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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1980
Page
12
Two owner listed houses available: a two bedroom in Edgefield and a three bedroom in Aiken. Contact numbers 637-6530 or 648-6239 for details and price information.
Arabs plan a General Assembly resolution demanding Israel withdraw from all occupied lands including Jerusalem by November 15 and create a UN supervised process with the PLO controlling Palestinian areas Gaza and the West Bank. The move seeks refugee returns and compensation options for 1948 and 1967 conflicts.
In Kabul Soviet wives and officials browse a bazaar for second hand American clothing. Castoffs from U S charities fill trees and grass as Western garments from the 1920s onward spread through Afghan markets under King Amanullah Khan.
AP reports the three-week heat wave reaches 614 deaths across 16 states with Missouri adding 131 fatalities. Governors Teasdale and Clinton declare emergencies. Arkansas suffers 91 deaths and billions in farming losses. Efforts include aid requests for fans, National Guard alerts, shelter outreach, and drought impacts across highways, crops, and livestock.
Temperatures dropped from 106 to about 89 92 degrees across cities with readings in the mid to upper 80s elsewhere. At Fort Jackson a recruit died of heat stroke and activities were curtailed while officials warned the elderly to stay indoors. Maxcy Gregg Park pool saw roughly 850 swimmers, about 200 more than typical for a weekend day.
In Columbia the Public Service Commission heard arguments on Duke Power Co. rate increase amid claims the utility collects phantom taxes. Attorney Robert Guild argued Duke charged customers for federal income taxes not paid, citing $27.8 million collected versus $4.5 million paid to the U.S. government.
Odell George thanks Jim Brown for securing a Rolls Royce order for Pryor who is critically injured and recovering from burns. Brown initially declined the sale but Pryor insisted, the dealer reports. Pryor was notified Monday that the car had arrived while hospitalized. Anderson County deputies search for five inmates who escaped from the jail using a hacksaw. Two inmates were later recaptured. the escape involved murderers and life-term prisoners.
In Columbia, car dealer Dick Dyer refused to disclose the margin on Richard Pryors $157000 ivory Rolls Royce Corniche, saying profits vary. In Greenville, SLED tied barefoot prints to Lizzie Fields in the Swansea policeman slaying case. In Atlantic Beach, James and Lynwood Lewis posted 10000 bond after alleged assault on two officers over license renewal at L and J motel.
In Houston four youths guarded a bowling alley after a robbery the night before. Three were executed at close range. a teen survivor shot in the head may identify the killers. About $800 stolen. victims: Stephen Sims 25, Tommy Temple 17, Arden Felsher 17. Gregory Garner 18 critically wounded.
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