool edge. She warned he would fall in and hit his head, suggesting she had heard such warnings before. The housewife remark about men and woman echoes the era’s gender attitudes.
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Houndslake
Shopping Stops Precede Bus Stops
A brief item notes shopping delays ahead of bus service changes. City officials reorganize routes following service reviews. The notice highlights impact on riders and local businesses as schedules adjust to new stop patterns.
Gas Pipe Break Halts Highway In Aiken
A back hoe struck a 10 inch natural gas line near S C 421 and Hitchcock Parkway causing a temporary highway closure. No injuries or property damage reported though gas was shut and power briefly interrupted. Work crew to replace the pipe while construction on the Horse Creek trunk line halted.
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S.C. 421
Hitchcock Parkway
Aiken
Horse Creek
Robert J. Mauney
Aiken County
Civil Defense
Joe Verant
Carolina Pipe Co
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By Jeff Wallace
Aiken High
Donna Carr
Kimberly Turok
B.E. Nichols
Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
J.D. Stevens Construction Co
Atlanta
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