Edgefield deaths mark end of era for local families
Maggie Manson Wood Shirley 81 died yesterday in Edgefield hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with Rev. Bruce Potter and Rev. J.T. Littlejohn. Burial in Eastview Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters Pansy Turner Sara Boatwright Georgia Lamb Maggie amb and four sons John Wood Glover Wood Joe Wood and Albert Wood. Family receives friends tonight 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Edgefield
Maggie Manson Wood Shirley
Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home
Bruce Potter
J.T. Littlejohn
Eastview Cemetery
John Ware Wood
Homer F. Shirley
Antioch Baptist Church
Pansy W. Turner
Sara W. Boatwright
Greenwood
Georgia W. Lamb
Maggie Wamb
Aiken
John Lee Wood
Glover T. Wood
Hodges
Joe F. Wood
Hawksville
Albert R. Wood
Mittie Lee Chandler
Donald Wrightman
Barton
Memorial Baptist Church
Clinton D. Henderson
Sam Harmon
Aiken Memorial Park
Bamberg
W.H
Bessie Herrington Chandler
Charles Wesley United Methodist Church
William Wrightman Barton
William D
Bill) Barton
Francis Barton
Elizabeth Steedley
Jacksonville
Fla
Adlaide Arndt
Charlotte
N.C
Bill Barton
Hudson
No Strike Centered Bargaining Ends After All Night Talks
In an all night bargaining session the Postal Service and four unions reached a three year contract with no layoff protections and cost of living adjustments. Voting on the pact could begin around August 1 as leaders weigh the agreement. The talks mirrored a 1975 pattern with late progress and a shift away from a two year union proposal. The Acropolis tops Greece’s list of tourist sites with more than 450,000 American visitors in 1977, followed by Mykonos and Poseidon’s Temple.
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Andrews
Carter
Postal Service
New York City
Chicago
Laborers International
Letter Carriers Union
Staff Member Visits SRP For Obsolescence Review
A Senate Armed Services Committee staff member arrived at Savannah River Plant to study equipment obsolescence amid a report that SRP and two other defense sites need replacement. Don R. Cotter toured the plant with SR Operations Manager Nathaniel Stetson until noon in Aiken.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Savannah River
SRP
Don R. Cotter
Aiken
Nathaniel Stetson
Senate pressured by vetoes and budget moves in South Carolina
Senate leaders called back legislators to address two gubernatorial vetoes and an $8 million supplemental bill after a filibuster blocked adjournment. House opposition blocked an adjournment resolution, while three key bills face action including a constitutional amendment, higher home loan interest, and a tax donation option for political parties.
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Senate
House
Carter
Greenville
James B. Edwards
Edwards
South Carolina
Lawmakers Back Stronger Freedom of Information Act
Legislators Turnipseed Knotts Setzler and Mrs Rudnick praise a tougher FOIA while voicing support or regret on bills from initiative legislation to divorce referendums. McMillan warns on spending as Edwards threatens to veto provisions and 1600 new state employees are noted.
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Turnipseed
Setzler
McMillan
Knotts
General Assembly
Rudnick
Edwards
Aiken County Secures Over 1.2 Million For Capital Projects
USC Aiken will gain more than 1.2 million dollars from the General Assembly for capital improvements plus a roughly 600 thousand dollar budget increase if the governor does not veto. The package funds a service building master plan and classroom space, with Wagener Salley High School receiving 300 thousand for a vocational wing. Redcliffe Plantation in Beech Island gets 45 thousand for renovations. Senator Gilbert E. McMillan questions priority of these projects.
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Usc-Aiken
General Assembly
Wagener
Crescent Cities Vocational School
Salley
Gilbert E. McMillan
R-Aiken
Aiken Standard
Body Found in Clearwater Shocks Aiken County
Aiken County Sheriff's Department reports a body found last night in Clearwater identified as Reba Seckinger, white female, 60, with cause of death undetermined. Also a break‑in at Walter Plunket Antiques and Used Furniture on Richland Avenue. jewelry and furniture valued at 187 dollars stolen, store damage not reported.
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Clearwater
Reba Seckinger
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Walter Plunket
Richland Avenue
Malpractice Settlement Reached Over VA Hospital Care
The Wiggins family agrees to drop a 10 million malpractice suit against the U S government in exchange for 350000 and free medical care for Freddie E Wiggins Jr who suffered brain damage at a Veterans Administration hospital The agreement was reached Thursday before trial in US District Court Minneapolis involved negligence in a 1976 test.
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Charleston
U. S
Veterans Administration
Freddie
E. Wiggins Jr
Wiggins
Veterans Administration Hospital
Minneapolis
Minn
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Belvedere
Augusta Hospital
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North Harlem
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American Cancer Society
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Acropolis
Parthenon
Mykonos
Poseidon
Sounion
Aegean
Rhodes
MR. Speaker
Tip O'Neil
Weba-Tv
Columbia
Peter Cottontail
Loren Avenue
Greg Pitts
Owenscorning
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Willie Morris
W.R. Morris, Jr
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