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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1981
Page
1
Aiken County residents prepare for Independence Day celebrations with picnics and a focus on the nation’s 205th birthday. Kathy Lamb and her son Kevin, who turns two in November, are pictured in a staff photo by Elizabeth Harrington.
Union leaders urge rejection of the tentative air traffic controllers contract as ballots go out to 15,000 members. If defeated, new negotiations would follow. a strike could ground half of U S air traffic and deepen economic strain. The pact offers a 6.6 percent wage and benefits increase plus a 4.8 percent general raise for government workers.
The Associated Press reports a fourth of July price drop as major refiners cut gasoline prices by up to 3 cents a gallon amid a global oil glut. Exxon, Chevron, Shell and others reduce wholesale rates while Mobil lifts prices west of the Rockies. World oil production from Saudi Arabia aids the downward trend.
Aiken County Council settled on a 19 mill tax increase for residents after scrapping recent agency reductions. The plan includes at least 11 mills to support new bonded debt from the school board, with four mills for jail funding and salary increases for county workers. A public hearing on the 1981-82 budget is set for Tuesday night at 7.
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