Chemical Fire Hits Harrington Industries Near Aiken Airport
A small chemical fire at Harrington Industries in Aiken involved a 30 gallon drum of sodium hydrosulfite used for chromate treatment. No injuries were reported as firefighters from Aiken Public Safety EMS and Center Fire extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes and evacuated four to five people from a nearby hangar.
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Harrington Industries, Inc
Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken Emergency Medical Services Center Fire Department
Department of Health and Environmental Control
John Harrington
Donald Fulmer
Center Fire Department
Aiken County Ems
Harrington
Fulmer
Weather Outlook With Rainfall For Aiken County
Rainfall of just over two inches drenched Aiken County from midnight into the morning. Showers may continue into the afternoon with clearing skies after midnight. Lows will be in the mid 30s and tomorrow's high in the mid 50s under mostly cloudy skies.
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Aiken County
Deaths in the region list
Obituary brief lists deaths of Gilbert D. Ashley Midville Georgia Pearl B. Connelly Newberry Clifford P. Furtick Springfield Monroe Holloway Jr. Aiken Gertrude A. Manley Aiken Frank A. Murrell Johnston Mrs Dewey Petticrew Aiken J D Staley Summerville John L Wheeler Batesbury Emmie Lou Young Greenwood Details continue on Page 2B.
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Gilbert D. Ashley
Midville
Pearl B. Connelly
Newberry
Clifford P. Furtick
Springfield
Monroe Holloway Jr
Aiken
Gertrude A. Manley
Frank A. Murrell
Johnston
Dewey Petticrew
J.D. Staley
Summerville
John L. Wheeler
Batesbury
Emmie Lou Young
Greenwood
Derrick Says Lawmakers Privately Favor Pay Hike
U S Rep Butler Derrick of Edgefield says most colleagues support a $12 100 pay raise for Congress but won t admit it publicly The move would raise annual salaries from 77 400 to 89 500 and take effect Feb 5 unless blocked by legislation Supporters frame it as necessary while opponents fear political backlash including constituents on fixed incomes and push to stop the increase by Congress and President Reagan.
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Columbia
U.S
Butler Derrick
Derrick
South Carolina
Edgefield
Congress
Reagan
House
Senate
Elizabeth Patterson
Spartanburg
New Zealand stalls in Cup finals as Stars & Stripes advances
In Fremantle New Zealand nearly overtook Stars & Stripes but a late miscue at the seventh leg cost New Zealand lifting the breeze. Stars & Stripes wins the challengers series 4–1 and advances to face Australia in the finals starting January 31. Kookaburra III leads Australia IV 4–0 in defender finals after a broken stay incident.
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Fremantle
Australia
New Zealand
Stars & Stripes
Kookaburra III
Australia IV
Chris Dickson
Dennis Conner
Conner
Dickson
Death Penalty Ruled Out in Hijacking Case Extradition Planned
The Justice Department will ask West Germany to extradite Mohammad Ali Hamadi for the 1985 TWA jetliner hijacking. No death penalty will be sought if convicted, clearing a path for Hamadi to be sent to the United States, with Bonn indicating extradition could come soon.
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Washington
Justice Department
West Germany
TWA
Mohammad Ali Hamadi
Hamadi
United States
Patrick Korten
U.S
Department
Bonn
Juergen Schmid
Chase and Shootout Lead to Arrest in Aiken
Aiken police officer Lt. R Shelly chased a blue Cadillac after a 2 a.m. speeding incident on Silver Bluff Road. The chase ended when the suspect Gerald Hamilton 19 fled on foot, fired at the officer, and was wounded in the foot during return fire before being arrested at a residence. Hamilton faces charges including assault with intent to kill carrying a pistol and resisting arrest.
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Aiken City
Aiken
Carrol Busbee
City of Aiken
Gerald Hamilton
Highway 19
North
R. Shelly
Busbee
Silver Bluff
Pine Log Road
Shelly
Lt. Shelly
Fellowship Lane
Croft Mill Road
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Pavin
Hope
NI. Aiken
Renee
Abby Pee
Rene
Hijacker
Aiken County Judicial Center
Rep
GOP
Strom Thurmond
Ceen
Freemantle
Chase
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