Local resident forms Aiken County MADD chapter
Mrs. Lillian Hammack and her husband George lead a campaign to establish an Aiken County chapter of MADD. They attend city court sessions, document case handling and sentences, then send notes to national MADD and to the National Transportation and Highway Safety Committee. A statewide Be ware of the 234 drive to curb drunk driving runs in March with eight local agencies highlighted in Aiken County.
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Lillian Hammack
National
Madd Organization
National Transportation and Highway Safety Committee
South Carolina
Aiken County
MADD
Hammack
Camera To Aid Police
Jurors face a crash course on breathalyzers in DUI trials as they rely on police training and defense challenges. Aiken Public Safety Director J. Carroll Busbee notes jurors' limited knowledge of breathalyzer operation, while defense attorneys argue the machine can fail and emphasize the need for scrutiny.
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Carroll Busbee
Howard Lawton
Phil Jones
Aiken Public Safety
J. Carroll Busbee
Rep Derrick backs freeze on nuclear weapons
Rep Butler Derrick of South Carolina supports a resolution for a nuclear weapons freeze. He warns the arms race could lead to catastrophe while defending a strong national defense and noting the U S arsenal could destroy the world ten times over.
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Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Derrick
Aiken County
United States
U.S
Aiken Trials and Hunt Meet Advance Tickets Released
The Aiken Trials set for Saturday March 19 at 2 p m at Aiken Training Track offers advance tickets 4 for adults and 2 for children under 12 with race day admission 5 and 2 respectively. The Aiken Hunt Meet follows on March 26 at 1 30 p m at Clark Field with guarantor options 150 includes four tickets tent party luncheon and preferred parking. Railside parking available 25 and subscribers pay 50 for two adult tickets and railside parking.
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Aiken
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken Hunt
Clark Field
Railside
Aiken Sertoma Club
New haircut sparks friendly jabs at Graniteville club
At the Graniteville Exchange Club meeting David Taylor faced light ribbing over his new haircut. A North Augusta resident quipped about paying for it and noted the Martin Town Road widening public hearing overlapping with churchgoers, asking if the meeting was held on Wednesday to exclude Baptists and Presbyterians.
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David Taylor
Graniteville Exchange Club
North Augusta
Martintown Road
Test Tube Bwamazon Trials At Aiken Saturday
Tube, an unraced 2-year-old from Bramazon, will race in the 41st Aiken Trials at the Aiken Training Track. Post time for the first of six races is 2 D.m. Tube’s foreman Albert Murdock notes steady progress as he and three stablemates Withdrawn Bunny Nose Altmodisch prepare for the von Stade Trophy in the fourth race. Debora Hardesty will ride as Tube gallops a mile in the morning to stay sharp.
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Bwamazon
Albert Murdock
Debora Hardesty
Jeff Galloway
Bwamazon Farm
Aiken
Phil Jones
Tube
Matt Winfield
Bramazon
Aiken Training Track
Kentucky
Murdock
Bunny Nose
Altmodisch
von Stade
N A Road Plan Faces Citizen Opposition at Hearing
North Augusta highway officials heard strong opposition to a proposed 3.5 million widening of Martintown Road from Georgia Avenue to beyond I-20. About 100 residents filled City Hall as 20 speakers voiced concerns over traffic, noise, property values, and potential strip commercial development along the corridor.
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North Augusta
Martintown Road
North Augusta City Hall
Bland Mellette
S.C. Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Georgia Avenue
I-20
Mellette
Dan Donahue
Bill Wisen
Should Betting Be Legalized in South Carolina
Readers are asked to vote on whether communities should allow pari mutuel horse betting if approved by local vote. The ballot invites participation from Aiken residents in weighing moral and economic arguments for or against legalization and requests return to Aiken Standard Box 456.
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S.C. House
Aiken County
South Carolina
Aiken Standard
Aiken
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