Bingo Opens Thursday at Belvedere Garrison
The Army-Navy Garrison 2179 plans a Thursday bingo start at U S 25 near Clearwater Road in Belvedere. A $3 admission buys six cards for about 10 games with $50 per game. two players sharing a game split the prize. The nonprofit operation faced early opposition but received state permits and a federal 501 C 4 exemption.
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Belvedere
Army-Navy
Robert E. Gary
Army-Navy Garrison
Gary
South Carolina
Secretary of State
U.S. 25
Clearwater Road
North Augusta-Belvedere
Spartanburg
Aiken County
Aiken Daughter Receives Early Call From Home
Aiken woman reports a call from her mother just after she left home, claiming she would stay in Rocky Mount North Carolina but was only on the outskirts, prompting curious family concern.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
Volcano Eruption Rivers Debris Threaten Small Towns Near Spirit Lake
Amid Mount St. Helens eruption, hot mud and debris fill the North Fork Tootle River valley forming a deep barrier at Spirit Lake outlet, as rising waters threaten nearby Castle Rock Lexington and Silver Lake. Ash clouds reach as far east as Kentucky and Tennessee with widespread closures and evacuations totaling thousands.
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Vancouver, Wash
Mount St. Helens
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bob Christiansen
US Geological Survey
North Fork
Tootle River
Spirit Lake
National Weather Service
Virginia
The
Weather Service
Longview
Boise
Idaho
New England
Red Cross
Washington
Castle Rock
Lexington
Silver Lake
Halters Adjust To Life In U.S.
The Halter family Andres Rosemarie and children Martin Nicole and Ralph moved to Aiken from Switzerland six weeks ago. Andres heads the new Rieter Machineworks plant set to open this fall. The family notes South Carolina heat and language as major adjustments and children attend Kennedy Junior High and Millbrook Elementary.
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Heidi
A.O. Halter
Halters
Andres
Rosemarie
Martin
Nicole
Ralph
Aiken
Switzerland
Halter
Rieter
Zurich
South Carolina
Halt
U.S. Economy Slows Further As First Quarter Grows 0.6
The Commerce Department reports the first quarter 1980 growth at 0.6 percent annual rate, down from 2.0 percent late 1979, signaling a slide toward recession. After tax corporate profits rise 5.9 percent from late 1979 to 1980 Q1, but inflation adjusted profits fall 12.7 percent. Personal income edges up 0.02 percent to 2.07 trillion annually amid weak consumer demand and rising unemployment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
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Aiken Today
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Columbia River
Oregon
Mt. St. Helens
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Oklahor
Missouri
Ala
Penn
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Mississippi
Western
Mike Fitzpatrick
St. Helens
U.S
Kathryn Smith
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