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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1987
Page
10
A weather summary outlines showers and thunderstorms exiting by late afternoon with clearing skies and mid 30s tonight. Tomorrow brings sunny cold conditions with highs in the mid range. The extended period remains sunny and cool with 40s to 50s and 20s overnight across mountains Midlands coast and beaches with variable wind.
Aiken County General Sessions Court Monday heard driving under the influence pleas with sentences ranging from six months to four years plus fines and probation. Other charges include driving under suspension shoplifting unlawful possession of a pistol forgery armed robbery receiving stolen goods and causing bodily injury while driving under the influence with various terms of imprisonment fines and probation for each defendant.
The U S Department of Labor reports South Carolina average pay in 1986 at 16600 dollars, about 3300 below the national average. Two counties exceed the state average while Jasper and Saluda sit lowest. Williamsburg shows the sharpest county gain driven by manufacturing job growth.
A multi town obituary list notes funeral services for Annie Ball Wessels Pearline Evans Tommy Reddish Bernice Perry Bruce Barron Ester Byrd Ethel Norryce George Wiggins and Edwin Metcalf. Services occur today and tomorrow across Cumberland A M E Samaria Baptist Coleman Ridge Baptist Windsor First Baptist Langley Trinity area churches with burial plans in Pine Lawn Sunset Memory Gardens Old Silver Brook and Greenfield cemeteries.
Death notices and funeral details for Mr. Patrick V Murphy Mr Edwin T Metcalf Mr Jimmie Carroll Deans II Mr Bernice Dean Perry and Mr William C Johnston Sr are listed with ages addresses service times and burial plans in Aiken Langley Bath and Hempstead areas. Memorials request contributions to the American Heart Association and multiple services are noted at George Funeral Home Poseys Funeral Home and Langley First Baptist Church.
Dorothy Padgett McGuire died Sunday and funeral services are set for 2 p.m. at Elliott Sons Funeral Home on Telfair Street with Rev. Pat Padgett officiating. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. in Eastview Cemetery, Edgefield. She resided at 1510 Luke Street.
U.S. News and World Report admits a reporting error in labeling Gov. Carroll Campbell among top performances. The Dec 21 issue praised him for pre school education which his office says he did not initiate. The magazine intends to honor him as a freshman governor and Republican figure in Southern politics.
An obituary note records the death of Mary Azalee Key Sermons on a Wednesday at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. The brief item lists her as a local resident with no additional biographical details provided in the readable text.
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