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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1976
Page
13
A sprawling mix of properties for sale and under construction features. Five acre tracts off Silverbluff, 30 acres off Chime Bell Road, and nearly two acre wooded lots in Kalmia Hills. New homes in Bridlewood and West Cliff Subdivisions, colonial and ranch styles, with fireplaces, decks, and potential 72 percent financing. Multiple contact calls for Wilmac details.
The South Carolina Attorney General's Office issues an opinion voiding the mandatory death penalty law, citing a U S Supreme Court ruling. Deputy A G Coleman says the state must consider individual offenders and circumstances, sending the opinion to James Anders. The legislature may draft a new law. 25 inmates remain on death row.
Fritzlen Ltd Realtors advertises two properties in Palmetto area with July open house. A brick house at Houndslake Winged Foot Drive features 6 rooms 2 baths porch patio and carport with central air and gas heat priced at 39900. Also Sparkleberry Drive offers a rural 3 bed 2 bath home on a large lot with den fireplace double garage and modern kitchen priced at 38500. Contact Jill Swingle Lucy Velliquette or Sue Roe at listed numbers.
Two acre lots remain 32 miles from town on Banks Mill Road priced at 3500 each with owner financing through Biddle Realty 648-7874. Waterfront lot near Lake Murray Shores includes a 12 by 50 mobile home with central air and heat and an 18 by 24 block boat house with cement ramp and dock Call 648-0551 day or 649-9562 night.
In Columbia the four state legislators and a representative of the attorney general’s office discussed a new death penalty bill after the AG’s ruling struck down the current law. Gov Edwards and lawmakers debated timing and chances for House and Senate action with optimism for an alternative bill.
The National Geographic Society book The Amazing Universe notes a pulsar forms when a much larger star collapses and retains most of the original material. A fragment of that material would weigh billions of tons. Alaska is more than twice as large as Texas.
Seventeen year old Deborah Brooks, four months pregnant, wed 19 year old Steven Clabaugh in Memphis after running away from Illinois Girls' School in Geneva. Illinois juvenile authorities seek Deborah's return, while Memphis officials approved the marriage.
In Scotland Neck a murder trial heard that the 22 caliber bullet that killed Harry Lee Dickens was fired within a foot of his head. Ballistics expert G Satterfield testified the gun was less than 12 inches away, while John Boyd argued for a four to eight inch distance.
Gov James B. Edwards met separately with three major lobbying groups the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce the Savings and Loan League and the Realtors Association to present his case against tidelands legislation He did not ask them to lobby as groups but suggested they could contact legislators as individuals to express their views
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