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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1981
Page
2
Multiple obituaries from Aiken County and surrounding areas note deaths including Julia Birt of Langley Doris Corbett Maggio of Manassas Ethel Lee Payne of Tyler Texas and John Guy Hoosier Hester of Martinez. Funeral arrangements occur at Miller's Funeral Home All Saints Anglican Church Poteet Funeral Home and Old Rosemary Baptist Church.
William Bolyard Jr 67 of 1776 Pine Tree Road died Monday in a Richmond County hospital. Graveside service at Westover Memorial Park with Rev Robert Wade officiating. Survivors include widow Edith Luckey Bolyard and brothers John Allen Bolyard and Frank K Bolyard. Andrew K Hall 54 of Route 6 Box 377 died Monday in an Aiken County hospital. Funeral Wednesday 4:30 p.m. at Redds Branch Baptist Church with Revs Charles Still T W Snider and T W Crow officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Hall a WWII veteran and Redds Branch member survived by mother Addie Bell Moseley Hall and several sisters. Viewing at George Funeral Home today 7-9 p.m.
Tonight features many meetings and activities across North Augusta and Aiken including the North Augusta Exchange Club at S&S Cafeteria and the Aiken County Mental Health Association at First Presbyterian Church. Tomorrow brings a museum open house, DAR chapter gathering, library story hour, and assorted community group meetings across Weeks Center and local churches.
Sunshine today and Wednesday with a chance of rain Thursday. Lows tonight in the 50s and highs Wednesday in the low 80s. Northerly winds 5 to 10 mph. Thursday partly cloudy with a 60s low and 80s high. Thunder shower chance Friday as temperatures cool into the 50s. Saturday skies clear with lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s.
Dr Gene Neill a former attorney and convicted felon delivers testimony at North Aiken Baptist Church at 7 p.m. The ordained minister and author of I'm Gonna Bury You has spoken in over 1200 churches and prisons worldwide since his release and conversion. A nursery will be provided.
Windsor Town Council will hear the second reading of an ordinance on placing signs around town. Town Clerk Thelma Blackmon and council members meet at 7 PM in Town Hall on U.S. 78.
Two men entered Rodgers Tire and Battery and spoke to Claire Rodgers about an account. While she answered questions one man left with her purse, which contained about 95 dollars in cash and valuables. a separate incident saw an attempted air conditioner theft at Claussen's Concrete on Gaston Road where the unit’s brace was bent but the AC remained in place.
Aiken County Board of Education will review 1981-82 revenue projections at tonight’s 8 pm meeting in the Educational Center conference room on Edgefield Avenue Aiken. Old business seeks zoning changes for Jackson and Downer Elementary zones with Silver Bluff moving to Area 5. New business covers a federal refugee grant and SOAR trip funds, a $10,000 loan request for South Africa Band boosters, auditor ratification, and personnel actions before an executive session for appeals.
The article discusses SRP reactors lacking containment domes and the caution in implementing quick fixes. Officials cite low off site injury risk and ongoing studies to avoid compromising safety systems, noting rising incident counts but no worker radiation injuries in 27 years.
The proposal aims to curb the cash shortage of the Social Security program by eliminating all earnings restrictions by 1986 for anyone over 65. It targets reversing decades long work trends and saving more than $17 billion from 1982 to 1986. About 1.6 million workers retire on Social Security annually, with at least 60 percent under 65. Congress allowed benefits at 62 starting in 1961, and past data show sharp declines in working men aged 62 to 64 from 1975 onward.
The Soviet Union in 1981 boosted its ability to conduct independent rapid military operations, expanding blitz capabilities across the globe, NATO's military committee announced.
Officials will begin a citizen survey after providing the Extension Service with about 75 names. Jeremiah P. Collins coordinates a proposed youth program funded by federal grants, aiming to curb drug and alcohol use with activities at Aiken Technical College and Red Cross swimming lessons.
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