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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1980
Page
3
Rep. Thomas E. Huff will host a town meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the Belvedere Elementary School cafeteria to discuss insurance reform the governor's succession bill and the gasoline tax.
Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by Ernest Hollings have been invited to a public TEC meeting tonight at 7:30 in the TEC auditorium in Aiken. Expected attendees include Marshall Mays Robert Carley and Charles Rhodes or their representatives.
A teacher appreciation banquet by the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the North Augusta Senior High School cafeteria. All teachers and principals from North Augusta Belvedere and Beech Island schools are invited. Awards will be presented and the NASH stage band will perform. Humorist Porter W. Carswell will speak after dinner. Further details from the chamber.
Ralph Erickson outlined radioactive waste disposal at the Savannah River Plant for the 50 Plus Club at the Ramada Inn. He noted 68 million gallons since 1954, reduced to 23 million gallons, with 1.5 million gallons yearly rate and $250 million spent in the last six to seven years on waste tanks and handling.
The Home Comfort Center at 112 Union Street opened today in partnership with Holley Fuel Company. It stocks Carrier air conditioners humidifiers and power roof ventilators with manager Lee Boylston noting ventilators push hot air from attics. The center also sells Black Bart Wood Burning Stoves and operates 8 am to 6 pm weekdays and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays.
Rodney Baughman 23 of Aiken was recaptured at the McCrea Trailer Park after escaping during transport from the Aiken County Courthouse to jail in April. He faces charges of escape housebreaking grand larceny and theft of a motorcycle.
Culbertson says he won’t be the Democratic nominee for South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District in November. He filed a request to withdraw, the party refuses to refund his $1,200 filing fee, and Culbertson vows a federal suit to reclaim the money and keep his name on the ballot.
The Shriners will sell newspapers this week to raise funds for the Shriners Hospitals and Burns Institutes in Greenville and Cincinnati. The outlets tell how the hospitals opened about 50 years ago and have aided over 250000 children. Proceeds support the projects without government funding. Sales run through Sunday, May 18.
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