Community Calendar for Aiken area groups and meetings
A dense listing of local meetings and support groups from Alcoholics Anonymous to Alzheimer’s groups, Lions and Jaycees clubs, and public council sessions arranged by location and time across Aiken and North Augusta. Many entries note free admission with contact lines or venues including libraries, recreation centers, and museums.
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Uuarter
Lancaster St. SW
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken County Rescue Squad
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
S.C
Aiken Sertoma Club
Houndslake
Aiken
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Federal Building
York Street
Barnwell Avenue
Body Dynamics
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
CSRA
The
Embroiderer’s Guild of America
St. John Towers
Augusta
Telfair Street
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary
American Legion
Old Airport Road
HCA
Aiken Regional
Kalmia Toastmasters Club
North Augusta City Council
Ridge Spring
Waterloo St
Mental Health Association
Wagener Town
Aiken Able
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Richland Ave
Aiken Area
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
New Ellenton
Jaycees
Union Hall
North Augusta
Aiken County Recreation Center
Si Alumnae Panhellenic
Aiken County
Senior Citizens
First SDI anti missile laser undergoes tests in California
The Times reports a 2 million watt Alpha laser, part of the Star Wars defense plan, conducted its first full scale tests in a California facility near San Juan Capistrano. The test involved cold fuel flow with later ignition, aiming to launch into space by the early 1990s as Zenith Star.
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New York
California
San Juan Capistrano
New York Times
TRW Inc
the Times
Richard Garcia
Air Force Weapons Laboratory
Albuquerque
N.M
Pentagon
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
Times
Officers May Face Dismissal In Impoverished Chicago Suburb
Ford Heights police members walked off over late pay and grievances. Police Chief Jack Davis and Mayor Saul Beck discussed firing all strikers. If fired, nearby suburbs and state authorities would back up the department as eight of 14 officers walked off on Saturday over unpaid Dec. 30 pay. Safety was said to remain intact despite the strike.
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Ford Heights
Chicago
Sad Uy
Mayn
Jack Davis
Davis
Neip
Saul Beck
Remembering the Hyatt skywalk collapse of 1981 in Kansas City
A travel note recalls arriving late at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency and witnessing trauma from the 1981 skywalk collapse. The writer reflects on lingering memory of that disaster, near the Hyatt atrium where two skywalks failed during a tea dance, injuring many and shocking the city.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Hyatt Regency
Room Service
Hyatt
Hyatt Atrium
Disaster memory of the skywalk collapse and its toll
A witness recalls a deadly skywalk collapse that killed 114 people and injured over 200 as the top structure tore free and plunged onto the lower skywalk. Investigations and lawsuits followed faulty design and shoddy workmanship claims.
What Inquiring Minds Really Want To Know
A satirical look at media hunger for fashion and personal details. The piece riffs on headlines about Imelda Marcos and Raisa Gorbachev, noting how public interest shifts from politics to outfits and appearances during major world events.
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Imelda
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Aquino
Ferdinand
Banana Republic
Reagan
Gorbachev
Raisa
Nancy
Russia
America
Raisa Gorbachev
Bruce Babbitt
Arizona
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Robert Dole
Senate
United States
Celebrity fashion and politics clash in a pointed op-ed riff
The piece surveys fashion choices from Erma Bombeck to Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana, mocks royal wardrobes and presidential attire, and questions media focus while joking about who does the presidents’ laundry. It also notes Pope John Paul II’s 1990s U.S. visit and how trivial details capture public curiosity.
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America
Former Senator Faked Death to Flee in Africa on Run
Former New Jersey senator David Friedland says he lived in Africa for over two years after faking his death in a 1985 scuba accident. He testified he fled to avoid murder and a seven year sentence over $360,000 kickbacks tied to a $4 million pension fund loan. He was arrested in the Maldive Islands, returned to the U.S., and began serving his term.
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New York
New Jersey
Africa
David Friedland
Bahamas
CBS
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Maldive Islands
United States
Friedland
Indian Ocean Islands
Pension Fund of Teamsters Local 701
North Brunswick
N.J
Mecham's Troubles To Shadow 1988 Arizona Legislature
Phoenix AP reports Gov. Evan Mecham's legal and political woes forebode a grim session. GOP tensions split the caucus as lawmakers foresee agony and possible recall or impeachment, while Democrats eye potential gains in the House and Senate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
van Mecham
Greg Lunn
Evan Mecham
Lunn
Mecham
House
Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken Standard
SDI
Lewis Grizzard
Jeannie James
Joannie James
Erma Bombeck
Viyacheslav Zaitsev
Tamara Makeyeva
Yves Saint Laurent
Nancy Reagan
Adolfo
Galanos
Blass
Valentino
Mikhail Gorbachev
Prince Charles
Princess di
Fergie
Prince Andrew
Cybill Shepherd
Palmetto
Palmetto ‘Federal
South Carolina
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