Valley Empty Stocking Fund Seeks Help for Needy Families
Families in Aiken County seek aid from the Valley Empty Stocking Fund with letters to chair Mary Etta Walker. A 12 year old girl in the 7th grade faces no job income and only 199 dollars monthly food stamps, while the family awaits AFDC. The fund offers food, clothing, and gifts or gift certificates to eligible children and directs contributors to three local post office boxes. Assistance is limited to the valley area near Vaucluse to Storm Branch and US 1.
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Aiken County
Mary Etta Walker
Valley Empty Stocking Fund
Department of Family and Children Services
AFDC
Valley Discount
Valley
P.O
Clearwater
Langley
Graniteville
Vaucluse
Storm Branch
U.S. 1
Salvation Army
Notable visitors at Aiken Training Track draw crowd
Angel Penna toured the track to inspect Phipps Stable thoroughbreds under Jack Willis. Thomas Mellon Evans of Buckland Farm plans a visit to Bert Murdock and Bramazon Farm yearlings with Millard A Waldheim, Anthony Basile, and Jim Alexander. A Rotary Club bumper sticker asks how to start the buck.
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Aiken
Angel Penna
Phipps Stable
Jack Willis
Buckland Farm
Thomas Mellon Evans
Ricky Thomas
Bert Murdock
Bramazon
Millard A. Waldheim
Anthony Basile
Jim Alexander
Washington Monument siege ends with Mayer death
Norman D. Mayer a 66 year old Miami Beach handyman held the Washington Monument hostage claiming TNT in his van demanding that media devote 51 percent to nuclear fear. Police opened fire as the van moved a short distance. Mayer was killed. Authorities noted no accomplice and sought dialogue with federal officers.
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Washington
White House
Norman D. Mayer
Washington Monument
Mayer
Miami Beach
Monument
Lynn Herring
U.S. Park
Associated Press
Tommorrow
Aubrey Mayer
Cheaper Pollution Plan Considered for Pine Crest Pond
A 1981 Baldwin and Cranston study proposes sand filter beds and chlorination at the Pine Crest oxidation pond as a less costly alternative to a 150000 pumping station plan. The estimate stands at 61042 dollars though officials doubt state approval and practicality.
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Pine Crest
North Augusta
Baldwin and Cranston Associates
Storm Branch Sewers Inc
Baldwin and Cranston
Don Hartwig
PSA Board
Belvedere Water and Sewer Commission
Engi
Neering Firm
Charles Martin
Soldiers Storm Capital in Lesotho Raid Kills Dozens
South African troops attacked Maseru in a pre dawn operation, killing at least 37 people. Officials say five women and two children died in cross fire as soldiers held the city for about an hour starting near 1 am local time.
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Maseru
Lesotho
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Washington, D.C
Norman Mayer
Aiken Rotary Club
Joseph Moore
Abby Erma Bombeck
Constitution Avenue
Carl
Fox
Carl Fox
Reagan
Nancy Reagan
Executive Mansion
Park Service
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Smithsonian
Smithsonian Station
Monument Area
Constitution
Independence Avenues
FBI
Park
William Thomas
N.A
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Martin
Aiken Standard
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