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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1978
Page
2
Data show unemployment fell to 5.3 percent with Black teens at 36.2 percent. Average weeks jobless dropped from 7 to 5.5, while total employment rose by 3.3 million to 95.7 million. Production workers earned $5.87 an hour. weekly pay $210.15. Carter faces mixed outlook as Bosworth cautions may worsen.
The Aiken City Council will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building council chamber on Park Avenue. The meeting is open to the public.
Instructions specify that all advance payments must be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
Frost warnings give way to warmth as December records fall then turn cooler. Tonight's low near mid 60s and Saturday highs around low 70s, with a 50 percent rain chance tonight and 60 percent Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible, then generally fair with cold nights and cool days.
Donations totaling 1309.48 support the Aiken Jaycees Christmas Shopping Tour scheduled for 9 a.m. December 16 at Big E Edwards store Mitchell Shopping Center. Eighty underprivileged children will be guided through the store to select clothes and toys before a party at the Jaycee Hut.
Obituaries detail multiple funeral services across Saluda Warrenville Wagener and Columbia for Mag gie Ella Hall McCary Albert D. Sanders Edna Szymanska Dyer Emanuel Funches Bessie Terry Filyan James Judson Salley Herman Sipes Gladys Pugh Hazzard Mabelle Hydrick Kirkland Henry Louis Bonnett and related survivors. Services set at Faith Temple St Mary Help of Christians Couchton Baptist Jones Chapel Pauline Church and Chalk Hill Baptist with burial in various local cemeteries. Survivors include numerous sons daughters siblings and grandchildren with notes on former residences and church affiliations.
Major fires in Aiken County over 24 hours killed two men in Wagener and damaged homes in New Ellenton and Aiken. The Wagener blaze claimed James J. Salley and Henry C. Bonnett, with $10,000 home value. Duches and Ratliff houses suffered heavy damage from grease and unknown causes. Police also reported an early morning wreck on Whiskey Road causing outages, two armed robberies at Masters' Social Club and Foxe's Adult Book store, plus thefts in North Augusta and Pine Log Road. Authorities investigated all incidents, with SLED and sheriff's officials involved in the Wagener fire.
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