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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1985
Page
5
Fair tonight across regions with lows around 60s to 70s. Tomorrow mostly sunny and warm with highs generally in the 90s. Coastal and beach areas show mid 90s, mountains stay warm with variable winds and possible late storms to end the week.
In its first year the South Carolina arson squad made 35 arrests for fires causing three deaths and 2.5 million dollars in losses. The unit investigated 272 fires, found 105 not arson related, and has 132 open cases. Corley notes a near 20 percent arrest rate in 167 suspicious fires, while improving state and local cooperation and adding four members. The squad’s budget exceeds 800 thousand dollars.
Columbia AP report profiles former South Carolina Mental Health Commissioner William S. Hall who led the department from 1963 to retirement at age 70. He credits reorganizing and consolidating treatment services into a single department, noting clinics and centers were independent before 1963.
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