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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1988
Page
6
A broad forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight through Wednesday with temperatures dropping to the low 40s and into the 30s. Lows in the 20s in the mountains and coast, with possible snow in the upper state and highs generally in the 40s to mid 40s.
South Carolina Electric & Gas cuts residential electric bills by about 2.59 dollars monthly for 1 000 kWh following a 3.68 percent rate cut ordered by the Public Service Commission. Natural gas charges rise roughly 3.50 dollars per 100 therms as of Wednesday. Franchise fees on bills appear for municipal and district customers. Figures vary by customer. Total impact noted for 1 000 kWh is 67.69 dollars for the average home. Prices in neighboring utility firms listed for context.
Israeli warplanes attacked Palestinian guerrilla bases near Sidon in a nighttime raid. An Israeli army spokesman reported hits on targets linked to a November hang glider attack and said a single helicopter fired rockets into two southern villages held by Hezbollah. No casualties were reported.
Dear Abby hears from a reader in her early 50s about a long term marriage strained by her husband lacking front teeth. She describes emotional impact, affordability doubts, and her desire for guidance on whether to push for dentures or accept the situation while preserving the relationship.
A reader from Boston with a beard asks if he should shave to visit his family. Abby advises explaining the father's demand and that the beard was shaved to see friends and family, urging resolution and honesty.
Mrs Bessie Rish Swartz 91 of Wagener died Friday in Aiken Funeral at 430 pm at Bethcar Baptist Church burial in church cemetery Revs Wyatt and Elliott Officiating Surviving nieces Kathleen Swartz Birdie Quattlebaum Theron Garvin Aiken native homemaker member Bethcar Baptist Church Women s Missionary Union Pallbearers named Blizzard Funeral Home in charge Frank McNeely 71 Wadley brother in law of Langley s Mrs George Johnson died Thursday in Jefferson Hospital Louisville funeral 2 pm at Moxley Baptist Church burial Moxley Cemetery Revs Tom Harrison M F Price officiating Surviving Edith Smith McNeely three sisters Bessie Salter Sarah Marsh and one brother Henry McNeely Gainesville Fla Smith Funeral Home in charge
Local obituaries note graveside services for the infant child of Michael and Roslyn Dyches at Barnwell County Memorial Cemetery. Other notices include Robert Green and Corne lia Lawary with funeral and burial plans in Graniteville and New Ellenton. Graveside and church services are announced for James Marcus Kight, Jerry Lee McDowell, Alton Livingston, and Verdee Bates with families listed among survivors.
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