05 Mar 1984
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1984
Page
1
The Aiken Standard will include its 14th annual Quick Read Friday Triple Crown horse edition. With 80 pages, it covers the horse scene from thoroughbreds to standardbreds and features Palaminos Arabians and even a male reader glimpse.
PAWLEYS ISLAND AP Retired newspaperman and former CIA intelligence officer Robert Cunningham says he will seek the Republican nomination for Senate promising to focus on economy and nuclear war. He believes media attention can help him defeat Strom Thurmond and advocates moral pressure on the Soviet Union to permit free elections. Cunningham cites restructuring the economy and employee participation in ownership as goals noting his CIA service from 1952 to 1964 and Army Air Corps era.
Aiken County Council meets 7 p.m. at 736 Richland Ave conference room to discuss a remote locking system for the Detention Center costing about 221 250 and a range of items including bridge replacements, roof work, and personnel policy updates.
Announcer Wayne Nicoll of Augusta claims the veteran runner, despite age, completed the 10 mile Triple Crown Race. He quips the man visits graveyards regularly to say hello to friends.
Lebanon cancels the May 17 withdrawal pact with Israel amid pressure from Syria and allied groups. Talks for reconciliation set for March 12 in Geneva. Israeli air raids target central Lebanon as a French soldier dies in Beirut and a U.S. Marine colonel is wounded.
Long range plan links area industry needs with local colleges. Aiken County School District will close Laurens Street and Aiken Elementary to build a new 835 student facility on the south side of Aiken to meet growth. USC Aiken and Aiken Technical College project large enrollments by 2000, expanding health care and technical programs.
Aiken County beer and wine distributors oppose Rep. Alex Harvin's proposed tax raising 2 cents per quart of wine and 4 cents per six pack of beer. The measure would fund local alcohol and drug abuse agencies and the state commission, with critics arguing it may reduce beer sales and shift tax revenue to neighboring states.
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