Food Lion Seeks Zoning Change for New Store
Aiken City Council will hear an expedited zoning request from developers for a Food Lion at Kalmia Plaza after the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to annex the former Winn Dixie site into the city. A public hearing on $44,130.28 interest from the revenue sharing fund for Rye Patch Hopeland Gardens is also scheduled.
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Aiken
Park Ave
Winn Dixie
Kalmia Plaza
Mike Strickland
Rye Patch-Hopeland Gardens
Public Officials Hear Aiken County Voices on SCE&G Rates
A subdue crowd of under 30 addressed the Public Service Commission in Aiken County about the latest SCE&G electricity rate increase. Speakers from Belvedere North Augusta and Horse Creek Valley urged PSC to protect consumers and small businesses.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Russell H. Putnam Jr
Consumer Advocacy Division
S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs
Putnam
PSC
Sce&g
Aiken County
Belvedere
Bell Sign Co
Minitor
Miniter
Elaine Johnson
Joan Smith
North Augusta
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Edmond Chizan
DOE Silent On Derrick Proposal
U S Department of Energy has not responded to Rep. Baster Derrick’s request for an expedited Environmental Impact Statement for the Savannah River Plant L-Reactor restart. Derrick seeks a quick decision to avoid delaying the planned October 1983 start up amid environmental groups’ lawsuits and state involvement. The reactor, shut since 1968, would supply material for the U S nuclear weapons program. DOE spokesman Jim Cannon anticipated a drafted reply but could not confirm status.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Baster Derrick
South Carolina
DOE
Donald F. Hodel
Savannah River
North Augusta
Jim Cannon
Autopsy Finds No Foul Play in Local Man Death
A preliminary autopsy reported no signs of foul play in the hanging death of 19 year old Brian Kevin Johnson of 404 Whiskey Road found near Dry Branch Road in New Ellenton. A full autopsy is scheduled for later next week per Coroner Sue Townsend. Johnson's mother reported him missing February 5 after he was last seen about three days earlier.
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Hanssing
Ellenton
Sue Townsend
Aiken County
Townsend
Brian Kevin Johnson
Whiskey Road
Dry Branch Road
Johnson
Sheriff's Department
Reagan Signals Support For Most Recession Bill Proposals
President Reagan backs about three quarters of a 4.6 billion recession relief measure in the House but seeks major changes to the rest. The package funds over 40 programs including city development grants and Amtrak work, with unemployment benefits debated separately.
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Reagan
House
House Appropriations Committee
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Ways and Means
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Subcommittee
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Idaho
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Mississippi
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Puerto Rico
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
O'Neill
Congress
O’neill
Inflation Revisions Show Small January Rise
The Labor Department reports consumer prices up 0.2 percent in January under a new rental equivalence formula. Housing costs edge higher while gasoline and heating oil fall, energy declines tied to a global oil glut. Food steady, medical care up 0.8 percent. annual inflation at 3.8 percent under the new metric.
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Washington
Labor Department
Kathleen Cooper
Security Pacific National Bank
Los Angeles
Ms. Cooper
Stock markets rise and humor mix in local chatter
Yesterday's stock prices soared locally as residents joked about wealth and wit. A line from the Heart Show drew laughs while Lori Nash and Martha Cathcart shared piano recital pains, and Coors beer slipped into town early at Sugar Shack Bowery and Up Your Alley ahead of taps.
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Martha Cathcart
Lori
Aiken
Colorado
Sugar Shack
Bowery
Classified Ad Offers Free Help Wanted Post
Unemployed readers urged to place a free position wanted classified in the Aiken Standard. For more information call 649-1555.
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