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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1981
Page
3
Aiken Department of Public Safety logged two battery thefts and one vandalized car. Batteries worth 45 dollars each were stolen from a truck behind Coca Cola at 621 York St and from a car at 139 Harry St. A punch of glass damaged a car at 655 Morton St with a purse missing from another vehicle.
The East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency Board of Directors will meet Monday January 11 at 6 pm in the Second Floor Civic Room of the Georgia Railroad Bank Building at the corner of Seventh and Broad streets in Augusta.
The Aiken Standard notes a correction naming Kenny Williams as the man who saved the pet dog from the fire at Sue Roe’s home last weekend. The paper apologizes for the earlier error.
Washington AP reports U.S. action limits about 300 million dollars in annual high tech exports to the Soviet Union after Poland crackdown. Caterpillar Tractor Co of Peoria loses a planned 90 million pipelayer sale. a 100 pipelayers sale already delivered stands. Company furloughed 1,400 workers amid weak equipment sales.
A 12 year old in Aiken County is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill in the shooting of his father William Leon Bolden 45 of Windsor who was shot in the head with a .22 rifle after a domestic argument Bolden remains in critical but stable condition at University Hospital. The youth is held in juvenile detention in North Augusta. Earlier another case saw a 15 year old girl charged with killing her father Dempsey L Morris after a dispute. authorities say the shooting followed an attempt to shoot his wife.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce votes 2 percent room tax with 25 percent earmarked for tourism promotion. President Bill Hennecy says the referendum does not imply active lobbying in the General Assembly. Members rejected the local option accommodations tax bill before the Assembly.
The paper will close at noon tomorrow and on New Year’s Day. Newsroom deadlines are earlier on both days. Display ad deadline for the Jan 5 edition is tomorrow at 11 am. Classified ad deadline for Monday’s paper is tomorrow at 10 am.
Aiken County and Aiken City offices, and North Augusta officials, close for New Year’s Day. Public Works and library hours adjust with closures. Postal service observes holiday but mail delivery resumes Saturday Jan 2. Regular schedules resume Jan 4.
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