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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1979
Page
3
Wayne Nichols of the Augusta Track Club spoke at Aiken's Rotary Club about running as a nationwide fitness trend. He cited affordable access, technological shoe design, and two runner types while urging safer infrastructure and gradual training to reduce injuries and heart disease.
In Catlettsburg Kentucky Circuit Judge William Fanning, aged 66 who planned retirement today, was found dead in a locked wash room after lunch with friends. A .38 caliber pistol lay near the body. The coroner says death appears self inflicted, but the case remains under investigation.
South Carolina lawmakers return to Columbia to tackle a $1.5 billion budget and money related issues. The Senate will gain Nancy Stevenson as president while Rex Carter presides in the House. Salaries rise to 10 000 dollars for each member and an election will fill Carroll Campbell's Senate seat.
Spoleto Festival USA appoints James Kearney former Santa Fe Opera manager as general manager. Kearney a University of Pennsylvania graduate replaces Christine Reed who ran the festival in its first two years. He earned honors in musicology and a Wharton accounting degree.
A bipartisan group of 18 Carolina lawmakers urge EPA to reopen hearings on adding cooling towers at CP&L's Brunswick County nuclear site arguing the $25 million cost would fall on ratepayers while CP&L fights EPA orders to build. The request references environmental impact studies and current Cape Fear River cooling concerns.
The state Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse will ask the General Assembly to levy a beer surtax to fund alcohol education programs. The proposal would add about one cent per 12 ounce can, generating roughly four million dollars annually for county prevention and treatment programs. Representatives of county agencies urge legislators to approve. opposition is expected from the Beer Association and Brewers Association.
The U S Equal Opportunity Employment Commission says it has reasonable cause to believe the state Reorganization Commission violated federal sex discrimination laws in a case involving former commission member Mary Demetrious. Demetrious claims she was forced to resign for political activity whereas a male colleague remained. She says she was asked to leave after seeking the state Democratic Party chairman post and was later denied reinstatement after losing a bid for party leadership.
Aiken High Schofield Campus math classes use student projects to show math's real world use. Projects cover topics from ballistics and photography to piano mechanics and taxes, with oral reports and a show and tell approach guiding grading.
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