Police seize 1390 pounds marijuana after forced landing
A Cessna forced to land at Aiken Municipal Airport yielded 1390 pounds of marijuana and two men arrested Thomas Francis Xavier Quinn 29 of Philadelphia and Marvin Frank Cardozo 36 of Kingston Jamaica. Quinn identified as a pilot and Cardozo as an engineer face possession with intent to distribute and possible federal drug smuggling charges.
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Aiken Municipal
Thomas Francis Xavier Quinn
Philadelphia
Marvin Frank Cardozo
Kingston
Jamaica
Aiken County
Grant
Psychic predicts Ted Kennedy victory and 1980 hardships
Mary Green of the Aiken Psychic Group foresees Ted Kennedy defeating Howard Baker for the presidency. She predicts a hard 1980 with an early hard winter in Aiken County, 20 percent interest rates, a national economic downturn until July, and a rise of gas to $2 per gallon by summer. Local industry shifts include a steel plant along the Savannah River and renewed textiles with synthetic materials.
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America
Iran
Aiken County
Mary Green
Aiken
Mrs. Green
Sen
Ted Kennedy
Howard
Savannah River
Resolutions of 1980 Keep On Plugging and Goals Across Aiken
Aiken officials and residents share New Year resolutions ranging from health goals and family time to public safety, business efficiency, and community service. Mayor Weeks aims for a prospering city, while USC Aiken staff pledge more family time and better work life balance.
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Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Frank J. McCrosson
Walter E. Newman
North Augusta Department of Public Safety
Usc-Aiken
Lew Perkins
Robert P. Timmerman
Graniteville Company
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
William F
Bill) Bassham
Bassham
H. Earle Holley
Palmetto Federal
Johanna Gibbs
J. Carrol Busbee
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Mellie Hickey
J.P. Kneece
Aiken County
Outlook for the 1980s Inflation and energy reshape economy
Business leaders in Aiken and South Carolina forecast higher interest rates, rising building costs, and growth shifts through the 1980s. Executives anticipate less foreign oil dependence, more urbanization, and increased outpatient health care impact, with SRP expanding its nuclear production and waste solidification efforts.
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H. Earle Holley
Palmetto Federal Savings
Robert P. Timmerman
Graniteville Co
U.S
William F. Bassham
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Bassham
Aiken
Augusta
Savannah River
Nathaniel Stetson
SRP
Stetson
John E. Strickland
Aiken Community Hospital
Strickland
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Nash
Thurmond Whatley
Paul D. Grant
State Law Enforcement Division
Baker
Green
United States
South Carolina
New York
Newman
Gibbs
Timmerman
Holley
Hickey
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