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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1987
Page
10
Public works EMS and law enforcement face major cuts. Officials warn fixed incomes will feel impact as salary study health insurance and garbage collection remain on the big-ticket list. County population about 106000 with 52000 in the workforce and high per capita income.
Marie Newberry, 69, with 45 years at Lockheed, was fired for defying orders to stop feeding stray cats at the Burbank plant. Cats kept rodents down but numbers grew to triple figures, prompting pest control and a union push to restore her job.
South Carolina reports a 37.6 percent dropout rate for 1985 86, ranking fourth among 15 Southeastern states. The figure equates to about 20 800 students leaving between grades nine and twelve, with 2 200 students leaving daily.
In 100 degree heat about 40 members of the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan staged marches through Manning Greeleyville Andrews and Georgetown South Carolina. The group waved flags and handed out literature while some bystanders showed interest in Andrews and Georgetown as others kept distance.
A Florida drifter, John Neal Evans, 35, is in Richland County Detention Center on 5 million bond after federal charges of threatening the life of a foreign official tied to Pope John Paul II’s September visit. Evans was arrested at the Oliver Gospel Mission on probation violation. He once lived in Lee County, Florida.
Rev. Jesse Jackson told an Orangeburg farm conference he plans to reveal by Labor Day weekend whether he will run for the 1988 Democratic nomination. He urged voter recruitment and warned of economic injustice while highlighting broad party expansion and shared ground.
Clemson University trustees approved a 1988 budget of 227 million dollars and re-elected Louis P. Batson Jr. as chairman and lifetime trustee. The plan calls for 8.3 percent tuition increases for in-state students and 14.8 percent for out-of-state.
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