North Augusta Council stalls on minor league baseball plan
North Augusta officials weigh a $200,000 Lions Field upgrade proposal by Bill Heaton for a Class A or AA team. City figures cited range up to $15,000 for preparations plus $1,500 for field work, while manager Charles Martin notes code limits. Council asks for figure verification and will revisit at the June 27 work session.
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North Augusta
Bill Heaton
Heaton
Lions
Augusta
Charles Martin
Martin
Mark A
Buddy) Baynham
New Jersey
GOP Seeks Derrick Seat in South Carolina Race
The Third District GOP plans to announce a bid to unseat Rep. Butler Derrick. Potential candidates include John Nave, Paul Wilkerson, and Dan Ross. The party aims to raise 50 000 for initial campaign costs and may discuss Derrick's voting record at today's North Augusta meeting.
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Butler Derrick
D-S.c
North Augusta
John Nave
Greenwood
Paul Wilkerson
Oconee County
Dan Ross
Bamberg
Charles Jowers
Jowers
Ted Kennedy
Harold Washington
Rep
Derrick
Butler
Harte mocks Rotary Club chorus in jest
Bob Harte comments on the Aiken Rotary Club choir jokingly likening their singing to a crime. The Second Judicial Circuit solicitor remarks no indictments will occur in the room.
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Bob Harte
Aiken
U S Economy Surges 6.6 Percent in Second Quarter
Commerce Department flash estimate shows real GNP rising 6.6 percent annual rate for the second quarter, fastest since early 1981. First quarter revised to 2.6 percent. profits up 1.1 percent before taxes, down 4.4 after taxes. Inflation at 5.5 percent.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Mother Faces Hard Times After Husband Leaves
Julia Scott says four years of struggle followed her husband’s departure leaving her to raise two sons alone. She moved to Graniteville for a low rent apartment, receives VA disability for her son, food stamps, and DSS aid. Through the Jobs for the Jobless program she hopes to find employment within walking distance.
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Graniteville
Veterans Administration
Department of Social Services
You Can Help Speed The Recovery Jobs For The Jobless
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the Job Service sponsor a program with the Aiken Standard to speed hiring during the recession. It asks for money jobs or ideas and notes supervised projects like library wall painting and repairs at L B C Middle School. A form is on Page 8A and contact is Jobs For The Jobless P O Box 2763 Aiken 29801 or 649 9651.
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Greater Aiken
Aiken County
Aiken
Tragedy on Whiskey Road Kills Grandchild in Aiken Crash
A three vehicle crash on Whiskey Road south of Aiken left one 9 year old grandchild dead and four others injured. Grandmother Eloise Bryant 51 drove the wrong lane to turn left causing the chain collision with John Arbaugh 23 and Thomas Bafford 18. Other injured include Michael Inabinet 7 in fair condition and Robert Inabinet 5 in serious condition at University Hospital.
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Whiskey Road
Aiken
Tonia B. Inabinet
Rt. 5
Box 19
Windsor
University Hospital
Augusta
George Funeral Home
Eloise J. Bryant
John R. Arbaugh
Michael Inabinet
Robert
Inabinet
Aiken Community Hospital
Bryant
Albaugh
Bafford
Payne
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N.A. Council
North Augusta Annexes
Gop
Aiken Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Wire Road
Ginny Southworth
Julia Scott
Kentucky
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