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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1987
Page
9
Barry Payton, 19, of Route 1, was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Thursday at 1406 W. Richland Ave after ADPS received a tip of cocaine at the Kentucky Fried Chicken location. About 6.5 grams of cocaine were found. He is at the Aiken County Detention Center awaiting arraignment.
Mayor H Odell Weeks announces a proclamation for May in conjunction with audiology speech and language professionals to raise awareness of hearing and speech disorders. About 12 000 people in Aiken County have communicative disorders and 24 million nationwide are affected. Memorial Day closures affect offices banks and postal services with adjusted garbage pickup in Aiken and North Augusta.
In the special edition We're Living In The Land Of Ahs the year USC Aiken became a four year institution was misstated. The university achieved four year status in 1977 and the Aiken Standard regrets the error.
The Vaucluse Community Center on S.C. 191 reopens after a two year development that included park cleanup a steel bridge donation and construction of picnic areas The project originated in 1983 under local citizens and Graniteville Company ownership with John W Pettigrew Jr facing George L Brighthorp in the April 7 State House race per Tony Baughman the center director
Dr. Andrew J. Chishom of the University of South Carolina urged shared responsibility in reducing crime at the Aiken Department of Public Safety awards dinner. He called for stronger leadership, greater public cooperation, and youth guidance to curb drugs, alcohol abuse, and violence while stressing ongoing department visibility and reform.
Continental Telephone Systems switched Jackson from an old electronic switch to a digital system. Service manager Fred Browder said the change will be smooth and a crew is ready to handle problems. New features include call waiting forward three way calling speed dialing and true touchtone dialing.
Jackson voters go to Town Hall from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for runoff elections to decide the mayoral post between Albert M. Ellis and Mason J. Rollo and the two available town council seats among Arthur Carlson Jr., Jean Collier, and Alfred Ward. James E. Bennett previously won one council seat in the May 5 election.
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