Aiken Council Withholds Final Personnel Study Payment
The Aiken County Council postpones the last $6,000 payment to Corbin Inc for a personnel study. Council members criticize the report as biased and irrelevant to a management study, with potential further executive sessions and a May 15 report release.
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Aiken County
Ralph F. Cullinan
District Seven
L.C. Greene
Corbin Inc
Corbin
Council
Aiken
Carrol H. Warner
Mim Woodring
County May Get Sewage Business in Horse Creek Plant
Aiken County Council approved a first reading of an ordinance for a 38 million dollar Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment facility to open this summer. The four initial customers are Aiken, North Augusta, United Merchants and Manufacturing, and Graniteville Company. Officials foresee funding through special tax districts or incorporation of villages to connect to the trunk line, with mandates to stop raw sewage discharge and possible loans from the Farmers and Home Administration.
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Aiken County
Horse Creek
Aiken
North Augusta
United Merchants
Douglas S. Garvin
The
Public Service Authority
PSA
Belvedere
Garvin
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Stanley K. Wagher
Warner
Power grid style sewer tie-in sparks community dissent
Wagher argues that after 2 375 homes connect to the sewer systems their monthly bills will be lower than Cablevision. He compares the service to a power company and says someone must do something new. An audience member asks for an optional tie-in, is told no, and voices anger about creeping bureaucracy curbing individual freedoms.
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Wagher
Cablevision
Teachers Seek 10 Percent Salary Increase in Aiken County
The Aiken County Education Association asked the Board of Education to approve a 10.02 percent across the board raise funded one third locally and two thirds by a statewide 6.97 percent for all state employees. Beginning teachers would earn 10012 dollars with a certificate, up from 9100 this year.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Education Association
Board of Education
Frank Taylor
ACEA
Ken Weaver
Aiken Junior High
Weaver
T.B
Ted) Willis
USC Aiken coach Lew Perkins retires to tend roses
The record hints Perkins leaves coaching to pursue gardening. Gwen Perkins calls him a skilled gardener, while Carol Poore is praised as gutsy. A Tee Ball game feature notes Gwen Smith among Franzblaus and Smith spectators, highlighting Mrs Poore’s cheering for the Smiths.
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USC Aiken
Lew Perkins
Gwen
Carol Poore
Lionel Smith
Franzblaus
Smith
Area I II Advisory Councils Plan Budget Hearing
Area I Council holds a public hearing on the 1979-80 School District of Aiken County budget at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Aiken Elementary auditorium. Area I meets at 7 p.m. for regular business. Area II meets at 7:30 p.m. at Summerfield Elementary on Edgefield Highway. Both meetings are open to the public.
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Aiken County
Area I Advisory Council
Aiken Elementary
Chesterfield St
Advisory Council
Area II Advisory Council
Summerfield Elementary
Edgefield Highway
North Augusta
Iranian Leader Is Shot To Death
Iran reports the death of Ayatollah Morteza Motahari after being shot outside a Tehran dinner. A caller claimed he headed Khomeini’s secret ruling council and linked the killing to Forghan, with Motahari linked to Islamic revolutionary courts that sentenced many. Prime Minister Bazargan warned he may resign over the council’s power.
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Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Morteza Motahari
Torfeh Hospital
Ayendegan
Forghan
Mohammad Wali Gharani
Motahari
Islamic Revolutionary Council
Khomeini
Islamic Revolutionary Courts
Mehdi Bazargan
Warrick Reflects On Season
Local sports figure Warrick reflects on a completed season, sharing insights on challenges faced and lessons learned. Readers are invited to page 1B for full commentary and related highlights.
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Warrick
Miller Seeks Accelerated Tax Writeoffs to Spur U S Business
Federal Reserve Chairman G William Miller urged Congress to study and adopt faster tax writeoffs for capital expenditures to encourage modernization and expansion of production capacity. He argued the move would boost efficiency, temper inflation, and support a new growth path by 1980. He spoke at an Advertising Council dinner and used footballs marked 1 5 and 10 to illustrate the plan.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
G. William Miller
Miller
Congress
Advertising Council
Fac
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