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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1987
Page
15
A Hickory Corner clerk reported about 200 in one dollar bills missing from a bank bag under a store counter while she was in the restroom. A possible suspect fled in a vehicle as the incident unfolded Thursday night.
A car struck a stopped school bus near Lower Richland High School injuring 13 of 58 children from Horrell Hill Elementary. The driver Carl Robert Brucker of Marietta Georgia was charged with driving too fast for conditions. bus driver Cathedra Rose, 37, followed traffic laws.
Kershaw Mayor Hugh Floyd says he has dropped an investigation into Police Chief Danny Williams. He calls complaints of favoritism toward residents hearsay and states the incident is closed. Floyd praises Williams as doing a good job and says the town backs him.
Mary Sue Brown reported $30,000 cash missing from her Conway home. Police say the money was kept in a duffle bag under a bed, part of a larger $50,000 she had withdrawn from a friend's safe five days earlier. Captain Buddy Fowler led the investigation.
St James Lutheran Church in Graniteville rented a Bryan Drive building for 10 a year and offered space to the Valley Ministerial Alliance Emergency Food Pantry and an Area Agency on Aging nutrition program. The facility houses the pantry, senior meals, and clothing closet with volunteers handling sorting and distribution for about 30 to 40 families monthly.
A referendum in Richmond County raises the local option sales tax to 5 percent for four years, aligning Georgia totals with South Carolina. Local business leaders expect mixed impact on Aiken County shoppers, with some noting small purchases aren’t influenced while larger buys could shift spending to Georgia. Purchases by Du Pont agents at the Savannah River Plant remain exempt from local taxes.
The Economic Enterprise Institute at USC Aiken plans a quality of life study for Aiken County. The project is in planning with a questionnaire under development. Dennis Rogers, EEI director, says results will be made public when completed.
Mary L. Brown of the VA Medical Centers in Augusta outlines national and local sickle cell facts and schedules public education programs across CSRA. She explains inheritance patterns, symptoms, and treatment, including prenatal diagnosis and transfusion when crises occur.
NIH Sickle Cell Disease branch studied 215 infants ages 3 to 36 months, giving 105 penicillin 125 mg daily and 110 placebo for 15 months. Penicillin reduced infections to two vs three in placebo, with three deaths all in the placebo group. Researchers urge penicillin start in young sickle cell patients unless allergic.
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