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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1983
Page
1
A Savannah River Plant nuclear reactor in C Reactor was shut down during refueling after a malfunction left a 15-foot uranium235 lithium alloy assembly suspended for four hours. No radioactivity release occurred, no evacuations or protective actions were needed, and state agencies were notified. The safety systems operated as designed.
Space shuttle Challenger completed its 96th orbit with two extra revolutions and landed on Rogers Dry Lakebed near Edwards Air Force Base. Commander Robert Crippen reported wheels down as the crew of five including Sally Ride returned from a six day mission. Bad weather over Florida diverted plans for a Cape Canaveral touchdown.
Kellah Cleckley secretary of the Aiken Training Track urges showing patriotism by displaying the American flag. Inspired by friend Josephine Edmunds she bought a flag two months ago and flew it first on Flag Day June 14 at her York Street home. She plans to follow a holiday brochure for flag dates.
County Council Chairman Carrol H. Warner proposed collecting delinquent Belvedere and Sewer District taxes at the county building before refunding them, potentially saving $6,000 in mailing and avoiding penalties. The plan faces opposition from residents like Clyde Hammond who fear loss of refunds and questions legality without a state mandate. Chapter 51 penalties loom if 1982 taxes remain unpaid, with 1,300 parcels affected and about 36 percent unpaid after preliminary auditing.
Beta Sigma Phi in Aiken contributed 500 to the Jobs For The Jobless program. Chairman Jeffrey P. Spears says donations and about 90 letters from job seekers far recently arrived. The group seeks more community support, offers contact to civic clubs, and urges fundraisers to fund workers on community service projects with minimum wage pay.
The Jobs For The Jobless program pairs homeowners with unemployed workers for private odd jobs such as painting landscaping or cleaning. Homeowners contact Employment Security via Page 5A forms. Job Service matches workers and sets terms. The initiative, sponsored by the Aiken County Economic Recovery Committee with Job Service and Aiken Standard, seeks quick local employment.
Lt. Paul Lagrow of Windsor braved weather and red ants to help uncover 800 marijuana plants near Mt. Beulah Church. The Aiken County Sheriff's Department seized 813 plants weighing 11% pounds and planned destruction in a controlled burn at Aiken Community Hospital incinerator.
The Aiken County Economic Recovery Committee with Job Service and the Aiken Standard promotes a jobs program to quickly place unemployed people. It seeks money, jobs, or ideas to fund supervised projects such as library wall painting and LBC Middle School repairs, with a form on page 5A for participation.
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