Roland Windham praised as ideal city manager in Aiken
Aiken officials and residents laud Roland Windham for 16 years of steady leadership and community involvement. He serves as city manager while balancing church work, Rotary and United Way duties, and a calm, committed approach at home and work. An afterhours gas station slip is noted but not defining.
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Roland Windham
Aiken
H. Odell Weeks
Michael Strickland
Mike Facciolo
North Augusta
Carey Smith
Windham
First Baptist Church
Rotary
United Way
The
Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Community Playhouse
Kitty
Fired Worker Gets Hearing With Council
Aiken County constable Van J. Ray Jr., dismissed June 4 by Magistrate Max A. Meek, will have a public hearing tomorrow at 5 30 p m in the county office complex on Richland Avenue. Ray, 19, says he was fired for immaturity and seeks fairness under the Home Rule Act. Meek confirms the dismissal and will not attend the hearing.
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Aiken
van. J. Ray Jr
Max A. Meek
Ray
L. Glenn Holley
Council
Carrol H. Warner
Richland Avenue
Meek
Holley
Notable talents and seaside reads in Aiken report
Aiken TEC notes student Michael Dunbar as the only man who can weld in double knit slacks without getting burned. A local matron recalls reading Jaws at the beach and suggests calmer summer reading. Richard Headstrom authors Lobsters Crabs Shrimp and Their Relatives as a seaside recommendation. Laurens Street Philosopher proposes drastic fuel plan to end gasoline shortage by turning off all traffic lights for one week.
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Aiken Tec
Michael Dunbar
Richard Headstrom
Laurens Street
LSP
Aiken County Council Considers Budget and New Business
The Aiken County Council will hold a public hearing and third reading of the 1979-80 budget ordinance at tomorrow's meeting. The agenda includes revenue sharing, CETA contracts, emergency ordinances funding a county van, an IBM computer lease purchase, and probate office funds.
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Aiken County
Richland Avenue
Coun
IBM
State won’t act on workers in Aiken County Clerk’s office
South Carolina Supreme Court administrator L Edmund Atwater III said the issue should be resolved locally. He supported keeping full time staff but County council's decision to reject absorbing 52 CETA workers to avoid about 500000 in costs stands as a local matter. Two workers remain in the family court division of Sue Roe’s office.
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Aiken County
L. Edmund Atwater III
South Carolina Supreme Court
Sue H. Roe
Nuclear Limits Promised At SALT II Signing
President Carter and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed the SALT II treaty in Vienna marking a major step in curbing long range missiles and bombers through 1985. They hailed the pact as a victory for peace while warning the nuclear threat endures and urging Senate ratification to solidify arms control progress.
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Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Vienna
Austria
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Brezhnev
Imperial Hofburg Palace
U.S. Senate
Science Licking Cancer Threat
A series outlining major advances in cancer treatment. Highlights include substantial cures in acute lymphocytic leukemia among children, Hodgkin's disease survival rising from near zero to about 75 percent, and bone sarcomas showing 70 to 80 percent cure rates. Also notes histiocytic lymphoma improving to 40 to 50 percent with prospects toward 75 percent.
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