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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1978
Page
2
Multiple obituaries report deaths in Trenton Eastover Williston Jackson Monetta Bamberg Fairfax Mil ledgeville North Augusta Barnwell and Barnwell County. Names include Mary Landrum Jimmie Storey Larry Myrick Billie Proctor Watson Dave McCormick Susie Car rigg Harry Crosby Thomas Garrison Philip Lanier L.C. Lee and more with survivors and funeral arrangements noted.
Gussie B. Jackson, 62, of 129 Bell Drive North Augusta died Friday at home. Funeral arrangements by Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home. Native of Aiken County member of Mount Zion Baptist Church Powell Hill Society. Survived by four daughters Janie Ryans Beech Island Diana Hallman Agnes Jackson Daisy Jackson all of North Augusta. four sons Charlie Jackson Jackson Marion Jackson Augusta Sam Jackson Thomas Jackson North Augusta. two sisters Viola Roundtree Jackson Lucy Dunbar Beech Island. three brothers Marion Jackson Joe Jackson James Jackson Augusta Beech Island.
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Ada H. Kennedy aged 98 longtime Bethcar Baptist Church member died Friday at her Wagener home after a long illness. Funeral was Saturday at Bethcar Baptist Church with Rev Olin Sizemore. burial in church cemetery. Survived by two daughters, six grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren. Blizzard Funeral Home in charge.
Weather forecast predicts clear interior regions with warmer conditions along coasts. A band of showers and snow is expected along the Appalachians to the St Lawrence Valley.
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USC Aiken dedicates a new Student Activities Building praised for unifying the USC system, with USC President James Holderman and local officials noting access to higher education for 70 percent of USC Aiken students. The facility, designed by Alexander Moormann and Associates and built by Lafaye Tarrant, opened Oct. 1 and features a gym, bookstore, snack bar, gallery and lounges.
Aiken County School District faces replacement or major overhaul of ten radiant heat systems plus boilers in several facilities. Total projected cost stands at 707600 dollars. Old systems from 1950s era lack temperature control and cause uncomfortable heat in warmer South Carolina climates.
Aiken County plans a public hearing on a bail bondsman ordinance to determine forfeiture shares and potential statewide framework. Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod backs bondsmen legislation. Tomorrow’s council meeting features two new items: repeal of a 1973 ordinance and creation of an assistant public works director.
Police dispersed about 1,200 stone throwers outside Prime Minister Desai's residence with tear gas and arrested around 200. The protesters from Indira Gandhi's Congress youth wing protested price rises and Desai's criticism of Sikkim's 1975 annexation. Seven officers were reported injured.
Tonight features Sertoma at Ramada Inn Salvation Army dinner at Millbrook Baptist Kalmia Toastmasters Lions Club meeting and more. Tomorrow includes Mothers Day Out Aiken Board of Realtors Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Family Planning Clinic and several community group meetings and support groups.
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