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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1983
Page
5
Belvedere fire causes about 22 000 dollars damage to a double wide mobile home owned by Thomas Jenkins off Celeste Avenue. The blaze started in a rear bedroom around 4 22 p m and left 15 000 dollars in structural damage and 7 000 dollars in contents loss.
Aiken Technical College invites new students to register for the spring term today from 6 to 7 30 p m and tomorrow 12 30 p m to 3 p m and 6 to 7 30 p m The new quarter runs March 30 to June 15 at the Aiken campus.
Two inmates at the Aiken Youth Correction Center escaped from the center’s cafeteria around 3 20 p m Saturday afternoon prompting a search by corrections officers. George Michael Swafford 21 of Six Mile and Billy E Teague 18 of Spartanburg were serving time on housebreaking and larceny. A large wooded area near the center was searched that evening but no trace of the escapees was found. They are described as not dangerous.
A fire of unknown origin caused about $12,000 damage to the home of M.F. Reynolds at 1427 Morningside Drive Friday evening. The Aiken Department of Public Safety sent 35 firefighters with three engines. Damage was confined to the structure and crews finished by 7:23 p.m.
Safety is investigating the theft of about 500 pounds of copper wire worth $1,500 from Barsh Electric Service at 412 Hayne Ave. SW. The burglary occurred between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 7:10 a.m. Thursday. No arrests have been made.
Authorities say four people died in Georgia and South Carolina last week from a methadone based mixture sold as cocaine. Richmond County Sheriff J B Dykes said the narcotics squad is tracking the dealer and remaining bogus cocaine in All and Aiken counties. We are close to breaking the case and want all connections.
A 1969 gold Chevrolet Camaro stolen from 113 Kershaw St NE near Aiken was found wrecked after an arresting officer reported an incident on Washington Circle. No driver was located at the scene. The case is under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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