Planetarium Viewings Set at USC Aiken This Weekend
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at USC Aiken schedules summer Du Pont Planetarium viewings at 7 and 8 p.m. on limited days this Friday and Saturday and again on Aug 7 and 8. The current chronicle covers Voyager I and II flybys of Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune with instrument discussions and planets atmosphere rings and moons compared. Reservations and tickets are available by calling 648 6851 ext 3313 in Aiken or 278 1967 ext 813 in Augusta or North Augusta.
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Multiple incidents fill Aiken blotter from Wednesday reports
A strong arm robbery occurred at Laurens Street and Hampton Avenue as a woman arranging a ride at Edgefield Avenue was robbed of money by a man who fled toward an apartment complex on Greenville Street and could not be located. An elderly man caused $800 damage by driving into a buggy corral at a Food Lion on Rutland Drive and leaving. A 36 year old man was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct at the Quick Shop on Hampton Avenue after asking a 12 year old an obscene question and breaking bottles. A 44 year old man was arrested for trespassing at the Whitney Polo Field on Mead Avenue after prior warnings. Bricks damaged a car on Park Avenue. a woman’s purse was stolen from a trunk on Florence Street and Hampton Avenue. A cordless phone from a Dodge Caravan was stolen at a parking lot near Bi Lo or Kroger. A Starvin Marvin store officer found a small bag of marijuana on York Street. A 13 year old admitted stealing three golf carts from McGhee Mile Track on Banks Mill Road. A man’s 1986 white Camaro was broken into at Aiken Mall Cinemas. tools, cigarettes, and cash stolen. window cracked. A Parker’s Body Shop car break in occurred Tuesday with a stolen stereo and failed speaker theft.
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Hampton Avenue
Edgefield Avenue
Greenville Street
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Food Lion
Rutland Drive
Whitney Polo Field
Mead Avenue
Park Avenue
Florence Street
Bi-Lo
Kroger
Golden Corral
Parker's Body Shop
Crime Stoppers group meets in Aiken with international guests
Aiken hosts Crime Stoppers from the U S and Canada for a reception at the Aiken County Historical Museum. RCMP officers, Crime Stoppers International leaders, and regional heads from Dallas and Pueblo attend a basic training at Savannah River Site hosted by the Department of Energy. Since 1994 at SRS the program has helped recover property, led to five prosecutions, and reduced theft.
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Canada
Aiken County Historical Museum
Royal Canadian Mounted
Aiken County
Vancouver
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Crime Stoppers International
Dallas
Texas
Pueblo
Colo
Savannah River
Smile
Jefferson Davis Highway
Wackenhut Services Inc
Woman seeks damages for poker money
Kerry Baxley, a man from Barnwell County with a video poker addiction that cost nearly 250000 dollars and led to forgery charges, faces a damages suit in Aiken. His mother Mary Baxley, through attorney Walter Bedingfield, seeks triple damages from video poker outlets while Baxley works toward restitution and recovery.
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Kerry C. Baxley
Mary Baxley
Bedingfield
Kerry Baxley
Baxley
Foreclosure action over Seven Gables Motel by mother
Rose Salter filed in Aiken County Court of Common Pleas to take back the Seven Gables Motel and Restaurant from her sons Randy David Salter and Douglas James Salter. The action names the Salter brothers and the federal government, citing a $155 000 mortgage signed Aug 27 1993 and $75 508 due on an original $180 000 sale. Randy Salter, arrested May 12 in a raid in Edgefield County, faces marijuana with intent to distribute and weapons charges.
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Rose Salter
Aiken County
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Seven Gables
Rose
Bruce Salter
Buffalo Room
Salter Brothers
Douglas Salter
Randy Salter
Texas
Edgefield County
Ervin Maye
11Th Judicial Circuit
Lexington
Corpus Christi
FBI
Aiken County eyeing new jail to fix overcrowding
County Administrator Bill Shepherd told the Graniteville Exchange Club that the Aiken County Detention Center is overcrowded with 218 inmates though it has 117 beds. Plans for a new 300 to 500 bed facility aim to cost about 12 million dollars, financed without tax increases, with 30 acres of owned land. The club also announced new officers Jason McKinney president, Glenn Sanders past president, Ed Coursey treasurer, and Frank Harling secretary.
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Aiken County Detention Center
Bill Shepherd
Shepherd
Aikens County
Graniteville Exchange Club
Jason McKinney
Glenn Sanders
Ed Coursey
Graham vows suit over TVA reactor plan opposition
U S Representative Lindsey Graham declares he will sue any effort to turn the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama into a tritium production site for defense. He cites bipartisan opposition and a 50 year U S policy favoring government owned facilities for nuclear material.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
National Defense
John Robinson
Alabama
al Gore
Bellefonte
Scottsboro
Ala
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Defense Authority
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Eugene
Barbara Ready
Aiken High School
By Carl Langley
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Midland Valley Country Club
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