23 Feb 1978
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1978
Page
1
A public records snippet lists 11K N County Public Lib with a 650.78 amount and reference to 43 Newb. street, Sen. Aikin, S. C., 29801, noting a payment entry in the county ledger.
Washington AP reports negotiations to end the 80 day coal strike wobble as the Bituminous Coal Operators Association rejects the UMW bottom line contract proposal. Labor Secretary Marshall and White House officials race to avert deeper disruption as industry and union harden positions.
Washington AP The Senate approved delaying the Panama Canal treaties vote 67 to 30 to first consider the neutrality pact. Leaders warned the decision is not a predictor of final ratification as debate continues and amendments loom next week.
A fragment from a local page references interiors and living spaces with a focus on current home design ideas. The column hints at comfort, arrangement, and stylistic choices shaping a domestic environment.
Martha Hair reports jury duty revealed no smokers among jurors. USC Aiken director William Casper keeps a Casper the Ghost doll in his office. Pinecrest Elementary stands on a former fishing pond site. A brief New Ellenton blizzard impressed Cecil Rhodes at the city hall site. A Laurens Street philosopher’s doghouse joke prompts a Home Sweet Home sign. Yankee origins of I swan are traced to 1784 Boston prints amid Boston weather debates.
Aiken County reports snow showers disrupting plans as forecasts flip from fair to unsettled. Saturday may bring sunshine and warm highs around the 50s with 30s overnight, while Monday could see renewed rain after a fair Sunday.
A postponed three year stockholders suit against the former First National Bank of Jackson faces new delay as First Citizens Bank of Columbia files a declaratory action seeking a claim to any settlement assets. Judge James H Price Jr notes the case remains indecisive with about 18 lawyers involved. Wade H Britt confirms a federal petition to seek adjudication of the facts.
Aiken Public Safety Director J. Carroll Busbee warns that high spring winds and low humidity raise the risk of a forest fire in Hitchcock Woods. With 60 percent of the area wooded, a fire could reach downtown Aiken, where no fire breaks or roads exist to slow it.
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