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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1979
Page
2
Augusta council member Ellen Smith organized club members into a special interest group aimed at challenging any adverse masterplan decision affecting their club sites.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a 50 percent chance of rain tonight and 70 percent on Saturday. Lows around 40 tonight, highs in the upper 50s tomorrow, with rain likely into Sunday. Expect fair weather by Monday into Tuesday with Sunday highs near 60 and Monday highs in the 50s.
Obituaries detail Susinna Grant and Arlie Smith with survivors and funeral plans at People's and Posey's Funeral Homes. Florence Elsesser, Columbus Owens, Clarence Cromer, and Daniel Sanders are also noted with service times, burial sites, and family connections in North Augusta, Warrenville, Whitmire, and surrounding counties.
Iowa state police joined in rescue efforts with sand trucks as freezing rain sleet and snow hit the Midwest days after a deadly storm. A hog roundup on Interstate 80 and power transformer fires accompanied the freezing weather with ice glaze across Kansas Nebraska and Missouri. Local officials used fertilizer to melt ice at North Platte and flood warnings were issued in the region.
Serene Youmans testified that she shot her husband after he threatened her and beat her while driving from Augusta. She said her daughter gave the pistol, she closed her eyes, and fired three to five times. The judge noted self defense met legal requirements and spared punishment.
Rep C Marshall Cain R Aiken will present a review of this week's legislative activities at a public meeting Monday. The session starts at 5 30 p m in the Aiken County office complex on Richland Avenue for constituents to raise problems and issues.
An Aiken County Sheriff's Department report states a tool shed on Silver Bluff Road was broken into last night and $500 worth of tools and building supplies were stolen.
A North Augusta man, Kent Perry of 606 Edgewood Drive, was listed in fair condition at University Hospital after a jeep he rode in was flipped in a collision with a car driven by Julia Purcell of Augusta. The crash occurred about 10:30 AM at Martintown Road and Knox Avenue. Purcell was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
Aiken County investigators say four shots killed the Holaways, not three, after autopsy findings. Ten composite pictures are being developed to identify unfamiliar witnesses near the store between 3 and 3 30 am on January 4. State and local officers from Columbia Augusta Denver are aiding in the probe.
The article notes inflation rates and a blacklist of firms not meeting standards under COWPS guidelines. It explains broad definitions of “company” and mentions federal contracts, nonprofit universities, hospitals, doctors, landlords, and insurance premiums as subjects with various rate limits and exceptions. It also directs readers to request copies of the standards.
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