Aiken Steeplechase Events Set With Gala and Races
The Aiken Steeplechase hosts the Triple Crown event at Clark Field with a 1 30 p.m. post and a 7 30 p.m. gala on Friday priced at 75 dollars per couple. Parking and tickets vary from 4 to 175 dollars with Railside and package options and advance sales through local offices and the Chamber. Proceeds aid Shrine projects and children facilities.
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Railside
Aiken
Banks Mill Road
Aiken County Shrine Club
Shrine
Crippled Children’s Home
Children’s Barn Center
Chamber
Aiken Drug
Woodruff Drug
Leminick Pharmacy
Scandrow
Defendant's Luck Runs Afoul in Las Vegas Court
In court Judge Rodney Peeples remarks on a defendant who admits selling drugs only when caught. He cautions him to avoid Las Vegas, noting the gambler's misfortune with two failed sales and two arrests.
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Rodney Peeples
Las Vegas
Peeples
Weather Outlook With Ongoing Rain Through Night
The forecast shows ongoing rain with possible thunderstorms tonight. Tomorrow turns partly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain and highs in the 60s.
Sluggish GNP Growth at 2.1 Percent in Q1
The Commerce Department reports real GNP rose 2.1 percent in the first quarter, the slowest pace since mid 1980s, with inflation at 5.4 percent. The report cites weak foreign trade and a $123.3 billion merchandise deficit as drag factors.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Assets of ESM auditor frozen in bribery case
U S District Judge Jose Gonzalez froze the assets of Jose Gomez an independent accountant formerly with Alexander Grant Co after SEC lawyer Bernard J Barrett Jr alleged Gomez received 125000 from ESM officials including Ronald Eaton and George Mead. The court also postponed bankruptcy action for ESM Government Securities Inc which collapsed after a 300 million fraud claim affecting 15 cities and several S Ls.
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Fort Lauderdale
Savings and Loan
ESM
S&l
Home State Savings Bank of Cincinnati
Ohio
Richard Celeste
S&ls
Gonzalez
Jose Gomez
Alexander Grant & Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bernard J. Barrett Jr
Gomez
Barrett
Ronald R. Eaton
George C. Mead
Study Flags Alarming U S Teens Cocaine Use
Health Secretary Margaret Heckler tells a Senate subcommittee that a survey of high school seniors found 6 percent used cocaine last year. She warns the drug is spreading beyond upscale youths and plans a school program to curb cocaine use with an announcement in about two weeks. A witness notes a cocaine derivative can cost 10 to 25 dollars in Southern California.
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Margaret M. Heckler
California
Aiken Hunt Meet Headlines Local Horse Lovers Interest
Horses and patrons anticipate the 19th Aiken Hunt Meet at Clark Field on Powderhouse Road and Audubon Avenue with six races on fences and dirt. The event, sponsored by the SERTOMA Club and a Dixie Circuit sanctioned meet, benefits Helping Hands Inc. Top NSHA money winners and Census owner George E. Chase are named, with Census not racing in 1985 due to injury and Flatterer aiming for a summer debut.
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Aiken
Clark Field
Powderhouse Road
Audubon Avenue
Sertoma Club
Helping Hands Inc
NSHA
Cently
Augustin Stables
George E. Chase
Chase
Census
William L. Pape
Pape
William S. Farish III
Timber Bay Stable
John K. Griggs
Calvin Houghland
Houghland
Miles Valentine
Ture
J. Maxwell Moran
Jane Elliot
William Pape
Jonathan Sheppard
Sheppard
Eremite
le Sauteur
Arthur Eared
Gateshead
Skin the Cat
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Aiken Hunt
Aiken Sertoma Club
Ron Ewton
Alan Ro. Novick
ESM Government Securities Inc
AP Laserphoto
U.S
Mary Anne Browder
Steve Canyon
Edwin
Janet Elliot
Frank Raquet
Raquet
D.M. Smithwick
Smithwick
Ronald B. Houghton
Houghton
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