Women Divided On Draft Reinstatement Across Nation
In the 1980s debate on mandatory military service, President Carter urged Congress to require women aged 18 to 20 to register. On the street, two thirds of Arkenians opposed women being drafted, with voices for and against a volunteer army and for women serving in support roles rather than frontline combat.
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Carter
Congress
Mary Karapatakis
Kim Bryson
Milton McNeal
Lisse Winn
Miss Winn
F.H. Duckett
Frances Crowder
Hickey Switches To Republicans
Aiken attorney Howard M. Hickey Jr. joined the Republican party and will back George Bush in the presidential campaign. He previously won two city elections as a Democrat but says he did not mislead voters last November and will remain on the council as a moderate supporting nonpartisan government. He cites frustation with Democratic presidential candidates and favors a business friendly GOP.
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Aiken
Howard M. Hickey Jr
George Bush
Hickey
Sandberg to retire after more than 30 years with DOE Savannah River
W. Dale Sandberg, assistant manager for operations at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Operations Office, will retire Feb. 29 after 30 years of government service. A Minneapolis native, he joined SR in 1953 as a chemical engineer and held several leadership posts before returning to the Technical and Production Division as director in 1975. He and his wife Dora Wood will remain in Aiken.
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W. Dale Sandberg
Department of Energy
Savannah River
Sandberg
Minneapolis
Dora Wood
Aiken
Waffle House patrons spot double at 2 a m breakfast
Aiken County Council Chairman Carroll H Warner recounts a light moment when Fay Hatcher a Democrat repaid him with a Coke. Two couples at a Waffle House dressed as bride and groom amused nearby diners as a birthday chorus broke out. A young woman notes cold draft from her skirt slit.
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Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Fay Hatcher
Harry Shealy
Ed Ballard
United States pulls out of Moscow Olympics over Afghan crisis
State Department spokesman Hodding Carter announced the U S decision not to participate in the Moscow Games after no Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the deadline. Carter said the president’s decision is irrevocable, made after talks with Cyrus Vance and Hans-Dietrich Genscher on Soviet intervention.
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Bonn
West Germany
United States
Afghanistan
State Department
Hodding Carter
Moscow
Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
U.N. panel to fly to Tehran on hostages inquiry
U N officials announced formal Iranian approval for a five member commission to travel to Tehran with a ten person support team to investigate charges against the shah. A spokesman noted no deadline had been set for hostages release and flight departure depended on cable confirmation from Tehran.
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U.N
Tehran
Geneva
Commission
Mohammed Bedjaoui
Algeria
Anthony Curnow
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Curnow
Bani Sadr
Kurt Waldheim
New York
Waldheim
Switzerland
Iran
County audit shows smallest 1978 79 deficit yet
Aiken County's 1978 79 audit reports a $46,933 deficit the lowest in years, with Council Chairman Carrol H. Warner noting the management letter will be released after council acceptance. The meeting also covered the nursing home project cost, flood damage control ordinance, sheriff's car purchases, and a fuel appropriation.
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Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
Cecil’s Inc
Spartanburg
Aiken County Flood Ordinance Wins Second Reading
The Aiken County Council gave second reading to a flood ordinance covering unincorporated flood prone areas mapped by the Army Corps of Engineers. It lets residents obtain federally subsidized flood insurance and qualify for disaster relief funds, with new construction subject to elevation and material rules.
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Aiken
Eric P. Thompson
Thompson
County Planning Commission
North Augusta
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Paris
United Nations
Andres Aguilar
U.S
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Medwill Hill
Mim Woodring
Sheriff's Department
Paul D. Grant
Satcher Motor Company
L.C. Greene
Greene
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