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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1986
Page
1
The Aiken Trials at Aiken Training Track opens Saturday at 10 a.m. with post time at 2 p.m. Sponsors include the Aiken Jaycees. Advance tickets reach 4 dollars for adults and 2 dollars for children 6 to 11. gate tickets 5 dollars and 2 dollars for the same age group. Parking 5 dollars per vehicle.
The Aiken Sulky Races will run Saturday April 5 at the ae Mile Track on Banks Mil Road. Shrine Club tickets cost 4 for adults and 4 for children 6 11. A $40 parking package includes four adult tickets. Tickets available at the Chamber Aiken Drug Leminick's Woodruff Drugs and Lionel Smith Ltd.
A late night blaze at a thoroughbred farm in Kershaw County destroyed the stables injuring one horse and killing 71 others. Firefighters were called late last night and fought the fire into the early morning hours. Joel Barnes, Kershaw County public information officer, provided the update. The article also notes a mid 50s low for tonight with partly cloudy conditions and a 20 percent rain chance tomorrow, highs in the upper 70s.
Obituary notices list W D Powell Augusta Ramie Vance Aiken Robert L Collum Williston Evelyn W Batchelor Augusta Willie Hazel North Augusta Albert R Griffin North Augusta Ruth B Gordon Aiken Dr John L Stewart North Augusta Maxie O Rhodes Word Please see details on Page 7B.
White House and Defense officials report calm in the Gulf of Sidra after U S Navy forces attacked Libyan ships and radar sites. Six Libyan vessels were targeted over two days with missiles and air strikes while Libyan patrols retreated. U S flight operations continue with no ships in the disputed area.
Removal of 120 drums at the Bath site began at 6 45 am with HAZTECH of Atlanta handling the operation for the EPA. Drums are moved to a safer, undisclosed county site and later to an approved hazardous waste dump within two weeks. EPA Region 4's R Stonebreaker supervises, with Superfund financing and potential cost recovery from responsible parties. Some drums contain methylene chloride.
U S Attorney General Edwin Meese II and former AG Griffin Bell will speak at USC Aiken events in May. Bell will deliver the Honors and Awards Convocation address on May 1 at 7 30 p m in the Student Activities Center, while Meese gives the commencement address on May 8 at 7 30 p m. The graduation totals 230 degree candidates across seven bachelor programs and three associate programs.
Senator Ryan Shealy won committee approval for a constitutional amendment to authorize a state lottery. The full Senate may not have time to vote this year, even as the Judiciary Committee backed the proposal by six votes. A two thirds special order may be required to reach the floor.
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