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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1990
Page
1
U S Senator Strom Thurmond asks Lexington, South Carolina town officials for a $25 refund on a water deposit paid in 1938 for property he sold last year. Mayor Eli Mack calls the request amusing and notes the receipt dates back 52 years.
Obituary notice states death of Leroy Irvin May in Augusta. details available on page 8A.
Two blasts rocked the aircraft carrier Midway during flight ops near Yokosuka. Nine crew members injured with four burned. Fire contained, ship under its own power. Eleven aboard at Yokosuka and at Yokota Air Base. No deaths reported.
SRS Traffic Flow reports updated 24 hour counts across three entrance gates. Green Pond Road entry logged 1,784 inbound and 1,348 outbound for 3,132 total on April 24 1990, with March 1989 inbound at 1,464 indicating a 22 percent rise. S.C. 125 gate totaled 18,692 for 24 hours, inbound 9,020 outbound 9,672, inbound up 12 percent from March 1989 8,027.
SRS weighs continuing staggered shifts at its 300 square mile site to ease traffic. Wes Tinghouse Savannah River Co. President James S. Moore will decide by Aug. 1. current schedules affect about 60,000 workers across 3/700 and other areas. A through lane on F-Area road cut morning commute times by about 20 minutes for reactor and H-Area workers.
Aiken County Council approved two bond issues totaling about 5.5 million and a 4 million tax anticipation note with no tax increase. One bond funds the U.S. 1 and Langley Pond sewer line. the other finances Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center upgrades. The notes cover 1990 operations, repaid via connection charges and user fees, with Seaport of funding from the South Carolina Resources Authority at 7.2 percent.
The Aiken Standard invites gardeners to enter tomatoes cucumbers and yellow squash for a weights based contest running through July 20. Heaviest in each category wins 100 dollars, runners up receive 50 and 25. Entries accepted at the newspaper office weekdays.
The House approved a 20.8 billion energy and water bill by 395 to 59 to restart Savannah River Site reactors idle since 1988. It includes 90 million to reactivate SRS units and 363 million for proposed new production reactors at SRS and Idaho National Lab, with a heavy water NPR at SRS to meet all tritium needs at 3.4 billion cost.
George DeLoache told Aiken County Council he has removed most old cars triggering nuisance complaints on Lynwood Drive. He warned he would not clear beyond a point without legal action. The council will let the process run before dismissing any action.
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