Aiken Council Approves Cablevision Transfer to New Firm
The Aiken City Council unanimously approved selling Aiken Cablevision Inc. to First Carolina Communications Inc. of Rocky Mount North Carolina. The transfer should close by July 31 and expands service area to include Aiken Burnet Edgefield Saluda and Johnston. The new system will be about 20 percent larger with added channels and optional service at a modest rate increase after four months. New service includes religious and weather channels plus entertainment options. The council also set filing dates for fall mayoral and council elections with a possible runoff on October 4.
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Aiken
Transfe
Aiken Cablevision Inc
First Carolina Communications Inc
Rocky Mount
N.C
Edgefield
Johnston
Saluda
Aiken Cablevision
First Carolina Communications
Aiken City
Burnettown
Edgefield City
Saluda City
David Smith
Cablevision
Smith
First Carolina
Aiken County
Robert S
Skipper) Perry Jr
Houndslake Drive
Alexander settles in as USC Aiken chancellor amid carpet shopping
Dr. Robert E. Alexander settles into USC Aiken after a week of meetings as he begins his duties as the new chancellor. His first acts include painting the conference room in USC Aiken red to build campus identity and he discusses plans to teach a seminar on art theology and politics.
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Robert E
Bob) Alexander
Usc-Aiken
Columbia
Westcliff
Westcliff Home In Her Absence. But Dr. Alexander
University of South Carolina
the Hoof
Alexander
Arkansas
North Carolina
Kinston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dr. Alexander
Duke University
Duke Divinity School
USC
Usc-A
Duke
Robert Alexander
Ginny Southworth
East Aiken sewer project awarded to B&B Pipeline
Aiken County Council awarded the East Aiken water and sewer improvements bid to B&B Pipeline Inc for 221,130, the low bid among seven. HUD grants total 125,000 with Airco Inc matching that amount to support the project for a new area industry. The council approved funds on third reading and delayed related items to the Aug 2 meeting.
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Aiken County
East Aiken
B&b Pipeline Inc
Columbia Company
Mike Toole
Airco Inc
HUD
Airco
Belvedere
Poster used as plotting aid under wartime rationing
Ed Becker recalls a World War II forestry poster brought to him while selling land near Reynolds Pond. The back carried a sketch of a plot, created when paper was scarce during the war. The poster, warning of enemy fire with caricatures of Hitler and Tojo, is now noted for its unlikely reuse.
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Ed Becker
Becker
Reynolds Pond
U.S. Forestry
Hilter
Tojo
Belvedere District records under scrutiny by county council
Councilwoman Mim Woodring pressed Cherry, Bekaert & Holland to obtain all Belvedere Water and Sewer District records, including a $20 contributor list with $13,300 in the district budget. The council plans to gather all records, review bills, and consider refunding tax funds after abolition and a September 1981 reactivation to buy the system.
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Belvedere Water and Sewer District
Aiken County
North Augusta
Belvedere
Aubrey V. Shaw
CPA
Valerie Harris
Robert
Bob) Bell
Shaw
Mike Toole
County Council
W. Scott Barnes
Bell
William Horton
Council
SCE&G Explores Sale of Portion of Nuclear Plant
South Carolina Electric & Gas negotiates selling one third of the V C Summer plant near Jenkinsville. The company may divest half of its stake totaling two thirds with the Public Service Authority owning the remaining third. Negotiations are described as very preliminary with no buyer named. The plant is set for commercial operation in the fall, enabling rate increases to repay costs.
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Columbia
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Jenkinsville
Buddy Clark
Sce&g
Wis-Tv
New York
Georgia
Clark
Public Service Authority
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Local Election Commission
Joseph 0. Harm
James F. Kauffman
Judy Hoffmeyer
Richard
Dick) Riley
Woodring
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