Deaths and Funerals Across Counties
Aiken County records multiple deaths with services and survivors listed. Lucinda Wright, 70, and Ola Franklin, 74, are among the toll. communities from Edgefield to Augusta note services at local churches and homes. Memorials and callers are noted for several cases with churches, funeral homes, and cemeteries named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N.C
Ola Franklin
Aiken County
St. James Lutheran Church
Graniteville
al Potter
Grant Cemetery
Franklin
Milledgeville
State Teachers College
Page Chambers
Ansel Franklin
Carter pushes energy plan amid crowd in Kansas City
President Carter spoke in Kansas City outlining an energy blueprint costing 142 billion dollars through 1980 funded by an oil profits excise tax. He urged oil companies to cooperate or face mandatory action, drawing applause and sharp industry criticism from Standard Oil of Indiana President J E Swearingen for divisive tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
White House
Senate
House
Carter
J.E. Swearingen
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Advance payments directive for Aiken Standard subscrip tion
A note directs all advance payments to the Aiken Standard PBM Subscription account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Aiken Standard
Weather warms with 30 percent storm risk
The forecast says highs in the upper 80s to low 90s with lows around 70. Some thunderstorm chances exist tonight and again Thursday and Friday, with partly cloudy skies Wednesday. Temperatures will trend into the lower 90s for some areas.
Thurmond leaning to Connally as 1980 GOP candidate
Sen. Strom Thurmond says he is leaning strongly toward former Texas Gov. John Connally for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, preferring Connally over Ronald Reagan. He opposes primaries, warning TV skill could mislead voters. Reagan rose to fame as an actor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Texas
John Connally
Republican Party
Thurmond
California
Ronald Reagan
Connally
Reagan
GOP
Nuclear power urged as sole answer to foreign oil reliance
Bernard C. Rusche, ex-director of the South Carolina Energy Research Institute, says Carter’s energy goals are unattainable without nuclear power. He notes President Carter’s call for alternate energy sources to achieve U.S. self sufficiency, stressing nuclear power as essential.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Carter
United States
Bernard C. Rusche
Aiken
South Carolina Energy Research Institute
Riley Orders Suit Over Judicial Reform Provision
Gov. Dick Riley instructed Attorney General Daniel McLeod to challenge the constitutionality of a new judicial reform measure. The suit targets the provision creating a criminal appeals court minutes after the bill was signed into law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Dick Riley
Daniel McLeod
Riley
McLeod
Man Cleared in Murder Case Over Break In
Circuit Judge Walter Bristow directed a verdict of innocent in the shooting of 17 year old John Wesley Simpson by 86 year old W G Jordan of Rock Hill. The defense argued Jordan acted to protect his home and wife Lula. Simpson allegedly approached the front door wearing a stocking mask and carried a gun. Evidence included stockings and a .25 caliber pistol found near the body and Lula Jordan handing a .38 caliber pistol to her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
Simpson
Jordan’s
Community Calendar Night Activities Across North Augusta and Aiken
Today listings include Toastmasters at S and S Cafeteria North Augusta 6 15 p m and Aiken Optimist Club at Dry Dock Restaurant 6 30 p m plus council meetings and many civic group gatherings from 7 p m to late evening Job shadowed by church based AA meetings at St Bartholomew s Episcopal and Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church Other events cover museum hours story hour and a public meeting with Nikki G Setzler at USC Aiken location Card highlights varied venues Odell Weeks Center Heart of Aiken Restaurant and Jaycee Hut among others Recurrent items include Aiken Camera Club Aiken Toastmasters and Valley AA sessions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
Aiken County Museum
Aiken County Public Library
Graniteville Exchange Club
Heart of Aiken
Aiken Toastmasters
Aiken Camera Club
Odell Weeks Center
Nikki G. Setzler
Public Meeting
USC Aiken
Valley A.A
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
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Lucinda Wright
Hampton Ave
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Wright
Montmorenci Baptist Church
Carrie Mae Windfield Moore
Brooklyn
N.Y
Junior Wright
Mary J. Mobley
Eva Williams
Miami
Fla
Fate Davis
Hempstead
Posey
Martha M. Anderson
Edgefield
Martha Moss
Willis) Anderson
Gary St
Mary Hammond
Belvedere
Wallace Brunson
Ridge Spring
Lexington County
Amos and Sons Funeral Home
Johnston
Anderson
Edgefield County
Macedonia Baptist Church
Mary Hartley
Carolyn Storm
Jackie Anderson
Louie Moss II
Malcolm Anderson
Emmett L. Priester
Sheldon
Emmett Lee Priester
Richard H. Hawkins
Bayview Nursing Center
Jasper County
Jonah
Ella Robinson Priester
Bank of Beaufort
Sheldon Baptist Church
Priester
Sheldon Township
Ada McTeer Priester
Robert A. Crosby
Walter B. McKinley
Lamar E. Priester
Georgetown
Sand Hill
Hampton County
American Cancer Society
Anderson Funeral Home of
Beaufort
Mrs. Marvell A. Jones
Bath
Marvell A. Jones
Bath Pentecostal Church
Ira.er
Pine Grove Cemetery
Simeon Grandov
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
G.A. Armstrong
Calvary Cemetery
Mr. Grandov
Oriole St
Yugoslavia
Grandov
St. Mary’s Help of Christian Church
Antoinette Chalpaty Grandov
John J. Simons
Jeannie Frantin
Long Island
John Grandev
Europe
Lewis H. Epperly
Augusta
Church of God of Prophecy
Larry D. Johns
Hillcrest Cemetery
Mr. Epperly
Frank Epperly
Langley
Augusta Hospital
Lewis H. Epperly Jr
Steve J. Epperly
George Thurmond Epperly
Ted J. Epperly
Emmie Talbert
Anna L. Cushman
Anna Leone Cato Cushman
York St
Marion Street Baptist Church
Brian Connor
Windsor Baptist Church
Monetta
Cushman
Hiram
Anna Derrick Cato
Albert Cushman
William E. McGee
David Ergle
Marie Cato
Elise Cato
W.A. Shields
George Funeral Home
America
Washington
Camp David
National Weather Service
Noaa
Dept of Commerce
Florida
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Chris Pooser
Hammond Hill School
Strom
Rusche
Comets
Dusters
Falcons
Mavericks
Monzas
Pintos
Valiants
Vegas
Western Auto
Blackwall
Whitewall
F.E.T
Kalmia Plaza
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