Lightning Strike Injures Two Women in Belvedere
Two Aiken County women, Kathleen Vincent and Janeen Bean, were struck by lightning at a Belvedere home during a Wednesday rainstorm. Vincent, 35, is in serious condition at University Hospital in Augusta, while Bean, 38, is listed in good condition. They were reportedly removing clothes from a backyard clothesline at 507 Beulah Ave. when struck and found by Miss Boan’s relatives.
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Belvedere
Aiken County
University Hospital
Augusta
Kathleen Vincent
Miss Boan
Beulah Ave
Miss Vincent
No Prosecution Planned On Missing Tax Funds
State officials found a 2699 shortfall in the Aiken County Tax Collector's office after an October 1983 delinquent tax sale audit. No criminal action planned. county urged to recover funds from bonding companies and improve controls with aid from the comptroller general and auditor. The case referred to county solicitor for review.
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State Attorney General
Aiken County
Mark Dillard
Attorney General
State Comptroller General
State Auditor
Dillard
State Comptroller’s Office
Robert Harte
Illiterate girl earns medical degree at Albany graduation
Mary Grada Lewis rose from illiteracy and stigma to receive a medical degree at Albany Medical College. The 35 year old mother of two earned four awards for her work and had 25 relatives flown from Idaho and Oregon to attend the ceremony. Her Texas upbringing included a restaurant owner father and a nurse mother.
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Albany
N.Y
Mary Grada Lewis
Lewis
Albany Medical College
Idaho
Oregon
Texas
Construction Boom Sweeps Aiken County Since 1982
Aiken County and the city have seen a surge in building as the 1982 recession ended. Lower interest rates and a revived economy drive projects, with 598 permits issued June 1983 to March 1984 and plans reviewed for 22 subdivisions. The Savannah River Plant workforce changes push demand for housing and services.
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Aiken County
City of
Aiken
Savannah River
SRP
du Pont
Aiken County Planning and Development Board
Salvador guardsmen convicted in churchwomen killings
A five member jury in Zacatecoluca convicted five former national guardsmen of killing four American churchwomen after an all night session. Sentencing may occur within 15 days with potential sentences up to 30 years. The case could influence U S aid to El Salvador amid the war with leftist guerrillas.
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Zacatecoluca
Salvador
Bernardo Randa Murcia
Jose Napoleon Duarte
U.S. Congress
el Salvador
Guerrilas
Congress
South Carolina to raise drinking age to 20 in 1985
The South Carolina General Assembly approved raising the beer and wine age from 18 to 19 and the overall drinking age to 20 effective Jan 1 1985 after ratification and signature by Gov. Richard Riley. Supporter Rep. Dan McEachin led three years of advocacy citing teen drinking and auto accidents. Opponents argued the change would be unfair to 18 year olds already able to drink.
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Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Dan McEachin
South Carolina
Senate
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Russ McKinney
McEachin
Florence
Georgia
North Carolina
Council of State
Ments
Lexington
Verne Smith
D-Greenville
Now It's A State Honor For Aiken's Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor of Aiken has been chosen for the South Carolina Commission on Aging Outstanding Older South Carolinian Award. She also earned local honors as Outstanding Older American of 1984 from the Aiken Area Council on Aging and Lower Savannah Area Agency on Aging.
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Annetta H
Ann) Taylor
Aiken
South Carolina Commission On Aging
River Bluff subdivision starts in Aiken with affordable rentals
Aiken begins River Bluff, a new subdivision off Silver Bluff Road offering 180 multi family and 165 single family rental homes. Phase I includes 90 duplexes due in September with two to three bedrooms, fenced yards, fireplaces, and appliances. projected payments are $325 monthly. Tandem Development of Aiken plans to seek investors for eventual ownership of the multifamily units.
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River Bluff
Silver Bluff Road
Aiken
Tandem Development of
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Jim Gaver
Gaver
Sand River
Hoods Lane
Laurens Street
Phil Jones
U.S
Michael Posner
Lawyers Committee For International Human Rights
Leon Romero Cordero
Carlos Joaquin Contreras Palacios
Ann Taylor
USO
Association of Retarded Citizens
The
Cancer Society
Heart Association
Commission For the Handicapped
Aiken Area
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
White House
Aiken Business and Professional Women’s Club
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