Local Legislators Consider Bills in General Assembly
Legislation initiated by Aiken County lawmakers advances through both House and Senate. Bills include requiring state tort insurance for public school staff, raising grain and food prices to match oil hikes, investing reserve funds in SC banks, extending paternity suit statute of limitations, and forcing resignations if a bid for another office triggers a special election. Senate items include beer and wine license price hikes and a resolution urging Carter on plutonium reprocessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
General Assembly
House
M. Judson Busbee
D-Wagener
C. Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
U.S. Congress
OPEC
Senate
Thomas Huff
North Augusta
Thomas Moore
Clearwater
William Rees
D-Edgefield
Busbee
South Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Huff and
Cain
Senate Judiciary Committee
Huff
Tom Turnipseed
D-Lexington
William E. Knotts
D-Barnwell
Carter
Ten Arrested in North Augusta Weekend Tavern Raid
An early Saturday raid on the Lucky Lady Tavern in North Augusta led to 10 arrests and 14 drug warrants. Thirty officers from multiple agencies seized marijuana and other drugs plus several weapons as drugs were sent to SLED labs for analysis.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Audubon Drive
Clearwater
Judy Dunlap
Seymore Drive
Truckers Resume Protests Across States
The Associated Press reports shots fired at truckers and a cattle truck set ablaze as independent drivers protest rising fuel costs. Six sniper incidents under state police review near Salt Lake City accompany blockades, fuel shortages, and halted truck traffic across Wisconsin Minnesota Utah Tennessee and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Utah
Tennessee
Montana
Missoula
Bob Whalen
Break-Ins Reported Across Aiken County Over Weekend
Three costly break ins drew sheriff’s attention in Aiken County over the weekend. James Morgan on Route 4 Aiken reported $3,400 in a welding machine and tools missing. Russell Kinney’s Apache Drive North Augusta home suffered $3,175 in losses. property recovered and Lt. Jim Herzog led the arrest of Edward Vance, 28, of Cherokee Drive North Augusta. The First Lady Beauty Shop at 3108 Vaucluse Road was robbed with an undetermined cash loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
James Morgan
Route 4
Aiken
Apache Drive
Russell Kinney
Augusta
Jim Herzog
Edward Vance
Cherokee Drive
North Augusta
First Lady
Vaucluse Rd
Flyway Titmice And Birds Nesting On Wehn Property
The Wehn family on Pine Log Road report multiple bird species nesting on their land including titmice bluebirds kingbirds and crested flycatchers. They observed titmice eggs four in a nest and pondered if birds practice birth control while hawks may prey on the female bird. Last year flycatchers returned and reselected nesting boxes with snakeskin decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wehn
County Landfill Extends Hours In Aiken County
The Aiken County Landfill will be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays under county administrator L C Greene. The schedule aims to deter dumping large items that overfill trash bins and trigger extra collections by Browning-Ferris Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
L.C. Greene
Browning-Ferris Industries
Aiken Council Debates 1979 80 Budget and Ordinances
The Aiken City Council considers the 1979 80 budget tonight with votes on a tax rate cut and higher sewer and fire protection charges for non residents. Second readings are scheduled for zoning signs political restrictions and for a South Carolina Electric and Gas Company franchise. Final readings are set on revenue sharing expenditures annexation on Whiskey Road and rezoning at Hampton and McCormick Avenues to neighborhood business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Whiskey Road
Hampton Avenue
McCormick Avenue
New Ellenton Primary Set for Democratic Council Seat
The New Ellenton Democratic primary for a town council candidate is tomorrow with the general election for the unexpired term of Councilman Richard Campbell on July 17. Campbell resigned after moving to Columbia. three residents Keith Harris O J Seabolt and Dorothy Williams qualified for the primary. Polls at the New Ellenton Civic Center open 8 a m to 7 p m for all registered Democrats residents of New Ellenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ellenton
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Columbia
Keith Harris
O.J. Seabolt
Dorothy
Richmond) Williams
Shoestring Opera Tonight at Hopeland Gardens
The Shoestring Opera Company presents excerpts from Verdi operas I Trovatore and La Traviata at Hopeland Gardens tonight at 7. Bring chairs or blankets. rain plan is the First Baptist Church of Aiken on Richland Avenue.
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Opera Company
Hopeland Gardens
Aerial Radiation Survey Plans Near Savannah River Plant
A DOE aerial survey will start tomorrow to measure radiation around the Savannah River Plant. A light blue helicopter with dark blue stripes, owned by EG and G Las Vegas Ney, will fly at very low altitudes within the plant and near boundaries. Communities likely to notice the flight include Barnwell Allendale Jackson New Ellenton Williston and Blackville. The four week survey aims to map radiation levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Energy
Savannah River
Eg&g
Las Vegas
Ney
SRP
Barnwell
Allendale
Jackson
New Ellenton
Williston
Blackville
Federal Retirees To Meet In Local NARFE Chapter
The local 934 NARFE chapter gathers tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Ramada Inn with Lowell McCrary and John Jennings speaking. The Lower Savannah Council of Governments executive committee meets next week in Aiken at 6 30 p.m. on Wagener Road to discuss historic preservation grants for 1980 applications. Public access is allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Ramada Inn
Lowell McCrary
S.C. Federation of Narfe
John Jennings
Lower Savannah
Aiken County Council Sets Special Budget Meeting
The Aiken County Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Richland Avenue county office complex to give second reading to the 1979 80 fiscal budget. The $7.2 million operating budget won first reading last week and Tuesday's session will be open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Windsor Council Prepares Second Reading On SCE&G Ordinance
Windsor Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m. at the town hall to review a second reading of an ordinance concerning South Carolina Electric and Gas. A water system study and ideas from the Lower Savannah Council of Governments will be discussed and a committee will be appointed. Public input sought on judicial legislation will be gathered by Rep. C. Marshall Cain in a 5:30 p.m. meeting at the county office complex. Cain will also address the 1979 80 appropriation bill and the proposal for six new circuit judges and a five member criminal court of appeals. In other business, Cain will discuss the apportionment bill. Two rings valued at 2300 dollars were stolen from Francis L. Madigan's kitchen. New Ellenton Council plans landscaping bids for the new town office property at tonight's 7 p.m. meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
U.S. 78
Lower Savannah
C. Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
Cain
Criminal Court of Appeals
Aiken
Senate
Francis L. Madigan
Department of Public Safety
Madigan
Laurel Drive
New Ellenton
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Willie Green III
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Sheila Rossi
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Grovetown
Alvin Richard Quarles
Allison Road
Martinez
Robert Wayne Gully
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Larry Donald Wakins
Beaman Road
Otis Kilough
Broad St
James Lester Morris
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Herman Hediger
Wisconsin Independent Truckers Association
Midwest
Bob Brastrup
Montana Wheat Research Committee
Mike Parkhurst
National Independent Truckers Association
Titmice
Tommy Titmouse
Raymond Wehns
Aiken Council
Bath
Midland Valley High School
S.C
United Merchants and Manufacturing Co
Aiken County Board of Education
Area III
Parent-Teacher Association
Aiken County Council
Graniteville Company
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U.S. 1
Ludlow Lake Road
Duncan Road
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