No Fine Levied DHEC Finds Valchem Guilty
The DHEC board voted 4-3 to find Valchem, Inc. in violation of the South Carolina Pollution Control Act after a February 23 spill of 200 gallons of ethyl acrylate but rejected a $1,500 civil penalty. The decision mandates a formal notice to Valchem to correct conditions to prevent future accidents.
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Lin Smithwick
Columbia
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Valchem, Inc
Orin G. Briggs
Randolph R. Mahan
Valchem
L. Gray Geddie Jr
Waldhem
Geddie
Inci
Embassy plans evacuation as Beirut fighting continues
The U S Embassy in Beirut will end most operations and arrange another evacuation of Americans, while Yasser Arafat delays a reconciliation meeting with Hafez Assad. Fighting persists in Beirut’s Muslim Christian no man’s land and in northern and eastern Lebanon, with at least 129 killed and 134 wounded reported overnight by security sources and hospitals.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
No Man’s Land
Amin Reign of Terror Reported After Raid Frees Hostages
Kenyan refugees describe a brutal crackdown by Idi Amin following an Israeli raid that freed over 100 hostages. Officials cite killings of Kenyans in Uganda with reports of seven shot at Namango near Kampala.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Ken
Yans
John Owino
Bungoma
Namango
Kampala
Reagan Calls for Debate With Carter in Presidential Contest
Ronald Reagan told Pennsylvania delegates at the Republican National Convention that he would like to debate Jimmy Carter. He proposed comparing their records and argued he is the strongest foe of big government and deficit spending in the race.
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Harrisburg
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
California
Pennsylvania
Carter
Georgia
Oil Sites to Be Leased Off Atlantic Coast
The Interior Department plans offshore oil and gas leasing along the eastern U S coast for the first time and will start auctioning sites on August 17 while resuming Santa Barbara leasing and scheduling New Jersey and Delaware sales. Interior Secretary Kleppe rejected a delay request from Rep. John Murphy.
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Washington
Interior Department
Atlantic
U.S
Department
Ment
Santa Barbara
Calif
New Jersey
Delaware
Thomas S. Kleppe
John M. Murphy
D-N.y
Aiken Sees Year High Temperature At 97 Degrees
Aiken's official weather watcher reports a 97 degree day with forecasts for continued warm weather. Temperatures are expected to reach the 90s again this weekend with overnight lows in the 70s and scattered afternoon and evening showers.
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Aiken
Frank McCoy
Johnston Bank 10th Office Groundbreaking Ceremony
Ground breaking for the Farmers and Merchants Bank tenth office was held at 11 a m. James D McNair and E Forrest Edwards officiated with Rev. Kenneth Dukes offering the invocation. The facility at 46 Lee St. began pouring foundation and aims for November occupancy.
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Johnston
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Kenneth Dukes
Lee St
Aiken Team Finishes Second in Almost Anything Goes Contest
North Augusta wins the Butler Stadium event as Aiken’s Bob Little Keith Hickey Stew Maurice Luwana Counts Susan Springer and Mike Facciolo place second. Palmetto Golf Club members seek vandals after cart damage while Palmetto Federal Savings elevator jam ends without injuries.
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Aiken
North Augusta
Butler Stadium
Bob Little
Keith Hickey
Stew Maurice
Luwana Counts
Susan Springer
Mike Facciolo
Mass kidnapping feared as Chowchilla school bus goes missing
A bus carrying 27 people including 26 children vanished on a return trip from a Chowchilla fairground outing. Deputies and police hunted the San Joaquin Valley farmland overnight. The bus was later found abandoned in a dry canal near Chowchilla with investigators noting possible abduction and five leading scenarios contemplated by Sheriff Bates.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Madera County
San Joaquin Valley
Ed Bates
Bates
Chowchilla Fairgrounds
Fresno
FBI
Dairyland Unified School
Nita Hansen
Frank Edward Ray Jr
Fewer Students Per Class Urged in County Education Study
The Citizens School Study Committee proposed reducing class sizes, building new facilities and retiring bond debt. Subcommittees gathered input from teachers, parents and citizens, with plans to present to the Board of Education for a possible referendum to raise school taxes. Nancy Phillips urged all Aiken County schools meet South Carolina accreditation standards as the minimum acceptable.
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Citizens School Study Committee
Board of Education
Nancy Phillips
Aiken County
South Carolina
Insect population down in Aiken area says agent
Jim Evans the county agent reports insects damaging crops remain low in the Aiken area based on weekly cotton scouting results. He notes slight worm damage to corn, no major increases, and expects gradual rises in bean beetle, cotton worm, and mosquitoes over the next weeks while urging removal of stagnated water to curb breeding.
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Time Magazine
Aiken
Jim Evans
Evans
Wright Pest Control Company
Fred Wright Jr
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DeFrehn
Palmetto Golf Club
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan Association
Arthur Rich
Lybrand, Rich, Cain and Simons
Court House
William
Beth Regan
Aiken State Park
Beth
Murry Sill
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