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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1984
Page
1
Page 2A notes a son’s release featured among this issue’s lead items. Page 1B discusses narrowing choices. The calendar shifts to USCA events for kids. Pages cover classifieds comics Dear Abby obituaries opinions sports weather and TV listings.
The forecast predicts showers tonight with a 30 percent chance of thundershowers tomorrow. Tonight lows near 70, tomorrow highs in the upper 80s, and rain dominates the weekend with scattered thundershowers through Sunday. Highs in the 80s and lows around 60s.
Citizens can share ideas on easing traffic on Whiskey Road at a 7 p.m. session tonight at the H O Weeks Center. ARTS officials city planners and state representatives will present the Augusta Regional Transportation Study and three possible alternatives for traffic relief.
Tyronze Ingram, 31, the Georgia heart transplant recipient, was reported better than expected one day after surgery at University Hospital. He remains in serious condition but stable and progressing, with spokeswoman Rebecca Rogers noting improved status following the Wednesday operation for degenerative heart disease. The donor was a 28 year old Washington man declared brain dead after a Saturday head injury.
FBI says a false name and address were used to request that a congressman's office mail a report critical of undercover sting operations to jurors in John Z. De Lorean's cocaine trafficking trial. The letter listed 13 jurors and alternates.
AAU Junior Olympic contenders travel via Atlanta to Seattle for the national tournament. Air captains welcome the team aboard, praising their SC State championship status as they depart for Yakima Washington. A backyard visitor story mentions a chickadee nesting near the Woods home.
The Centers for Disease Control urges the Savannah River Plant to prioritize three worker health studies to assess the impact of plant operations on employees and nearby residents. The emphasis is on continuous worker monitoring and environment surveillance to address low dose effects while off site exposure data receive low priority.
Three top Graniteville Company executives resign effective immediately. Jerry Johnson John Cunningham and G Edward Ballard step down. William Johnson confirms but offers no details. The resignations involve Golden Parachute terms tied to a takeover by Southeastern Public Service Corp last year. Timmerman had retired in April.
A Wednesday thunderstorm caused scattered outages in Aiken but boosted crops. Clemson Extension official Tom Earle said the rain prevented a corn disaster and allowed soybean planting to finish while improving cotton, truck crops and pastures. SCE&G and Aiken Rural Electric crews reported brief outages and blown fuses with one Banks Mill Road circuit out about 25 minutes.
Susan Drake heads to Greenville this Sunday for Miss South Carolina. The 18 year old will perform an upbeat trumpet medley with three Big Band era tunes Blues in the Night Birth of the Blues and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. She calls talent the pageant’s highlight and aims to win preliminary talent.
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