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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1980
Page
2
A sunny spell continues with near zero rain chances. Tonight will be fair with lows in the 60s and highs in the low 90s tomorrow. Saturday to Monday show little rain with highs near 90s and lows in the 60s under partly cloudy skies.
Today's listings include the Aiken Track Club at Weeks Center at 6 30 p m. Conway Diet Institute at 7 p m. Al Anon and A A meetings at Linden Street. Tomorrow health care dental clinics museum hours bridge recreation and narcotics anonymous at listed locations. Larry Wood accepts notices.
Twenty three railway workers died and eleven were injured when a bus was sideswiped by a car and rear by a truck carrying 7500 gallons of hot asphalt oil. The crash near Swift Current left many bodies in a hockey arena morgue as fire engulfed the wreckage and took two hours to extinguish.
Notice directs all advance payments to the Aiken Standard BM Subscription.
Aiken County Solicitor Sylvia Westerdahl protested a budget reduction from 62934 to 13635 at a work session. She argues funds are needed for a full-time assistant solicitor and investigator, plus related training, travel and personnel costs. County officials cite a 45000 state grant as the reason for the cut and warn of staffing losses if reduced further.
Obituaries detail multiple local deaths and funeral plans. Adriaa Robinson died in Emporia Virginia with services at Jackson Brookes Memorial Chapel. Robert T. Garvin 66, of Gaffney, Buried at Frederick Memorial Gardens with services by Shuford Hatcher. Herbert M. Richardson 44, Bluffton, Mass at St Andrews Catholic Church, burial Pinckney Colony Cemetery. Lottie Jordan Willing 81 of Ridge Spring, funeral at Shiloh Baptist Church, burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Milwee Inez Youngblood 57 of Columbia, funeral at Bethel Baptist Church officiated by Luford Pope and H E Wyatt. Memorials to Spears Creek Church FAC fund requested. Memorial details include survivors and located addresses in Aiken County and surrounding towns.
The 83 200 square foot three floor courthouse built in 1965 for 1.425 million uses pink brick slate floors and marble stairs. It features three courtrooms with acoustical fixes and a glass dome in the main courtroom.
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