Big Screen Shrinks as More Moviegoers Stay Home
Erma Bombeck laments shrinking cinema screens and crowded multiplex aisles as televisions grow larger and audiences flock to home viewing. She recalls crowded theaters, loud patrons, and the irony of vastly upgraded home entertainment versus intimate audience experiences. The column notes a shift toward at home media and humorously imagines future cinema in compact living spaces.
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Salle
Rambo
Gandhi
Setch
Nolan
Uise
Lavin
Cleaners
Loretta
Aiken Public Safety Log Details Jan 19 Incidents
The Aiken Public Safety Department reports incidents from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. January 19 including forgery theft and a warrant service. Arrests include Sybrenia P. Nipper 23 Evans Georgia for obtaining goods under false pretenses David Lee Corley 35 Aiken for disorderly conduct Charles Boyer Allen 26 Aiken for forgery and Sherman Dale Chek 27 North Augusta for violation of supervised furlough.
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Aiken Public Safety Department
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Sybrenia P. Nipper
Glennwood Dr
Evans
David Lee Corley
Union St
Aiken
Charles Boyer Allen
Alien
Sherman Dale Chek
Seymore
N. Augusta
Aiken County Sheriff reports no incidents or bookings
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department reported no incident reports from 7 a.m. January 19 to 7 p.m. January 18 and the Aiken County Detention Center had no booking reports. Information compiled from local enforcement agencies.
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Aiken County
Public Hearing Tops City Council Agenda in Aiken
Aiken City Council meets at 7 30 p m with a public hearing and second reading on three ordinances. One ordinance enables a lot exchange with Aiken Associates for a 1 71 acre tract to build lake view picnic facilities in the Woodward Tract development. A separate measure considers annexing Banks Mill Road property zoned R 10 and a rezoning at Pine Lag and Silver Bluff Roads tied to a Blockbuster site. The council also weighs annexation and zoning of Trail Ridge Row acreage, site and landscape plans for the Aiken Medical Center expansion, and a conditional use application on Rhone Street seeking to keep four horses on a 2 42 acre lot. A podium discussion on traffic on Cherry Hill Drive and Deerwood Drive is on the docket.
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Aiken
Theresa Woodward
Aiken Associates
Two Notch Road
Whiskey Road
Price Avenue
Woodward
Blanchard
Calhoun
Banks Mill Road
Jonetta Street
Nick W
Pine Lag
Silver Bluff
Center Ok
Rhone Street
Harriet Delaney
Delaney
Census Bureau seeks county workers for 1990 census
The Census Bureau will hire Aiken County residents for the 1990 census to count about 250 million people and 106 million housing units. Positions include 2 field operators 15 crew leaders and 149 enumerators with pay from 8.80 to 8.50 an hour. Testing at Aiken Technical College February 20 offers applications and a written test.
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U.S. Department of Commerce Bueau
Aiken County
Census Bureau
Pe Earewss Eee
Erence Canes
Bureau of the Census
Aiken Technical College
Mattie G. Young
Ms. Young
de Ogrete Young
Columbia
Low Riders Club Reveals Modest Finances and Car Mod Trends
Augusta and Townsend describe local and nearby clubs making low rider pickups with hydraulics and lowered frames. Members deny destruction while noting widespread kits and rising numbers. police tolerance varies with location, including avoidant runs from certain towns.
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Augusta
Townsend
Aiken
Hitachi to Build Color Tube Plant in Greenville
Hitachi America Ltd will construct a 150 million color picture tube plant in Greenville on a 7 acre tract near I 85. The site is to create more than 700 jobs and should be finished by September 1991, marking the largest Japanese capital investment in South Carolina. Takeo Takemoto of Hitachi Electronic Devices USA praised Greenville for its human resources and work ethic.
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Greenville
Hitachi America Ltd
Interstate 85
South Caroli
Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA) Inc
Truitt Named Executive VP and GM of Aiken Electric Cooperative
Walter V. Truitt Jr. is named executive vice president and general manager of Aiken Electric Cooperative to fill the vacancy created by last year’s resignation. Truitt has led multiple cooperatives including Gulf Coast Electric in Panama City and Southeastern Illinois Electric in El Dorado, plus roles with NRCSA in Washington. He holds an MBA from the University of South Florida and a bachelor’s degree, with prior service in the U.S. Army Security Agency. He and his wife have one daughter and two grandchildren.
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Walter V. Truitt Jr
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Tustees
Truitt
Charles L. Staples
Aiken Post
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Eldorado
Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative
Panama City
Fla
Chugach Electric Asssociation
Anchorage
Alaska
National Rural Electric Cooperatives Assn
Washington, D.C
Truitt Distribution
U.S
Connecticut
Iluicigal Electric Energy Cooperative
Florida
Versity Day
Srs
Isustal Cuanagement Sdf
University of South Florida
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