31 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1977
Page
1
Carter urged a just solution protecting human rights and governance with broad acceptance. British and Irish governments welcomed the appeal while Protestant leaders dismissed it. He called on Americans to avoid aiding guerrillas and promised support for investments if peace returns.
Panama Canal Company expects Alaska North Slope oil to travel via the canal to refineries in Houston Baton Rouge and other ports at about 200 000 barrels daily. Canal planners call this an interim arrangement and foresee pipelines becoming more economical with Alaska to Midwest options and a gas pipeline conversion proposal tied up with environmental groups in California.
American diplomat Lyle Lane arrives in Havana to head the U S Interest Section restoring formal ties after 16 years. Lane and aides plan to visit the former Chancery as the mission will operate from the building with a Swiss flag displayed outside.
USC Aiken faces crowding as 1500 students occupy a building designed for 600. Dean James F. Kauffman calls conditions sardine like with heat. Officials say relief is forthcoming and reference USC A page 134 for details.
German visitors Dr. Reinhard Krobel and Gunter Baumgartel say Carter’s April 7 moratorium on reprocessing frees Europe to pursue its own nuclear technology. They discussed impacts at a Barnwell AGNS plant visit and at Houndslake Country Club with AGNS officials.
The 18 page edition features photos and stories on all eight Aiken County high school teams. It includes player and coach interviews, coverage of South Carolina and Clemson, and a junior high roundup.
Aiken area weather outlook shows mostly sunny hot conditions with a chance of scattered thundershowers. Tonight's rain probability 20 percent, tomorrow 10 percent, and highs near 90 with overnight lows around 70. The extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Friday through Sunday.
At a Laurens Street restaurant Louis Alvanos is dubbed Colonel Grits after a playful local nickname. In other city events Mark Beaumont says coed volleyball outfits require only tennis shoes. Cancer Society banquet sees Alan George admit uncertainty about presenting awards as Larry Andrews leaves the podium with awkward confusion.
Hurricane Anita moved slowly west in the Gulf of Mexico about 300 miles from New Orleans with 90 mph winds. Forecasters warned of high tides and rising waters as the storm tracked toward Texas, with gale winds spanning 30 miles east and 100 miles west.
Aiken County school leaders met in executive session to refine priorities in the district building program. A $13 million bond approved by voters last November will not fully fund the proposed plan, says Emilie Towler chairwoman of the Board of Education. No decisions were reported and she declined further comment.
About 4,500 offshore workers were moved inland on Tuesday while 10,000 vulnerable points along 430 miles of coast were evacuated. Hurricane watch stretched from Vermilion Bay in Louisiana to the Mexican border as rigs and platforms were secured. Emergency valves were shut on thousands of wells halting roughly 500,000 barrels of oil daily and millions of cubic feet of gas. Thousands of residents fled inland including 6,000 from Ca me Parish after memories of a 20 year old strike.
County officials estimate a 62000 cost to redraw precinct lines if approved by the U S Department of Justice. At a council meeting Eugene England and Joan Blackwell outlined ballpark figures including state computer use five full time board members eight months and postage for project materials.
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