North Augusta Sees Booming Commercial Construction
North Augusta reports eight major projects under way this spring, including Revco Packing and Distribution Center on Revco Drive with 275 000 square feet serving 225 stores across three states. Other projects include Smiths Transfer freight terminal on Atomic Road, Cowarts Cabinet Shop, North Heights Baptist Church sanctuary, Country Pit Barbeque on Atomic Road, North Hills Plaza Shopping Center, Triangle Plaza with Big Star and Otasco stores, and Gibbs Foreign Car Parts warehouse with improved catalog system.
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North Augusta
Revco Packing and Distribution
Revco
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Mark Dworkin
Smith’s
Atomic Road
Cowart
Cabinet Shop
North Heights
North Hills Plaza
Triangle Plaza
U.S. 25
Big Star Food
Otasco
Gibbs Foreign Car Parts
Frank Gibbs
Churches Honor Local Graduates In Aiken Week
Local churches plan Senior Sunday observances for graduates with a Methodist breakfast at St. John’s and an 11 a.m. recognition at First Presbyterian. Star Song concert at Grace Presbyterian features five members from Columbia’s Covenant Presbyterian. Camp Gravatt outdoor service and Holy Communion precede at Camp Gravatt. Bethlehem Lutheran hosts Vacation Bible School June 4–8 with tiered fees.
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United Methodist Women of St. John’s United Methodist Church
Aiken
First Presbyterian Church In
StarSong
Grace Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Jane McKeown
David Rogers
Scott Nelson
Wynn Bailey
Jenni Eleazer
Conveant Presbyterian Church
Columbia
Grace Presbyterian
Church St
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Camp Gravatt
Chapel of the Holy Spirit
St. Thaddeus
Bible School
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Bethlehem
Hitchcock Drive
Nuclear Study Is Sought Continued From Page 1A
Lawmakers clash over a televised nuclear energy study as Rep. Bill Campbell pushes a resolution for the joint energy committee to assess hazards from primacy facilities waste disposal processing and transport. Opponents warn televised hearings could amplify anti nuke voices. The panel is to report by January 1980. A separate note says Eric Andre Gill seeks a new trial after a death sentence for the 1977 Bret Long restaurant slaying, with the Supreme Court faulting a pre deliberation jury procedure.
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Thomas C. Moore
Clearwater
Cain
Joint Energy Panel
Aiken
Bushee
Bill Campbell
D-Richland
South Carolina
Joint Energy Committee
William E. Knotts
Barnwell
Columbia
Eric Andre Gill
Rock Hill
Bret Long
State Supreme Court
Robert W. Hayes
Long
Gill
Wayne Henderson
Henderson
Two St Mary Priests Transferred From Aiken
Two Aiken priests at St Mary Help of Christians will depart June 15 under Charleston Diocese policy. Rev Roy Aiken moves to St Peter's in Columbia while Rev Thomas Morrison becomes a Bishop England High School teacher in Charleston.
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Aiken
St. Mary Help of Christian Church
Charleston
Roy Francis Aiken
St. Mary’s
Thomas Morrison
Father Aiken
St. Peter’s Catholic
Columbia
Father Morrison
Bishop England High School
St. Angela Academy
St. Angela
Greenville
St. Peter's
St. Mary's
Bishop England
St. John’s Catholic Church
North Charleston
Byssinosis claims filed by two former textile workers
Two former United Merchants employees Josephine Newsome and James Amason testified before the South Carolina Industrial Commission that years of work in Bath Mills and Seminole Mill caused permanent lung disease. Newsome, a 17 year spinning room worker and former vice president of the Carolina Brown Lung Association, described heavy dust and quitting in 1951 due to breathing problems. Amason, a 25 year Bath Mills veteran, cited heart disease arthritis and a stomach disorder along with breathing loss. Commissioner Dreher will rule within 30 to 60 days with appeals possible to higher courts.
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United Merchants
Josephine Newsome
Gloverville
James A. Amason
Aiken
Holmes Dreher
S.C. Industrial Commission
Georgia
John C. Matthews
Graniteville
Amason
Bath Mills
Spenkelink Execution Deadline Narrowly Set By Court
A 5th U.S. Circuit panel in New Orleans lifted a stay and set a 10 a.m. EDT execution deadline for James Spenkelink at Florida State Prison in Starke. His sister Carol Myers and fiancée Carlotta Key visited, witnesses and reporters prepared to observe, while protests gathered nearby.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Atlanta
Appellate Court
Spenkelink
Carol Myers
Carlotta Key
Jacksonville
Starke
Speakelink
Margie Pitts Hames
Willie Jasper Darden Jr
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Florida State Prison
Tom Feamster
Feamster
Joe Ingle
Aiken County Considers Fee Rollback On Building Code
At a May 10 engineering committee meeting the Citizens committee urged rollback of building permit fees to 1974 levels with a plan to set $500 000 plus 75 cents per extra thousand. Chair Warner backs a potential administrative order and a six week timeline for first reading June 5 with delay fallback.
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Aiken
Warner
Citizens’ Committee
McElhaney
Citizens Committee
Council
Inflation Watch Hints Relief as Fuel Prices Slow
Bar ry Bosworth and Alfred Kahn foresee possible easing of price pressures after fuel surges. USDA analysis suggests middleman costs drive much of the expected 22.8 billion rise in food bills this year. Government figures pending, Bosworth cautions inflation may moderate in 1979.
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Barry Bosworth
Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
President's Council On
Senate Appropriations
Bosworth
Alfred Kahn
Carter
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Jan Boylston
Becky DeBerry
Beverly Barwick
Child Evangelism Teacher Training Team
Lion’s Club
Jackson
Aiken Community Playhouse
Hal Lindsey
Grace Brethren Church of
North Aiken
St. Mary
Brown
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
Marshall
Joseph Syzmankiewicz
Nebraska
Tallahassee
Fla
Matilda
Roosevelt
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