Aiken Celebrates 150th Anniversary with 1985 Festivities
Celebrations marked Aiken’s sesquicentennial in 1985 with ten days of events. Highlights included a historical pageant Hoofbeats Through History and a mammoth parade with 38 floats, five bands, 19 groups, 38 decorated cars, 13 horse entries, and 10 antique autos. A Gala Ball drew 375 attendees in period attire as 300 residents joined a mid‑19th century promenade.
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Aiken
U.S. Department of Energy
SRP
Hanford
Washington
NPR
U.S
Butler C. Derrick
Energy
Aiken 1985 Highlights Sesquicentennial to Mall Boom
Aiken marked its sesquicentennial in 1985 amid rapid growth. DOE announced a revised plan to build a new production reactor at Savannah River Plant and L-Reactor restarted after 17 years. The Aiken Mall was approved for construction along with Woodside Plantation development. USC Aiken hit 2000 enrollment and received a 170000 grant for humanities. Bath Mill closed and several plants restructured. Three local men were convicted in a 1984 murder, and local politics saw party switches on city council. New Ellenton and North Augusta mayors changed, while Willcox Inn reopened after renovations.
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Aiken
DOE
Savannah River
Aiken Mall
Woodside Plantation
SRP
Bath Mill
Aiken Standard
Darell J. Floyd
USC Aiken
New Ellenton
Herman Eugene Whitman Des
Nation of Hodel
NPR
U.S. District
Columbia
Department
Georgia Conservancy
Natural Resources Defense Council
Energy Research Foundation
South Carolina League of Women Voters
SAP
Allendale
Augusta
South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Conservation
U.S. House of Representatives
Defense
House
DWPF
Whiskey Road
Silver Bluff Road
Hitchcock Plaza
Pawnee Street
Centre South
Pine Log
Silver Bluff
Florida Steel
United Mechants Clearwater
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Willcox Inn
National Endowment For the Humanities
Darrell J. Floyd
Leonard Andrew Floyd
Gaineville
Wayne Lloyd Davis
West Columbia
Gene Wayne Plemons Jr
J. Michael Toole
Fay Hatcher
GOP
Herman Eugene Whitman
Thomas W. Greene
Mark A. Baynham
Sam Woodring
North Augusta
Reagan Dominated D.C. (Continued From Page 1A)
A historical overview of Ronald Reagan's first term highlights, from winning the presidency to reshaping U.S. policy. It notes the Iran hostage crisis ending in 1981, the shift to new federalism, major budget cuts, tax reform, and the expansion of defense programs. The piece also covers economic gains, unemployment lows, and rising deficits, plus Supreme Court battles ending with Justice O Connor.
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U.S
Teheran
Carter
California
Reagan
Congress
Strategic Defense Initiative
United States
America
Supreme Court
Robert Bork
Douglas Ginsburg
Harvard Law School
William Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Reagan Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’connor
Gipper
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Buddy Waller
Sanctuary Presbyterian Church
Abia
Rome
Nna
Anderso
TWA Jet
Wees
Mexico
Hille Lauro
D.C
Palmetto Federal
Woodside
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