Labor Day Closures Across Aiken City and County
Aiken city and county offices will close Monday for Labor Day along with North Augusta city offices and sanitation. Trash collection shifts. Monday routes move to Tuesday and Tuesday routes to Wednesday with normal service resuming Thursday. Banks post offices and the Aiken Standard hours also note closures and a Tuesday reopen.
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Aiken
North Augusta
Savings and Loans
Signal Tower Planned For County Complex
A 400 foot television tower to be built behind the Aiken County Office Complex will boost emergency services communications and instructional broadcasting. Approved by the county council the tower will be built by the South Carolina Educational Television Center on county land near Richland Avenue with a $2 annual lease. It will serve USC Aiken Aiken County public schools Aiken Community Hospital Aiken Technical College and law enforcement agencies. Construction starts in December.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Council
South Carolina Educational Television Center
Columbia
Richland Avenue
USC Aiken
Aiken County Public Schools
Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken Technical College
North Augusta breakfast agenda packed with fundraising plea
Kelly Zier rushed through the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce breakfast noting a crowded agenda and urging attendees to donate after the auction. He praised an artist hired to draw Hampton Terrace Hotel and claimed study abroad in England France the Netherlands and other places like Chicago and Washington.
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Chicago
O’hare International
O’hare
Don Brooks
Brooks Pharmacy
Rosemont
Kelly Zier
North Augusta
United States
Hampton Terrace
England
France
Netherlands
Washington, D.C
Shuttle Crew Launches Leasat and Sparking Satellite Rollout
Discovery lifts from Cape Canaveral marking America's third shuttle debut after three postponements. The mission deploys Leasat and other satellites using a spin table ejection while NASA tests solar panels and a hormone-producing experiment aboard. Crew members Hawley Mullane Hartsfield Coats Resnik Walker engage in multiple plans for military and commercial satellite delivery and future space hardware. The launch follows a weeks-long delay caused by an off-shore plane sighting and FAA action.
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Hughes Communications Services
Whammo Corp
Whammo
Hughes
Navy
Leasat
Discovery
Cape Canaveral
America
Business Systems
Mission Control
Steve Hawley
Hawley
Richard Mullane
NASA
John Cox
At&t
Seasat
Judy Resnik
Charles Walker
Earth
Walker
McDonnell Douglas Corp
McDonnell Douglas
Johnson & Johns
Henry Hartsfield
Prc
Michael Coats
Discovery Soares
Air Force
Federal Aviation Administration
Jacksonville
Fla
Removal Of Second Locks Won't Hurt Jail Security
Southeastern Control Systems plans removing its second set of jail door locks in Aiken County Jail. County officials say the firm may take its property, as only one set remains after mutual contract changes. county may owe fees of about $7,311.15, not the $17,000 sought.
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Southeastern Control Systems Inc
Aiken
Scott Barnes
Robert Bell
Southeastern
Barnes
Ralph Gunnells
Aiken County
Bell
Textile groups clash as July imports smash records
American textile groups condemn a record July import total of over 1 billion square yards while retailers sue to block new county of origin rules set to take effect next week. Regulators argue the measures curb illegal shipments though retailers warn of impact on Christmas sales and jobs.
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Washington
Commerce Department
E. C. Gwaltney
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
International Trade Committee
Butler C. Derrick
D-S.c
Reagen
Derrick
U.S. Court of International Trade
New York
Retail Industry Trade Action Coalition
Coalition
Commerce, Customs and Treasurery
China
Hong Kong
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
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