City Council to Hear Budget Reading and Annexation
The Aiken City Council will conduct the first reading of a budget ordinance for 1985 86 and set the tax millage rate at tonight’s meeting. A proposed annexation of two land sections, each under one acre, at 119 Cedarwood Park Drive and east of Fabian Drive, will also be considered. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m in the municipal building council chamber on Park Avenue. the public is invited.
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Aiken
Council Chamber
Park Avenue
Cedarwood Park Drive
Fabian Drive
Office of Operational Services
North Augusta High School
County Council Plans Session On Budget
The Aiken County Council will hold a 7 pm work session at the council conference room 736 Richland Ave to discuss the county budget. A special meeting beforehand will consider authorizing the chairman to sign a contract for county employee health and life insurance and overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Highlander Scottish Band headlines Hopeland Gardens Summer Series at 7 pm Dupree Place.
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Aiken
Highlander
Hopeland Gardens
Warner Sues ESM Accountants Over False Statements
Marvin Warner files a $1.15 billion civil suit in Fort Lauderdale federal court accusing Alexander Grant & Co. of issuing false financials that hid massive ESM Government Securities losses. Warner claims Home State Savings Bank and American Savings and Loan would not have invested if reports were truthful.
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Knight-Ridder Service
Miami
Cincinnati
Marvin Warner
Alexander Grant & Co
ESM
Fort Lauderdale
Warner
Mild Tonight with Warmth Arriving Tomorrow
The forecast calls for a mild night with temperatures in the fifties and light variable winds. Tomorrow will be sunny and warm with highs in the 90s and a southwest breeze around 10 mph as garden crops ripen rapidly.
Women With Extra Car Keys Travelled Years
Two women kept an extra set of car keys for years and on the first day they left the primary keys at home after switching purses Public Safety retrieved the spare keys and locked them securely in the car for safekeeping.
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Public Safety
Reagan Drives Tax Plan Tour With Memorial Day Event
President Reagan opens a week of speeches to rally working class support for his tax reform package. He will visit Walt Disney World for a Memorial Day reunion and place a wreath at Arlington as he previews a dramatic overhaul aimed at returning more resources to families and launching a new American revolution.
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Washington
Reagan
Disney World
Orlando
Fla
Nancy
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
World War II Navy veteran recalls 17 battles and 14 ships
Bill Cloud, a 61 year old disabled veteran now living in Aiken, recalls volunteering at 17 and serving on the U S S Grayson through 14 ships and 17 major Pacific sea battles. He describes near misses from Japanese planes, shrapnel and the loss of friends, and notes 12 tattoos earned during his service.
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Bill Cloud
Fran Chapman
Providence
Cloud
Navy
U.S.S. Grayson
Grayson
United States
Pacific
Greenville
S.C
Aiken
Aiken School Board Considers Teacher Incentive Pilot
The Aiken County Board of Education will review applying for a state pilot of a teacher incentive model for 1985-86. The meeting will cover middle school programs, facility management status, and April financials, plus policy updates and program reviews.
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Aiken County Board of Education
State Department of Education
Department of Facility Management
Aiken Teen Sets Fire After Domestic Dispute
A 15-year-old girl in Aiken poured gasoline on herself and lit a cigarette lighter after a domestic dispute early Saturday. A man at Sportsman Stop extinguished the flames. The girl, who had taken sleeping pills, was treated at hospitals and in the burn unit with second and third degree burns over about 30 percent of her body.
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Fran Chapman
Aiken
Aiken Public Safety
Brent Kirkland
Sportsman Stop
York Street
Kirkland
Public
Gerald Blume
David Willis
Aiken Community Hospital
Humana Hospital
Augusta
Jenny Nielsen
Public Affairs
Humana
Trade Imbalance Hurts South Carolina Industry
A study finds South Carolina hit hardest by the overvalued dollar and global trade imbalance, with textile imports hurting many sectors. Since 1980 about 50,500 manufacturing jobs, 13.3 percent, have been lost, with layoffs in Upstate electronics, chemical supply, and lumber firms plus shorter workweeks and profit declines.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Richard Ellson
University of South Carolina
Data Resources Inc
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Georgia
Upstate
General Electric
Laurens
Monsanto Co
Moore
San
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Hopelands
Warner Files
By Phil Jones
Aiken Teen
Gamo
Pickens
Union Carbide
Simpsonville
Greenwood
Basf-Wyandotte Corp
Spartanburg County
Hammermill Hardwoods
Pickens County
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