North Augustan Jurors Return Guilty Verdict In Drug Case
In a swift verdict after under twenty minutes, Steward was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to 18 months. He claimed the prescription was for a friend and the judge expressed no sympathy for the defendant. Other defendants, Corder and Turman, were acquitted or found not guilty on related charges. Two cases were dropped as insufficient evidence. Court adjourned until February 13 term.
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Steward
Rodney A. Peeples
Second
Andrew Williams
Corder
Langley
Robert M. Bell Turman
Ronald L. Gunter
Aiken County
Second Circuit Tops in Efficiency Among SC Circuits
The Second Judicial Circuit comprising Aiken, Bamberg and Barnwell counties ranks first among South Carolina's 16 circuits for docket efficiency. A memo from the Court Administration Office shows 6,351 active pending criminal indictments as of Nov 20, 1977, with over 82 percent under one year old and 61 percent under six months. Civil indictments stand at 15,780 with more than 75 percent under one year. 51 percent under six months. The circuit leads with 90.1 percent of criminal cases and 92 percent of civil cases one year old or less. Public Library.
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Court Administration Office
Aiken
Bamberg
Barnwell
South Carolina Court Administration Office
Columbia
Clerk of Courts
Common Pleas
Church Leader Seeks Reversal of Social Security Tax Hikes
Senate Aging Committee chair Sen Frost Cours calls for overturning recent Social Security payroll tax increases. He argues the plan burdens low income workers and employers, urges offset via income tax revenues to fund Medicare hospital insurance rather than further raising payroll taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Frost Cours
Didebo
Conference On
Minneapolis
Carter
Church
New Holland Dam Drained By State Resource Commission
The state Land Resources Commission ordered the pond near New Holland drained after officials found a leaking dam risked damaging a county road. Murray Wood said the owner voluntarily drained the pond and no legal action was needed. The leak raised concerns amid a statewide dam inspection program launched after last fall’s Toccoa disaster.
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New Holland
State Land Resources Commission
Murray Wood
Wood
Toccoa
Amish children walk home along rural road near Intercourse
Three Amish children travel home from school along a long country road near Intercourse Pennsylvania in Lancaster County home to one of the nation’s oldest Amish settlements. The scene highlights rural Lancaster County life and regional traditions.
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Intercourse
Lancaster County
Weekend Pacers game features halftime antics
Coach Lew Perkins and wife Gwen will attend the USCA Pacers game Saturday night at 8 p.m. St Johns termites will perform in halftime against St Marys ter mites. The piece mixs local cheer and horoscopes with brief notes on public defender Harte and a soccer player David Sanders.
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Usca Pacers
St. John’s Termites
St. Mary's Termites
Pacers
Lew Perkins
Gwen
Sir Pieter Bisschop Dies in Aiken at 80
Sir Pieter Bisschop 80 longtime Holland America line official and Dutch consul to Virginia and North Carolina died at home in Aiken. Funeral at George Funeral Home with Dr. Law. Survived by son H. Peter Bisschop and brothers Laurens and Johannes. heart fund memorials requested.
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Pieter Bisschop
Juliana
Netherlands
Foxchase
George Funeral Home
John H. Law
Aiken Memorial Park
Amsterdam
Pieter
Holland- America Steamship Line
New York
Oranje-Nassau
Virginia
North Carolina
Sir Pieter
Atlantic
U.S
Holland- America
Culpep
Per
Aiken
Henrietta Hennick
Johannes
Marie Margaretha Rosbergen Bisschop
H. Peter Bisschop
Laurens Bisschop
Lancaster
Johannes Bisschop
The
Hague
Heart Fund
Youths Seen With Guns Linked To North Augusta Killing
North Augusta Public Safety said several youths were seen carrying rifles near Hubert H. Smith's home on West Martintown Road hours before he was shot on Monday evening. Investigators seek witnesses and say motive is unclear with accidental shooting not ruled out. Smith died at St. Joseph Hospital after the 6 20 p m incident. this marks the area’s third murder in four months.
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North Augusta
West Martintown Road
Hubert H. Smith
Smith
St. Joseph Hospital
Augusta
Department of Public Safety
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Drained By Resource Commission
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Anderson
Spartanburg
Corps of Engineers
St. Angela
Usc-Aiken
Hig
Mae Bowers
John W. Harte Jr
Harte
Public Defender
David Sanders
Aiken High
David
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