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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1979

Page

2

Local Obituaries and Funerals Across Several South Carolina Towns

George Bell Cockrell 48 died yesterday funeral arrangements by Strom Funeral Home McCormick. Arthur Bussey Route 3 died Tuesday at a Richmond County hospital survivors include widow Cora Bussey son Arthur Bussey Jr daughter Effie Bennett stepson Rev Bryant Adams brother Jasper Bussey. Elizabeth Gay died Tuesday funeral held this morning Posey's Funeral Home Chapel burial Jacksonville Fla survivor list includes four sons four sisters and one brother. Bob Williams 23 of Route 1 funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Silver Bluff Baptist Church Beech Island burial Cedar Grove Cemetery Williams was a DuPont construction worker and member of Silver Bluff Baptist Church. Muslims callout remains unspecified.

Edgefield George Bell Cockrell Strom Funeral Home McCormick North Augusta Dea Arthur Bussey Richmond County Peoples Funeral Home Bussey Second Shiloh Baptist Church Cora Bussey Arthur Bussey Jr N.Y Effie Bennett New York Bryant Adams Buffalo Jasper Bussey Elizabeth Wilbur R.) Gay Partridge Lane Posey Funeral Home Durward Walker Jacksonville Fla Gay Tabor City N.C Cecil D. Meares Thomas Gay Joseph Gay Wilbur R. Gay Jr Susie Ward Bessie Strickland Lou Ann Hutchinson Helen Duncan Blackville Sam L. Strickland Tery Williams Route 1 Aiken County Silver Bluff Baptist Church DuPont

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Former City Judge Archer Wilder Dies at 86 in Aiken

Archer Wilder 86 a veteran and former City Court judge of Aiken died at an area hospital. Graveside services will be held at Bethany Cemetery with ministers officiating. He was a Charleston College and USC Law School graduate and retired after 20 years on the City Court. Surviving are his widow a daughter a son a sister and three grandchildren.

Archer Wilder Aiken Forest Hill Drive City Court of Aiken County Bethany Cemetery Henry Chennault Henry Summerall Jr Sumter Wilder College of Charleston University of South Carolina Law School Gunter and Wilder First Baptist Church of Alice Fitch Wilder Mary W. Wyman Washington, D.C Archer Wilder Jr Greenville Frank W. Ingram Darlington George Funeral Home

Slain officer case ends with capture of Wallace brothers

Washington Georgia man Robert Louis Wallace is arrested in Atlanta on murder and aggravated assault warrants for the slaying of Union Point police Officer Thomas Rowry Jr. and wounding Officer Michael Cook. Wallace’s brother James Henry Wallace, 28, is jailed in Greene County for aiding and abetting. Authorities tracked him as part of a large search along the Georgia South Carolina border.

Atlanta Washington, Ga Union Point James Henry Wallace Wilkes County Greene County Reese Smith Smith Georgia South Carolina Lewis Wallace Michael Cook Cook Thomas Rowry Jr

Weekend sunshine lingers with mild 70s to 80s

Sunny days continue with near zero rain through tomorrow. Tonight cools to the upper 40s. Friday rises to near 80 with pleasant weekend ahead. Saturday and Sunday stay mostly sunny with cool nights in the 60s and daytime highs around 70s.

Community Calendar of Local Meetings and Events

Today events include vasectomy clinic in Clearwater and multiple club meetings at Odell Weeks Center Smith Hazel Recreation Center and North Augusta Country Club Tonight also Aiken A A Narcotics Anonymous and Al Anon meetings at Linden Street Tomorrow features Aiken County Museum Thoroughbred Hall of Fame at Hopeland Gardens and a theater production Carousel at Aiken Community Playhouse Written notices invite club or meeting reps to contact Lynne Katonak at Aiken Standard Box 456 Aiken 29801.

Midland Valley Clearwater Aiken Running Club Odell Weeks Center Conway Diet Institute North Augusta Sertoma Club Aiken Bible Institute Smith-Hazel Area IV Advisory Council Wagener Aiken A.A Linden St Al-Anon Family Group Aiken County Museum Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Hopeland Gardens National Federation of Blind Senior Citizens Club Senior Citizens Clubhouse Aiken Community Playhouse Narcotics Anonymous York St Myrtle St New Ellenton God Lynne Katonak Aiken Standard Aiken

Labor Leader A Philip Randolph A Pioneer of Civil Rights

A Philip Randolph began by uniting sleeping car porters into the nations first black union with an AFL charter. He led efforts to end segregation in the armed forces and organized the 1963 March on Washington. He died at 90 in Manhattan leaving a legacy as a labor and civil rights icon with no known surviving relatives.

New York A. Philip Randolph American Federation of Labor Washington Philip Randolph Bayard Rustin Randolph Manhattan West Side Rustin Harlem Pullman Co Asa Philip Randolph Crescent City, Fla

Carpooling Gains Amid Gas Shortages Across U S

In Los Angeles fear of gasoline shortages boosts carpooling with a backlog of 70 000 applicants to be cleared by a government program. Seattle sees 30 ride share requests daily, Kansas City and Tucson report rising inquiries. Officials note uneven mass transit gains and van pool growth with 52 million still commuting alone.

Los Angeles Seattle Kansas City Tucson Ariz America Aiid Cassesbuse Oko Helena Mont Bacoutaige Senna Et Thane Pk John Burge Jack Mahoney SmithKline Philadelphia National Association of van Pool Operators Mahoney

Offshore Mercury Begins Georgia Coast Drilling Near Brunswick

The Offshore Mercury, the first oil rig to operate in Georgia waters, moves into position 60 miles east of Brunswick and will start seabed tests next week. A 60-person crew will operate from Savannah base, with most workers sourced outside Georgia.

Savannah Georgia Mercury The Offshore Co Tenneco Oil Tenneco, Inc Brunswick Department of Natural Resources Tenneco Don Brown Brown

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George B. Cockrell Dea A. Bussey Elizabeth Gay Bobby Lee Williams Tampa Domino Michael McKinney Mary Rabon Greene County Sheriff's Deputies Carter White House National Weather Service NOAA US Dept of Southwest Nebraska Upper Great Lakes mid-Atlantic States Bryan Allen English Channel Paul MacCready London Sammy Aimee Smith Mead Hall School Labor Consolidated Edison Co Fall River Fall River Line International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Edward Randall Willie Randall Pat Richardson Betty Owen
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