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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1981
Page
1
President Reagan says he still hopes to balance the federal budget in 1983 though White House economists privately concede that a 1983 balance is unlikely. Officials now signal 1984 as the earliest possible balance with costs and tax cuts outlined for the coming fiscal years.
Aiken County Council will decide Tuesday night whether to appeal a judge’s ruling that the Mattie C. Hall Trust Fund passes to Mrs. Hall’s heirs. The 1980 fund assets stood at 1.494 million with 116 thousand income in 1980. county proceeds are not at stake, only possible interest.
Vic Davis questions Andy Brown about henpecked status at a North Augusta Rotary Club meeting. Brown answers both men are henpecked. Richard Miley, nicknamed Dick, is accused as a big spender. Miley confesses he tipped a waitress a Susan B. Anthony dollar mistaken for 25 cents.
About 30 members of the Carolina Brown Lung Association gathered outside the Graniteville Company personnel office to call for full compensation for Clara Lewis, a 71 year old byssinosis patient who worked 45 years at the mill. The group urged the company to drop its appeal as they chanted pay her the money. Lewis was awarded 37320 in 1980, later reduced to 12500 on appeal, with the company now appealing in Aiken County Court.
Nellie Smith resigns as head librarian of the Aiken County Public Library citing a proposed 1981 82 budget she calls too low and the absence of a children's librarian. ABBE director Josephine Crouch may not yet accept the resignation and a shopping list for increased funding will be presented to the county council for a special appropriation.
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