Car Train Collision in Graniteville Leaves No Injuries
An 11:30 a.m. collision at a Greenville Road crossing in Graniteville involved Cecil E. Goff 45 and passengers Geraldine Goff 46 and Keith Fulmer. The car sustained about 100 dollars in damage. the train reported no damage. In Edgefield, the Perry Bush Smith murder retrial begins today after a 1985 conviction was overturned for an improper question during a psychiatrist examination.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Sheriff’s Department
Cecil E. Goff
Rennie St
Greenville Road
Southern Railways
Goff
Geraldine Goff
Keith Fulmer
Edgefield
Perry Bush Smith
Smith
Johnston
Charles McGee
Julius Ness
Hagan Named Warden of Aiken Youth Center
George T. Hagan of Aiken is named warden of the Aiken Youth Correctional Center replacing Mike Buck who goes to the Women's Correctional Center in Columbia. Hagan earned a education degree from the University of South Carolina and joined the corrections department in 1976 as an area parole supervisor.
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George T. Hagan
Aiken
Hagan
Mike Buck
Women’s Correctional Center
Columbia
University of South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Youthful Offender Services
Lower Savannah
Dump truck bursts into flames on U S 25 near Augusta
A Claussen Concrete Co. truck driven by Willie J. Phinizy of Aiken burned on U S 25 Monday afternoon. The blaze started about 3 45 p m possibly from an electrical short under the dashboard. The truck was largely destroyed. Phinizy escaped unharmed.
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Augusta
U.S. 25
Claussen Concrete Co., Inc
Willie J. Phinizy
Aiken
Phinizy
North Augusta Considers City Action Over Bad Checks
North Augusta officials weigh SBC suggestions to curb bad checks amid a $30,000 annual loss. Dick Day and Bob Tarrant push for city prosecution rights and a local collection system, while the attorney favors improving current state procedures. Legislators have stalled two bills aimed at speeding prosecutions and increasing service charges.
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Nesses
Day
Bob Tarrant
SBC
Kelly F. Zier
Dey
Tarrant
Old Flags Laid To Rest By Ridge Spring Legion
About 50 people attended a twilight ceremony in the Sigrid N Ceips Memorial Garden as Ridge Spring Ameri can Legion Post No 133 and Auxiliary burned ten American and two state flags in a steel drum. Legion leaders spoke of the flags significance and vowed to retire faded banners with honor while noting the flags from homes and states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. Mayor C David Sawyer Jr represented the state and declared the flags worn and unserviceable.
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Ridge Spring
Sigrid N
Legion
Ridge Spring Town Hall
Michigan
Wisconsin
Brunson
C. David Sawyer Jr
South Carolina
PSA Budget Decisions Still To Be Made
North Augusta officials review the Aiken County Public Service Authority 1988 budget with cuts totaling over $207,000. Key issues include salary study timing, replacement and renewal funding for Horse Creek Wastewater Plant, and a proposed 19 cent per 1 000 gallons rate hike from 48 cents. The salary study goes to County Council on June 9 and the replacement fund faces opposition from major customers.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Aiken County Council
Aiken
United Merchants
Graniteville Co
Roger P. LeDuc
Incinerator project dropped by North Augusta council
North Augusta City Council rejected two zoning requests and decided that funding for an SPCA incinerator is unnecessary. City Administrator Charles B. Martin said there is no need to pursue incineration as the county landfill will remain open for animal disposal. The council accepted the planning commission’s denial of the incinerator proposal.
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LeDuc
Houndslake
Gem Lakes
North Augusta
Charles B. Martin
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Martin
Josey Becomes Mt Pleasant City Attorney First In Post
Victoria H. Josey 29 will leave the Aiken County Public Defender’s Office to become Mt. Pleasant city attorney. She is the third defender to depart in recent months and starts next Monday. Josey is Clemson 1978 and USC Law 1981 graduate, joined the office Dec 1 last year.
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Victoria H. Josey
Mt. Pleasant
Ms. Josey
Public Defender’s Office
Robert C. Childs
Robert W. Mills
Greenville County Solicitor’s Office
Richland County Public Defender’s Office
Pleasant
Aiken County
Aiken County Public Defender’s Office
Smith
Josey
Du Pont Leader Sketches NPR Site Options at Aiken Rotary
Ernest F. Ruppe of Du Pont outlined why Savannah River Plant would be a strong NPR site citing safety leadership and tritium tech. He noted two reactors could be built with design starts in 1990 and operation by 2000, with other sites like Hanford and Idaho Falls also considered.
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Savannah River
NPR
Aiken
Ruppe
Hanford
Washington
Idaho Falls
Idaho
SRP
du Pont
John Lowe
McDonald Law
Aiken Rotary Club
Houndslake Country Club
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Supreme Court
Ness
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Donnie Myers
Myers
Aiken Department of Public Works
Town Creek
Silver Bluff
Dick Day
Small Business Council
Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Busi
Lark W. Jones
American Legion
John Burger
Post
U.S. Coast Guard
American and
Pricilla
Ridge Spring Legion
Priscilla Boatwright
Batesburg
The
Disabled American Veterans
Saluda Veterans’ Home
PSA
N. Augusta
Martha Norris
Rappe
Congress
DOE
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