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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1986
Page
6
A 41 year old Langley resident Donnie Wade Davis died at the scene when his car flipped over and pinned him near the bottom of a hill on Richardson Lake Road late yesterday evening. Coroner Sue Townsend confirmed the fatality.
A 21 year old man Cecil James of Lower Savannah River Pre Release Center drowned while swimming with five or six others at an abandoned kaolin quarry known as Blue Hole near Graniteville. The incident occurred late yesterday.
A green flat bed truck carrying army jeeps left Fuel City in North Augusta yesterday evening after filling up with 170 gallons of diesel and a $117.75 bill. The driver promised to pay cash but drove off without payment. Weigh stations are searching for the truck. no sheriff’s department details available.
Aiken County reports a spate of thefts including two videocassette recorders from Warrenville and Florence Street, two motorcycles from Carolina Springs Road and Shoney’s on Whiskey Road, a gas grill on Kerr Drive Belvedere, and a small air conditioner from the Social Services building. A Brookhaven Drive vehicle was damaged by vandals, and a grass fire near Memorial Baptist Church was caused by exhaust fumes during a funeral. Public safety kept sirens quiet out of respect for the service.
In Columbia an apparent accident left a 10-year-old girl and her mother dead. The girl fell from a canal near the Broad River and the mother jumped in to save her, authorities said.
Eleven Aiken County livestock farmers received part of 450 bales of hay donated by New York farmers as drought relief. More hay is en route, with four rail cars expected this week, two for Aiken, while local producers await rain to revive pastures and feed through winter.
Lloyd J. Kukon of Germantown mobilizes neighbors to donate hay after his own drought relief efforts. The first truckload of 450 bales arrived in Aiken with Conrail rail cars and Southern Railroad help to transport thousands more. Kukon aims to send aid to South Carolina and Washington, D.C. while juggling farm finances and family succession.
The Salkahatchie Summer Service Program expands to Horse Creek Valley with almost 40 youth and several adults refurbishing six houses. Participants pay 100 for the privilege and rely on donations plus United Methodist support. The effort aims to teach life values and faith through direct missions.
College of Charleston interim President Harry Lightsey says he did not know some written statements were withheld from a formal report on the June 29 Folly Beach drownings of two Governor's School honors program students. Counselor Clark Freshman of Fort Lauderdale says one unreleased statement blamed the school for negligence and lack of lifeguards. Wilkin Williams of Cheraw and Curtis Bryant of New Ellenton, both 14, died during a beach outing. nine counselors provided statements, but only six were released.
The cost of a Senate inquiry into claims that the Savannah River Plant released radiation in 1955 was significant in man hours and travel but Thurmond's press secretary would not pursue further costs. The report by Robert Bott found no evidence of an accident at SRP despite hours of review and tied the higher readings to Nevada fallout from the Teapot Hornet tests.
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