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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1979
Page
2
Multiple obituaries from Spartanburg Florence Greenwood North Augusta and Lakeland list services and direct survivors. Louis Salley Wattie Raysor Jimmy Hall William Moore are remembered with service times at local chapels churches and cemeteries and survivors named.
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Doctors in Salt Lake City report Lisa and Elisa Hansen showing early signs of improvement weeks after their May 30 separation. The 20 month old sisters, joined at the head, remain vulnerable but are eating, sleeping, and responding to stimuli as limited physical therapy begins. Their parents, David and Patricia Hansen of Ogden, have hired an attorney to handle requests and offers.
Forecast calls for fair conditions through Wednesday with sunny skies and pleasant mid 50s nights. Temperatures rise to mid to upper 80s tomorrow with near zero rain chances, then return to 90s highs and 60s lows by Thursday through Saturday, with showers possible again by Saturday.
Kissinger says he acted for national dignity to help the deposed shah relocate in Mexico. He denies Bahamas Mexico trips and says he worked by telephone from a Washington office after a Thurmond dinner in Columbia. He urged President Lopez Portillo to offer refuge, saying the U.S. government would not act.
Marion Morrison known as John Wayne died aged 72 after a long cancer fight. The Oscar winner faced illness, reflected on his stage presence at the Academy Awards, and leaves a legacy as a western and war film icon with box office impact cited as about 700 million. Wayne, born 1907 in Winterset Iowa, starred in Stagecoach and True Grit earning an Oscar in 1970. He was married three times and commentated on patriotism during the 1960s.
The House Ways and Means Committee moves to write a stronger windfall profits tax on oil firms, aiming for at least 10 percent above Carter’s proposal. The move seeks to cool Democratic pressure over price decontrol and potential industry profits while Carter’s tough stance faces competition from Rep. Vanik’s simpler, costlier tax plan.
The Commerce Department reports retail sales down 0.2 percent in May to 71.1 billion dollars with April revised down to 71.2 billion. The Carter administration moves to monitor processors to pass lower farm prices to consumers and expands lumber cutting in national forests. Officials appeal a court ruling erasing wage and price penalties.
South Carolina lawmaker Rep. C Marshall Cain of Aiken criticizes an 808,784 state contribution package in the 1979 80 appropriations bill calling it pork barrel and forced gifts to private groups. He cites 127 288 Sea Grant Consortium 18000 Festival of Flowers and 17000 Charleston Higher Education Consortium. Cain notes budget board to review legality and says he voted to cut the section. He also announces a speaking slot at Clemson Taft seminar and mentions magistrate jury selection reform.
Today events range from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with blood donations at St. John s United Methodist Church and gatherings at S and S Cafeteria Odell Weeks Center and other venues across North Augusta Aiken County including Rotary clubs band practice and A.A. meetings Tomorrow includes museum hours DAR meeting bridge seniors Knights of Columbus and church A.A. groups and a note for event writers to contact Lynne Katonak at Aiken Standard.
New Ellenton plans possible tax increase as Councilman Gene Whitman urges a special meeting after Mayor Carl E. Langley returns. The current millage rate sits at 28 mills, among the lowest in South Carolina and unchanged for about a decade. The council awarded landscaping work for the new city office property to Cold Creek Garden Center for 2355 dollars.
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