Delta Woodside To Close Plant By End Of Month
Delta Woodside Industries Inc plans to close its 360 employee print cloth plant in Easley by month end due to slower fabric orders and aging equipment. About 100 workers may transfer to other plants, severance offered for some, eight weeks notice required, others stay through month end as supplies run out. Beattie and Pamplico mill projects aim to modernize operations with loom replacements. Beattie transfer of Easley work to Fountain Inn.
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Delta Woodside
Easley — Delta Woodside Industries Inc
Tax Rally in Midland Center Protest Planned
A tax rally to protest recent property tax reappraisals is set for Saturday in the Midland Shopping Center parking lot at the U.S. 1 and Clearwater Belvedere Road intersection. Lionel Smith of Lionel Smith Ltd will chair the 1990 Leukemia Society Celebrity Waiters Event for Aiken County, the fifth such event raising over 40 000 dollars for leukemia research and patient aid since 1986. The event, on January 18 at Houndslake Country Club, aims for at least 20 celebrity waiters and sponsored tables, with Bob Harte master of ceremonies. For participation, call Lionel Smith at 648 2100 or Bob Harte at 648 3900.
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Midland
Unizers
U.S. 1
Clearwater-Belvedere Road
Lionel Smith
Lionel ‘Smith
Bob Harte
Orangeburg Men Sentenced In U S District Court
Two Orangeburg County men faced sentencing in Aiken federal court this week. Waymer Williams known as Spook received 60 months with five years probation after pleading guilty to drug and distribution charges. Theodore Tyler of Norway got six years and three years probation after a jury found him guilty of cocaine distribution and firearm during a drug transaction. Benjamin Badger of Martin was given three years probation and restitution for stealing a television from the U S Mail.
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Orangevasy
U.S
Aiken
Waymer
Spook) Williams
Charles E. Simons Jr
Wilams
Williams
Robert C. Jendron Jr
Mark Moore
Theodore Tyler
Norway
Simons
Tyler
Je Simons
Benjamin Badger
Martin
United States Mail
New Ellenton City Council Mulls Cedar Creek Contract
The New Ellenton City Council will hold an executive session to discuss contracts with Cedar Creek Developers. A work session is set for 5 p.m. this week, followed by a meeting at 7 p.m. in Town Hall on Monday night.
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New Ellenton
City of
Cedar Creek
Mack UAW to Begin Negotiations in Winnsboro
In Winnsboro Mack Trucks Inc and the United Auto Workers plan bargaining sessions starting January 17 over a labor contract for about 900 workers. The talks center on wages vacations and details and whether a master agreement from other Mack plants should apply.
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Winnsboro
Mack ‘Trucks Inc
United Auto Workers
UAW
Mack
Karl Mantyla
Jail Nurse Laurie Page: Caring Behind Bars
Laurie Page, a four year nurse at Aiken County Detention Center, works in the infirmary handling 15 to 25 inmates daily. She blends clinical medicine with counseling and mental health support while referring major cases to the emergency room. She says she loves her job and fears nothing about the jail environment.
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Aiken County Detention Center
Laurie Page
ACDC
Page
HCA Aiken
Ray Vaughters
Physcian
Paratrooper Edward Suits Jr. Killed in Transport Crash
Pfc. Edward Suits Jr. of Clinton, 20, died at 9:15 p.m. after a C-141 Starlifter carrying paratroopers at Fort McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, failed during a training exercise. His sister Renee Penland recalled his love for the Army and his wish to serve, despite plans for a nonmilitary career. The incident is under joint Army and Air Force investigation. another soldier was treated and released. Suits was the fourth 82nd Airborne death in 16 months, with turbulence and unresolved cause cited in related cases.
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Clinton
Edward Suits Jr
Fortie
Renee Penland
Suits
Panama
Manuel Antonio Noriega
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Jase
Lisa Wil-lamgon
Kutzler
Edward Suits Sr
82Nd Airborne Division
Bridges Exceed Standards on Expressway in Charleston
CHARLESTON AP The Mark Clark Expressway bridge failed to meet specified strengths by over 50 on average causing concerns about earlier construction. State officials said no problems were found and a task force released November structural test results showing concrete met design specs. Soil Consultants Inc cut 22 cylindrical cores from concrete for testing while a new Cooper River bridge between North Charleston and Daniel Island awaits structural review.
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Charleston
Mark Clark
Sam McCuen
State Department of Highways and
Stet
J. Clement
Clement
State Division of General Services
Ogee
Econo Ll
Herrena
Akon
Cooper River
North Charleston
Daniel Island
Soil Consultants Inc. of
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Fountain Inn
Pamplico Mill
Orangeburg
Lyle Edwards
Gloverville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Fire Department
Chalk Bed Road
Graniteville
Michael Hunt
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