Have You Heard A Bizarre Birthday Cake Mystery
A humorous write up notes Skipper Perry hesitated to cut a bikini shaped cake yesterday. Troy Nobles reads obituaries first, Robbie Smith a senior at Aiken High sent a graduation invitation to President Carter who apologized he cannot attend. Andy Wenn, 22, fell from a teeter totter needing six stitches in the chin while calling his mother on Mother's Day.
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Skipper Perry
Robbie Smith
Aiken High
President Carter
Carter
Robbie
Andy Wenn
Bob Rodman
Andy
New York
Weather Outlook Promises Mostly Sunny Skies Ahead
The forecast predicts pleasant conditions with 90 percent odds of fair skies tonight and near 100 percent for tomorrow. Temperatures dip to around 60 tonight with highs in the low 80s. Saturday stays mostly sunny while Sunday and Monday could bring partly cloudy skies and scattered showers. Low Saturday 50s, Sunday and Monday 60s.
Rabid Raccoon Found in Windsor Prompting Health Warning
Windsor health officials warn pet owners after a raccoon suspected of rabies fought a dog in a carport. The animal was shot and later tested positive for rabies in Columbia. Rabies cases have risen statewide this year, with seven incidents reported, the furthest north yet. Veterinarians advise vaccination and confinement of pets and avoidance of rabid animals.
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Windsor
Health Department
Leroy Parker
Aiken County Health Department
Columbia
Parker
Charlie W. Timmerman
Tribesmen Nearing Americans
Reports from Kinshasa indicate rebel tribesmen in southern Zaire are moving away from the Kolwezi area where 14 Americans and over 2,500 Europeans are trapped. The Zaire government claims Kolwezi airport is recaptured as debate on a multinational rescue grows.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Kolwezi
Leo Tindemans
U.S
Fort Bragg
N.C
Washington
United States
Shaba
Kamina
Angola
AZAP
Senate panel approves 18.5 million for Barnwell plant
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced 18.5 million in 1979 funding to keep Allied General Nuclear Services Barnwell facility open for research into safeguards uranium thorium fuels and waste transport. The move, opposed by Hatfield, follows Carter’s budget stance while Energy Daily notes work on a spent fuel recycling method.
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Washington
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
Senate
Mark O. Hatfield
Rove
House
Carter
Energy Daily
Allied General
Allied-General
Allied- General
Department of Energy
Interim decision leaves Aiken schools millage in limbo
Aiken County school superintendent T B Willis says an order by Judge Rodney A Peeples is interim and not final on who sets the 1978 79 millage for schools. The order directs the school board to send its budget requests to the county delegation, with possible further action by the judge.
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Aiken County
Rodney A. Peeples
T. B. Willis
Peeples
Justice Department
Willis
Aiken
Montmorenci Avoids Water Shortage Crisis
Montmorenci-Couchton Water District nearly ran dry as a pump failed while a second unit faltered. Official Daniel D. Magness said the area was about 12 hours from running out of water and secured a quick repair with a Columbia firm. The district connected to an Aiken water line to restore supply.
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Montmorenci
Montmorenci-Couchton
Daniel D. Magness
Magness
Columbia Repair
Aiken City
Orangeburg Prisoners Escape
Orangeburg Calhoun Center officials report two inmates John R. Mims 18 and Charles Brown 23 escaped after cutting through a cell window with a hacksaw blade. The breakthrough occurred during a 6 am headcount Tuesday. the pair squeezed through a 14 by 14 inch opening. Mims is jailed for attempted housebreaking. Brown faces armed robbery burglary and marijuana charges.
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Orangeburg
Orangeburg-Calhoun
Walter Bryson
John R. Mims
Charles Brown
Bryson
Mims
West Columbia
Brown
Holly Hill
Sherry Granade Honored by Club for Gallaudet Admission
Sherry Granade, a triple amputee, was praised by the Senior Men's Club for entering Gallaudet College in Washington D C to pursue a degree aiding those with hearing difficulties. The meeting at Ramada Inn featured guest Raymond Mizell of the S C Vocational Rehabilitation Department, who lauded local rehabilitation efforts and the Aiken workshop’s work with disabled clients. Connie Heider of the Lower Council on Governments is slated as guest speaker June 21.
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Sherry Granade
Gallaudet College
Wash
D.C
Ramada Inn
Miss Granade
Raymond Mizell
S.C
Aiken
Mizell
Aiken Rehabilitation
Hayne Avenue
Aiken Workshop
South Carolina
Connie Heider
Lower Council On Governments
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Troy
Laurens Street
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Jacon Sheinkman
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Sheinkman
NLRB
J. P. Stevens Co
Cys Vian
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Hatfield
Sen
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Lin Smithwick
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