Neighborhood Watch programs aim to curb break ins
Officials in Aiken North Augusta and Aiken County push Neighborhood Watch to reduce daytime residential burglaries. Ten groups oversee 145 homes in Aiken Estates Kalmia Hill Dunbarton Oaks and Whitney Drive with decals signs and home security tips. George McCormick leads county watchers and Sgt Ed Spiva heads North Augusta program while locals can contact the responsible department to start a new group.
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Aiken
North Augusta
Aiken County
William R. Parker
Parker
City of
Aiken Estates
Kalmia Hill
Dunbarton Oaks
Whitney Drive
Ed Spiva
Aiken Man Dies In Wreck
Graniteville Aiken man Gary Leland Moyer 29 of 342 Orangeburg Street died at 1:35 AM in a car crash on Breezy Hill Road Graniteville. He worked for the Savannah River Plant transportation department.
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Graniteville
S.C. Highway Patrol
Gary Leland Moyer
Orangeburg Street
Aiken Triple Crown Event Schedule 1981
The 1981 Aiken Triple Crown opens Saturday March 14 at 2 p.m. at the Aiken Training Track Two Notch Road. Hall of Fame induction Sunday March 15 at noon at Hopeland Gardens. Heavenly Cause inducted. Aiken Hunt Meet Saturday March 21 at 1 p.m. Clark Field Powderhouse Road.
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AIKEN
Two Notch Road
Hall OF Fame
Racing Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Heavenly Cause
Aiken Hunt
Clark Field
Powderhouse Road
Pakistan Agrees To Free Prisoners As Hijackers Set Deadline
Pakistani officials agreed to release 55 political prisoners minutes before hijackers on a Damascus bound airliner threatened to shoot three Americans identified as CIA agents. The 11 day standoff included demands linked to Zulfikar Bhutto supporters and raised fears of mass deaths aboard.
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Damascus
Syria
Pakistan
CIA
SANA
Moujir Ghoulam
al Zulfikar
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Zia
Arson Suspected As Fire Burns Up To 2000 Acres Near New Ellenton
Aiken County forest ranger says arson is suspected in a wildfire that scorched 1500 to 2000 acres of International Paper property east of New Ellenton. No injuries reported as winds fanned the blaze, which was controlled by 5 30 p.m. after air support dropped water.
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New Ellenton
International Paper Company
Raymond Scott
Aiken County
Cold Creek
Bobby Mauney
Mauney
Civil Defense
Ellenton
Walterboro
Clary Claims Barter Secret Amid South American Beads
Owen Clary amused attendees of the 50 Plus Club by recounting a barter story from a three year old trip to South America trading old jockey shorts and T shirts for Indian beads. Dr Durward Pridgen was elected as the new Aiken County school board chair at last nights meeting with outgoing chair J P Kneece noting the chair may move during the meeting or wait until the next. Pridgen preferred to stay in his current seat as the agenda moved forward.
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Owen Clary
Clary
50 Plus Club
South America
Durward Pridgen
Aiken County
Inside Today Aiken County Today Highlights
Community Calendar and obituaries anchor a compact local paper page with briefs on events, comics, and editorials. Names and places from Aiken County appear in the listings alongside weather notes and entertainment boxes.
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Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Sheriff Seeks Settlement Over Recalled Cars
Aiken County Sheriff Ralph Gunnels will mediate between Aiken County Council and Satcher Motor Company after Jim Satcher reported 12 leased cars returned by the county were in poor condition. Satcher told the council he was disappointed with the cars' state upon inspection.
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Aiken
Ralph Gunnells
Aiken County Council
Satcher Motor Company
Jim Satcher
Satcher
Coun
Heavenly Cause to be inducted into Aiken Hall of Fame
The two year old filly Heavenly Cause, 1980 Eclipse Award winner, will be inducted at a ceremony in Aiken. Owned by Mr and Mrs James P Ryan, trained by Woodford C Stephens and William Stephens, the inductees share honors with breeder Mrs Henry D Paxson, notable for breeding five 1980 stakes winners including Candy Eclair.
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Aiken
Smart Angle
Heavenly Cause
Waterford Farm
Kentucky
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Sandra B. Etherington
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