08 Jan 1982
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1982
Page
1
William Bonin, convicted of 10 tortures murders in the freeway killings, says he expects the death penalty though the sentencing phase was postponed due to a lawyer illness. He faces life or death after jurors found special circumstances for death eligibility.
Sen. Strom Thurmond clashed briefly with Vivian Watson, president of the South Carolina Education Association, during the annual congressional hearings. Watson condemned federal education cuts while defense spending rises, warning reductions may devastate smaller districts amid existing state budget cuts.
Sarah Jordan of Aiken's United Way celebrated when Mike Strickland named his daughter Sara Elizabeth. The child’s joy over Christmas led to a longer holiday spirit as Carolyn Cockerell, four, tried to extend the season. At New Year she called Granddaddy Bart to wish a merry happy Christmas.
The forecast says a cold front will enter Aiken County tonight with temperatures dropping to the low 20s. Sunny but cold tomorrow, then teens again by late Saturday and Sunday, warming into the 20s Monday. Highs in 30s through Tuesday.
DOE contests National Research Council findings that 27 million gallons of high level waste at the Savannah River Plant can be safely buried in bedrock. Rep. Derrick accuses the plan of prioritizing cost over environmental protection. DOE favors solidification and federal repository burial.
A dispute over payment for work on the Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility will be heard in federal court on June 14 before Federal Judge Soloman Blatt Jr. Bay-Con General Inc. of Greenville, the general contractor for the $38 million plant, seeks $2.7 million in excess of the original contract.
Washington economists warn unemployment will stay high for months with rates near 8.5 to 9 percent as labor market recovery lags behind the recession. The Reagan plan for fiscal 1983 forecasts an 8.5 percent average jobless rate in 1982, above 1980 highs.
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