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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1980
Page
14
South Carolina endures extreme heat with at least seven deaths and forecast near 100 degrees in the Midlands and Piedmont. Gov. Riley urged disaster aid as farmers tally crop losses and poultry firms report nearly one million broilers dead. Coroners cited age and preexisting conditions in recent fatalities.
In Wichita and across the Great Plains the elderly endure a prolonged heat wave with 107 degree days and nights above 80. Oscar and Mabel Clutes, 85, stay indoors with a fan, refusing help while relying on Social Security and rent from four apartments to survive. At least five in Wichita and over 800 nationwide have died. heat shelters see few visitors as many stay home or distrust aid.
Four South Carolinians died in four crashes on state roads and near Shaw AFB. A York woman Mary Helen Ross 37 and her 10 year old son Derrick died when her car ran under a tractor trailer on US 321. The driver Troy Ferguson of Gastonia NC was uninjured. Keith Ross 4 remained hospitalized. Marguerite Ross 13 was in stable condition. An Air Force Base airman Michael Newmann died when his car left a rural Sumter County road. Bessie Way Clancy 71 died after a collision near Orangeburg.
Warrants were issued for a man in Anderson County after two tax assessors Kevin McCarthy and Kay Willis were assaulted at a brick house they were surveying. McCarthy was struck with a shotgun and his car windshield smashed as the man ordered them off the property. The assailant, unnamed, forced them to leave and later warrants were signed but not served.
A 14 member state task force linked home breakdowns to below average SAT vocabulary scores among South Carolina students. The panel, after surveying 85 parents teachers and students, offered causes and recommendations reported by the State Department of Education at Myrtle Beach gather.
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