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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1982
Page
1
Three artists will be honored at a Sunday reception from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. Ruby Wilson Lynell Widener and Anne Lattimore present polo scene paintings in an exhibit running until Friday April 30 with 15 percent of sales donated to the Hall of Fame.
Deputies seek two black men in gray stocking masks who forced entry at about 3 30 p m yesterday on Route 2. One man held a shotgun on a husband wife and a visitor while the other searched them. They took 100 dollars from a shirt pocket and about 20 dollars from the husband’s pants pocket.
A troublesome young man takes a date to a dinner with wine and attentive service. The following afternoon he visits his neighbor seeking a haircut from the neighbor’s girlfriend who also happens to be the previous waitress.
FMC Corp wins a 291.3 million contract to build aluminum parts for Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The Aiken Ordnance Division will open mid 1982 in the Aiken-Verenes Industrial Park employing about 40 workers initially, with potential growth to 450 or more.
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in the Producer Price Index for finished goods in January with overall wholesale inflation at a 5.3 percent annual rate. Food prices jumped 1.1 percent led by pork shortages, while energy costs fell 0.9 percent in January.
President Reagan says he will give Congress running room on the 1983 budget but will not cut defense spending or raise taxes. House and Senate leaders press him to cut deficits as they warn a near 100 billion shortfall could stall the plan. Laxalt urges reducing deficits to lower interest rates, while Reagan defends the budget.
Billy Mac Smith 33 of Alabama was arrested by North Augusta Public Safety for littering and conspiracy in a $5,000 flimflam. A black female accomplice is sought. Smith faces conspiracy charges and extradition requests, with needles found on him and evidence referred to state police.
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