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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1981
Page
7
In Anderson a blaze tore through a one story home at about 1 p.m. killing Hester Estrich 73 a babysitter and two children 3 year old Jonathan Richardson and 13 month Quincy Rodriguez Ward. Firefighters arrived quickly but the house was fully engulfed.
In Charleston a circuit judge sentenced Horace Butler to death by electric chair for the murder of 18-year-old Pamela Marie Lane of Adams Run. A 2-hour jury deliberation led to Butler receiving the death penalty. the sentence is automatically appealed to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Orangeburg native J Gustave Speth former head of the President's Council on Environmental Quality urges revamping federal rules to curb urban encroachment on prime farmland. A report projects 143 million more acres needed by 2000 while cities rapidly consume existing land. Speth worries Reagan staff may resist change in policy.
Speth criticizes possible reprocessing at Barnwell as risky and unnecessary while noting Carter’s environmental legacy. He cites Ed wards support for reprocessing and praises Carter and Riley for waste management. CEQ staff commend Speth as an active environmentalist amid shifting federal policy debates.
Magistrate J C McCorkle says he has received threats after fining Wilson Baucom 100 for dumping two boxes of diapers and vacuum sweepings into Lancaster County green boxes. Baucom, from Waxhaw North Carolina, faced a 30 day jail or 200 fine for violating the nonresident dumping limit.
The wives statement and subsequent police affidavits show Gary Slezak and Joseph Kosick implicated themselves in the Jan. 11 James Island Piggly Wiggly murders that killed Thomas Langley and William Burky. Bond set at 100000 for Slezak on armed robbery charges. no bond on two murder counts.
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