Deaths and Funerals in Augusta Area
Carrie Simon 68 of 321 Fairfield St. died at an Aiken County hospital. Services by Miller's Funeral Home. Surviving daughter Elease Echols and siblings in Aiken and Philadelphia. Jerry Howard Brock of North Augusta died in a Richmond County hospital. Funeral today at Platt's Funeral Home. Survivors include three sons and sister Betty Poole. Bessie Collier of Aiken listed. Lockett Chapel member. survivors include daughter Betty Barnard and brother Sylvester Ramsey. Flora High Kelly, sister of Mrs. P. L. Crow, died. funeral at Greenlawn Memorial Park. widow of ex-SC Insurance Commissioner R. Lee Kelly. daughters W. Albert Rees and Furman D. Waltrip. memorials to Shandon UMC. Benjamin A. Willis, 61, of Aiken County died. funeral at Bethel Baptist Church with Masonic rites. retired county roads supervisor and ex-investigator with sheriff's dept. Burial Ridge Spring Cemetery.
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Carrie Simon
Fairfield St
Aiken County
Augusta
Jerry Howard Brock
C.A. Clifford Jr
North Augusta
Richmond County
Platt
Clarence C. Murphy
Westover
Brock
Richard Jerry Brock
Martinez
Philip Michael Brock
Charles William Brock
Betty B. Poole
Bessie Collier
McCormick St
Miller
Aiken
Collier
Edgefield County
Lockett Chapel
Bet
Columbia
Flora High Kelly
P. L. Crow
Greenlawn Memorial Park
William C. Reid
Kelly
R. Lee Kelly
S.C. Insurance
Spartanburg County
Mack
Estelle Benedict
Shandon United Methodist Church
Frances Powell
Monetta
Benjamin A. Willis
Bethel Baptist Church
Ridge Spring
Mr. Willis
S.C. Highway Department
Willis
Sheriff’s Department
Aiken Community Band to Perform at Hopelands Gardens
The Aiken Recreation sponsors a Monday night concert featuring the Aiken Community Band at Hopeland Gardens. Patrons should bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating, with parking on Mead Street. The venue sits at Whiskey Road and Dupree Place.
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Aiken
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken Recreation
Whiskey Road
Dupree Place
Mead Street
Aiken water tower upgrade advances five year project
Aiken Public Works Director Wyatt Johnson describes a five year city water system upgrade. A top is being installed on the S C 19 tower at 23000 dollars. The project will include painting and new pumping arrangements and will not affect the water supply.
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S.C. 19
Aiken Public Works
Wyatt Johnson
Ohnson
PSA Meeting Set For Monday in North Augusta
The Aiken County Public Service Authority announces its regular monthly meeting for Monday at 7 30 p m in the Horse Creek Pollution Control Facility conference room. The public is invited to attend. The wastewater plant is on S C 125 south of U S 1.
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North Augusta
Aiken County Public Service Authority
Horse Creek
S.C. 125
U.S. 1
Dallas Security Tight A Secret Who Shot J R
Los Angeles AP reports Dallas producers keep the mystery of who shot J R Ewing secret with limited access to scripts and staged misdirections. Suspects include Sue Ellen Kristin Shepard Alan Beam Cliff Barnes Vaughn Leland Marilee Stone Dusty Farlow. The fate of J R remains unresolved as filming continues.
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Los Angeles
J.R
Dallas
J.R. Ewing
Larry Hagman
Lorimar Productions
Leonard Katzman
Katzman
Kristin Shepard
Sue Ellen
Alan Beam
Cliff Barnes
Ewings
Vaughn Leland
Asia
Marilee Stone
Dusty Farlow
Paris Raises Gasoline and Oil Prices Again
The Ministry of Economy announced another price hike today, pushing the cost of a gallon of regular gasoline to nearly $3 and raising heating oil costs as well.
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Paris
Ministry of Economy
Weekend Stays Thirsty Dust Bowl Forecast
The Southeast will see a weakening of the dust bowl pattern by weekend end. Saturday remains sunny with highs in the upper 80s and a fair night around 60. South of the area showers appear, but not in South Carolina. The state area turns partly cloudy Sunday to Tuesday with highs in the 90s and overnight lows around 60.
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South Carolina
Politics Tangles With Low Level Nuclear Waste Limit
South Carolina health officials warn politics may influence the cap on out of state nuclear waste received at Chem Nuclear Systems. VEPCO seeks an exception to ship reactor waste, while Governor Riley maintains a strict limit to push regional disposal plans.
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Columbia
Robert Jackson
Jackson
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Virginia Electric Power Co
South Carolina
Richard W. Riley
Chem
Barnwell
Chem Nuclear
Riley
Chem-Nuclear
VEPCO
CHEC
Rick Wilson
Wilson
Dhec Board
William M. Wilson
Republicans Hid In McCormick County Primary
McCormick County Republicans faced near silence in the primary as Edmund Lully says no one voted in the sole Republican Senate race to challenge Ernest Hollings. He adds Republicans are a weak minority and that many voted Democratic to influence local races.
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McCormick
McCormick County
Edmund Lully
Lully
U.S
Senate
Ernest Hollings
Carter Unity Appeals Fuel Kennedy Rifts at Platform Hearings
Washington AP report notes Kennedy supporters view Carter calls for party unity as an effort to push Kennedy from the Democratic nomination race. Carter hosts committee members at the White House and urges rifts be healed while some dispute remain for the convention.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Steven Schlesinger
Schlesinger
White House
Stuart Eizenstat
Congress
Community Calendar: Aiken events and meetings schedule
Today's listings include Queen City Chapter No 141 OES and Narcotics Anonymous at local venues. Tomorrow features Alpha Kappa Alpha and AA meetings. Sunday and Monday bring health tests, museum hours, Rotary and Toastmasters meetings, and more at area sites.
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Queen City
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Narcotics Anonymous
York St
Air Wisconsin Plane Crashes in Nebraska Field Killing 12
A violent thunderstorm battered Valley Nebraska as an Air Wisconsin passenger plane plunged into a muddy soybean field. Twelve of the 15 aboard died, with one survivor in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha. Captain J P Wintle of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department commented on the survivors.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Bob Culver
J.P. Wintle
Douglas County
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates Aired
Aiken Standard lists weekly monthly and long term payment options with prepaid rates for 3 6 and 12 months. The notice instructs all advance payments be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
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Jerry H. Brock
Ty Barnard
Sylvester Ramsey
Warrenville
Flora H. Kelly
Hopelands
PSA
Ewing
Sue Ellen Ewing
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Rajeen Jindal
Jim Nash
Savannah River
Elizabeth Harrington
Alpha Kappa Alpha
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
Doll House
Hopeland Garden
Aiken A.A
Linden St
Aiken County Health Department
Aiken Rotary Club
Ramada Inn
Aiken Sertoma Club
Kalmia Toastmasters
Hungry Bull
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Valley A.A
the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
Larry Wood
Aiken Standard
Carrier
PBM
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