Aiken Horse Show Postponed by Wet Weather
Rain in Hitchcock Woods forces the Aiken Horse Show to be postponed to next Friday at 10 a.m. Organizers led by Mrs. William Haggard announce morning hunter classes and a 2 p.m. children's hunter session. Spectators may drive to the South Boundary entrance or park there and walk to the ring. Admission is 5 per car. Prize lists available at Aiken Saddlery and Supply or from Mrs. William Haggard. Refreshments will be available.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
William Haggard
Aiken Saddlery
General Sessions Court To Convene Monday In Aiken
Aiken County General Sessions Court will convene at 10 a.m. Monday with Judge Rodney Peeples presiding on a 63‑case docket including a criminal sexual conduct case and several unlawful drug cases. Aiken County Public Service Authority will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday to adopt the fiscal 1985 PSA budget at Horse Creek Waste Water Plant conference room on S.C. 125 to submit it to County Council before May 15.
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Aiken County
Aiken County Public Service Authority
PSA
Aiken County Council
Horse Creek
S.C. 125
Bolting Horse Kills One In Charleston Market
In Charleston market a carriage horse spooked by construction noise broke from its carriage and ran into a market building killing Eugenia Smith 58 and injuring driver Tony Menotti 33 who was listed in satisfactory condition. Autopsy to determine exact cause of death.
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Charleston
Eugenia Smith
Medical University of South Carolina
Charlie Green
Tony Menotti
Roper Hospital
Noted turf writer Whitney Tower to attend Derby
Whitney Tower, famed turf writer and winter resident of Aiken, is set to attend his 36th straight Kentucky Derby tomorrow. Kiwanis members reportedly ate beans while others had steak in a membership drive, with the steak portion going to the top recruiters and the beans to the rest. Nancy Thurmond lampooned Joyce Ross’s instruction to guest speaker David Sennema, remarking that Mrs. Ross urged him to be lively, a quip referencing the evening at the Aiken Red Cross meeting.
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Whitney Tower
Aiken
Kiwanis Club
Joyce Ross
Aiken County
Job Rate Holds Steady at 7.8 Percent in April
Civilian unemployment stayed at 7.8 percent for the third straight month as employment rose by 260,000 to 104.4 million. About 333,000 jobseekers reentered the labor force. the overall unemployment rose 71,000 but remained unchanged after seasonal adjustment. Average factory hours reached 41.2 weekly, a two-decade high.
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Washington
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Labor Department
White House
Larry Speakes
U.S
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Bureau
BLS
Storms Cause Trees Down And Puddled Streets In Aiken Area
Last night's rain storm knocked down several trees including one on Powder House Road at Audubon Drive, with minor street flooding and no injuries reported. Officials noted no crop damage to area peach growers and forecast steadily warming weekend weather ahead of more storms.
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Aiken
Tom Earle
Clemson Extension Service
Holmes Peach Farm
Trenton
Gary L. Simmons
Valhalla
Walhalla
Durham
Greenwood
Chester
Jasper
York
J.R. Jones
South Carolina
Herbert Vaughn
Greenwood County Emergency Preparedness Agency
State Highway Patrol
Abbeville
Three Found Guilty In Fireworks Case After Seven Hour Deliberation
Aiken defendant Robert Day and Howard Bramblett of Ocoee were found guilty on all counts in a South Carolina fireworks case. Vernon Weatherford of Orangeburg was convicted of manufacture and storage but acquitted on conspiracy. Sentences may reach 17 and 11 years respectively.
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Robert S. Day
Aiken
Howard E. Bramblett
Ocoee
Tenn
Vernon Weatherford
Orangeburg
Day
Bramblett
Weatherford
Orangeburg County
Parks Small
Ed Weatherford
Branham
John Myers
Charlotte
Dennis Branham
Small
John Barton
Marvin Caughman
John Lester
Elmer Hatcher
Charles Simons
Dan Lee Webb
Old Fort
South Carolina
Hatcher
Charoltte Webb
Simons
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Aiken Red Cross
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Mae
U.S. Dept. of Labor
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U.S. 25
U.S. 178
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Chester County
Beaufort County
William Winn
Fran Chapman
Thurmond Whatley
Webb
Kentucky
Lester
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