Riegel Textile-Wesray deal terminated by mutual consent
Riegel Textile and Wesray affiliate end their agreement to acquire all outstanding Riegel common shares at 35 per share. The plan would have bought about 690000 shares and granted proxies to vote about 25 percent. Robert E. Coleman said Merrill Lynch Capital Markets will explore other financial options.
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Riegel Textile Corporation
Wesray Corporation
Riegel
Riegel Common
Robert E. Coleman
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets
Man Charged With Helping Minors Steal
A Graniteville man James Oscar Campbell 21 was arrested and charged with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for taking boys to stores where they shoplifted over about three months.
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Graniteville
Jim Sanders
Aiken County
Edgefield Rep Joe Anderson Show Sparks Local Chat
North Augusta Chamber of Commerce breakfast speaker Jim Duffy notes Rep. Joe Anderson is politically astute after graduating from Clemson and USC. Jackie Brown, USC Aiken athletic secretary, gets attention when Kool and the Gang concerts come to town, as she relates band member connections. A clutter clinic at the Aiken County Agricultural Building prompts lighthearted reaction about ticket calls and reluctance to part with old items.
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Joe Anderson
Edgefield County
North Augusta
Jim Duffy
Usc-Aiken Athletic
Jackie Brown
Kool and the Gang
Jackie
Aiken County
Old Ellenton film to document town's 1950s displacement
Filming for a documentary about Ellenton, moved for the Savannah River Plant project in the 1950s, starts June 10 in Jackson. Sid O Berry, a Nashville Emmy winner and Ellenton native, leads the project with Ron Grant. The film uses residents memories and archival materials to portray transitory life and trauma. It premieres at next year's Ellenton reunion.
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Paris
Martina Navratilova
Kathy Horvath
Horvath
Roland Garros
Navratilova
Hana Mandlikova
Czechoslovakia
Ellenton
Jackson
Sid O’berry
Nashville
WZTV
O’berry
Ron Grant
Grant
DuPont
U.S
Savannah River
John D. Key
County council debates contingency funds and budget without tax rise
Five member council hearing on whether to dip into contingency funds and how to fund county needs without a tax increase ends without agreement. The plan again avoids a county tax hike for the third year as a Saturday session is proposed to finalize the budget before July 1.
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Aiken Technical Education Commission
Aiken Tec
Ashley Little
Little
Allied Health and Continuing Education
Aiken County
Craig Musick
Sub Reactor Burial At SRP A Possibility
Navy decides against ocean disposal of retired nuclear submarines off North Carolina. Land burial at federal waste sites identified as preferred option in final environmental impact statement, following public hearings and environmentalist pressure. Rep. Walter Jones credits hearings and letters. disposal requires congressional approval.
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Savannah River
U.S. Navy
North Carolina
Navy
Ken Anderson
Office of Information Southeast
Atlanta
Anderson
Raleigh
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Hatteras
California
Walter Jones
D-N.c
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Ters
Jones
Congress
Candidates Vie For Five Council Seats
Aiken County voters face a June 12 primary with five of nine council seats up for grabs. Republican leaders Carroll H. Warner and Mim Woodring have no opposition in primary or general. Seat 3 pits J Robert Murrell against a six candidate Democratic field in November. Democratic contenders for seat 3 include Terry Carver Carl Cox L C Jones Jr La Wana McKenzie Glenda Wilson and L V Davis. Murrell, 57, of North Augusta, is Bathfire Department member and Owens Corning Fiberglas security chief, married with four children, and pledges fiscal leadership and broad county service.
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Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Mim Woodring
H.M
Mike) McElhaney
Murrell
Terry
T.R.) Carver
Carl P. Cox
L.C. Jones Jr
la Wana
Rutland) McKenzie
Glenda Wilson
L.V. Davis
North Augusta
Bathfire Department
Langley United Methodist Church
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Nelle Hatcher
Savannah River
Carver
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Wesray
Man
Martina
Old Ellenton
Terry Brown
Aiken County Alcohol and Drug
Srp
J. Robert Murrell
Warner Republican
Woodring
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