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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1990
Page
1
The Aiken Standard announces a special Sunday tabloid honoring moms. It features drawings by local children depicting what they think their mothers look like, celebrating local families and community ties.
The unemployment rate rose to 5.4 percent in April from 5.2 percent in March, the highest in over a year. Net jobs added were 64,000 with 78,000 census workers boosting the figure. manufacturing shed 22,000 jobs as the sector remained weak.
Several local obituaries list William H. Chapman Jr. Nellie C. Chavis Mattie W. Curry Dr. Raymond Donovant Lenora H. Price Walter Sanders Mildrea W. Snelgrove with notices directing readers to page 88 for full details.
Aiken County Planning Commission Chairman James Baggott says the panel will not zone the entire county but will prepare specific area zoning proposals by year’s end. Monthly work sessions will map high growth zones using a plan from Wismer Associates to outline boundaries and priorities, focusing on fringe areas of Aiken and North Augusta amid rapid residential and commercial expansion.
Dogwood Stable president W Cothran Campbell reacts to Summer Squall drawing the No 14 post for the 116th Derby at Churchill Downs. Trainer Neil Howard and jockey Pat Day stress focus on a clean trip as Mister Frisky and others hold betting interest. Shot Gun Scott is scratched due to a stifle strain. Battaglia pins Summer Squall as 7-5 favorite.
The draft environmental impact statement from the U S Department of Energy says producing tritium for U S nuclear weapons outweighs environmental safeguards around the Savannah River Site. SRS reactors K P and L are the nation’s sole tritium producers, shut down in 1988 for upgrades. The summary cites four options.
President James S. Moore of Westinghouse Savannah River Co. urged recommitting to industrial safety standards at the Savannah River Site during a two day safety conference. He emphasized maintaining safety excellence with past site practices and instructions over the last year.
Leon Rollo, son of Jackson Mayor Mason J. Rollo, was hired as an independent contractor by the Town of Jackson and received $5,000 for work on a construction project. A state licensing letter dated Jan 4, 1990, orders termination of the contract and refund of any payments, noting violation of contracting law since compensation was involved.
Ten Ohio Brass Hubble Inc employees were treated after a biocide spill from cooling towers contaminated the plant’s drinking water. City officials stressed the system remained closed and the city water was safe while awaiting test results.
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