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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1983
Page
2
Resident Judge Rodney A. Peeples will preside as another week of General Sessions court begins Monday. Guilty pleas are on Monday's court schedule, according to the Aiken solicitor's office. Court will begin at 10 a.m. in the Aiken County Court House.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department is probing two separate sex assaults reported Friday in the county. An 18-year-old Orangeburg woman was attacked after leaving a Wagener nightclub on Secondary Road 214, and a mentally retarded Aiken County man was sexually assaulted in a separate incident involving another man. No arrests have been made.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety investigates the theft of a $3,650 1982 Honda motorcycle belonging to Mark Kreseen of Greenbriar Apartments. The bike was stolen from the apartment complex parking area early this week and recovered nearby in a wooded area between Pine Avenue and Cherry Drive with minor damage. No arrests have been made.
Guy Hembree, director of Aiken County Emergency Medical Services, has been elected president of the South Carolina Association of EMS Directors. He will assume the role on July 1.
Volunteers are invited to a community clean-up at Shultz Hill Cemetery off U.S. 1 this Saturday. The effort starts at 9 a.m. and aims to uncover grave sites.
Thatcher declares victory as the Conservative Party secures a projected 144 seat majority in the 650 member House of Commons. The party records 42 percent of the vote, while a centrist alliance erodes Labor support in a decisive general election.
In Paris NATO foreign ministers plan a joint communique urging Moscow to speed arms control talks to avert a new deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. The document, drafted by Secretary of State George P. Shultz and 15 allies, reaffirms countering the Soviet arsenal with 572 U.S. cruise and Pershing 2 missiles.
A vast power outage paralyzed Austin and Travis County for over an hour cutting power to 420000 residents. Moviegoers sought refunds as officials investigated the cause while civilians directed traffic and a doctor completed surgery by flashlight. The blackout affected 1000 square miles and stretched into adjoining Williamson Bastrop and Hayes counties.
South Carolina enacts a child restraint law taking effect July 1. Gov. Dick Riley signed the measure Feb. 15, making SC one of 40 states with such laws. The rule requires children under 1 to ride in restraints, children 1 to 4 in restraints in the front seat, and children 1 to 4 in seat belts if in the back seat.
Martha Ebra, a Savannah River Plant supervisor who fled Cuba in 1961, described Cuba as a dependent state with extensive imports from Eastern Europe and limited political freedom. She noted brain drain after Castro and recounted family ties, plus club officers for 1983 84 were installed.
Clemson University report notes dwindling elementary science interest and reduced requirements. Quotes by Doris Helms and William Lipscomb highlight classroom focus on charts and budgets, with 36 percent of schools lacking science facilities and decades of shrinking science study.
Superintendent Charlie Williams unveils a 42 point plan to add science as a basic skill in grades three six and eight and raise graduation units from 18 to 20. The initiative promotes district flexibility and wider public participation through Clemson labs community programs and statewide honors.
Saturday events include Parents Without Partners meetings at Town Tavern Augusta and Fleming Center with a late night dance, plus Alpha Kappa Alpha and Halfway House locations. Sunday features the Thoroughbred Hall of Fame, Bicycle Club ride, and gatherings at Clark Hill and JM Fields, with further clubs and council meetings listed for Monday across Aiken and surrounding towns.
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