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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1980
Page
2
A 70 percent chance of rain tonight gradually tapers off by morning. Saturday clears somewhat with 30 percent rain and decreasing clouds. Lows dip into the 30s, highs in the mid 50s. Sunday to Tuesday stay partly cloudy with periodic rain chances. highs in the 50s to 60s and lows from the 30s to 40s.
Aiken area groups list tonight through Monday with religious, civic, and club activities. Events include Narcotics Anonymous for 8 p.m. at York Street, Masonic Temple, and various AA and community meetings at churches, schools, and centers across Aiken, New Ellenton, and Wagener.
Denver talks stall over health insurance as Gulf Oil negotiators and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union press the dispute. In Texas a refinery goes under round the clock police surveillance after a shooting linked to the strike. Dale Sanders was injured by flying glass at the H A Oil Co refinery in Houston.
The Kiwanis Club of Aiken reported a profitable third Christmas Classic basketball tournament held Dec 27 28. Income from ticket sales totaled 4132 76 with net after expenses 338 34. Participants included USC Aiken College of Charleston Atlantic Christian Auburn University Montgomery AUM won. A 100 donation to USCA Pacer Club scholarship fund was approved. Strickland received a commemorative plaque. Event at Ramada Inn Aiken. Mike Anaclerio is club president.
The new Ellenton Town Council will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the town office building at 200 Main St. The meeting is open to the public.
Notices list Mary E. Keeble of North Augusta and Thomas Simmons of New Ellenton among those died recently. Services and burial details are provided for each, with survivors named and funeral home arrangements noted. Other obituaries include Jesse Hart of Aiken, Nathan Davis of Hampton, Otto Pope of Hemingway, Samuel Mitchell of Salley, and local relatives listed as survivors.
The funeral for Robert Touchie Chisolm is set for tomorrow at 3 30 p m at Four Mile Baptist Church with the Rev E W Frederick presiding. Burial will be in the churchyard following services.
A special Wagener Town Council session will occur Monday at 7 30 p m for a second reading of an ordinance to establish a municipal elections commission. The FY 1979 audit report will be presented at Wagener Town Hall located at Park and Earle Streets.
Peter McMullen a 32 year old native of Northern Ireland and citizen of Britain and Ireland was ruled eligible for asylum by Judge Chester Lipkin who said he would face deportation to England or another country if returned McMullen admitted involvement in two bombings and said he joined the IRA in 1971 and left in 1974 claiming his life is in danger for refusing orders The ruling pending possible review and appeal by the Board of Immigration Appeals
The Aiken County Community Action Commission will hold its annual banquet January 16 at 7 p.m. in the H O Weeks Activities Center. Tickets cost 4 dollars and are available from the CAC office. Volunteers board members and staff will be recognized and 1980 officers will be installed.
The Valley Recreation Association will hold a reorganization meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Clearwater Elementary. The meeting is open to the public.
The Aiken County Republican Women's Club hosts its annual luncheon at 12 30 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn near I 20 and US 1. News broadcaster Jim E Davis of WJBF will speak. Mrs J J anzen of Clemson installs officers. Janet McMillan is ticket chairman.
Aiken County Sheriff's report details a break-in at CB World on Edgefield Road in North Augusta with $8,000 of electronics stolen after forced entry. An armed robbery at Texaco Station in Bath netted $400 with no injuries. Bruce Sellers reports closing at 8:55 pm when a black male with a pistol demanded the money box. Given McKinney of Clearwater lost $400 value in a home break-in. William Gambrell on Dogwood Street North Augusta reported $376 in fishing gear stolen. Michael Rich of Route 1 Box 137 B Aiken injured when a pistol discharged accidentally.
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