29 May 1988
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1988
Page
1
A former USC Aiken basketball coach has designed a unique camp system for younger players. Page 3B mentions the new approach and its aims for development. Four to be inducted in Aiken County Sports Hall of Fame. Page 7B covers the ceremony. Rick Mears leads Indianapolis 500 field. Page 1B reports Mears atop the qualifying or early running.
Automotive clubs perform a service for travelers as described on Page 1, highlighting organized roadside assistance and member resources. The item emphasizes community efforts, safety tips, and practical help for motorists during journeys.
A sunny Memorial Day weekend opens with barbecues beaches and Indy engine noise while ceremonies honor fallen soldiers. Sen. Strom Thurmond will speak Monday at 11 a.m. at VFW Post 5877 on Whiskey Road. In Philadelphia crowds mark Revolutionary War graves near Independence Hall. In Norfolk families recall 99 sailors who died when the Scorpion sank. Gettysburg launches a 125th anniversary parade as a summerlong Civil War commemoration.
Today will be sunny and warm with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s. Memorial Day is expected clear with near 90 degree heat. Page 8A provides full details.
A list of individuals including Ernest Carnard of Ridge Spring Velva Knoph of Hendersonville Tennessee Letha Peoples Thompson of Williston and Charlie H Webster Jr of New Ellenton appears with a reference to Page 8A for full details.
In depth look at American prisons facing aging facilities crowding cells and rising lawsuits. South Carolina eyes reform as penologists and lawmakers push for rehabilitative goals despite public demand for harsher penalties. Parker Evatt, SC Corrections Commissioner, notes constitutional mandate for rehabilitation.
President Reagan's summit with Mikhail Gorbachev faced unexpected snags as talks neared. U.S. officials said prospects faded for signing three secondary arms deals, while the Soviets criticized U.S. aid to Afghan rebels. Reagan prepared for his Moscow trip as the Presidium ratified the medium range arms treaty.
US officials said chances for signing an agreement on advance notification of ballistic missile tests by the United States and Soviet Union had evaporated. Two smaller arms control measures may not be ready for signing, reducing grounds for public progress boasting amid no treaty on strategic weapons.
Four major customers of Aiken County Public Service Authority demand the agency secure 2.1 million to close the remaining Farmers Home Administration loan on the Horse Creek Wastewater Plant. They set a June 6 deadline and informed county leaders via attorney Robert E. Stepp.
The article notes a 52 percent increase in insurance rates for Aiken County employees and warns that county taxes could rise by 15 mills if the court rules against the county in the road maintenance fee case. It also mentions four major customers of the Horse Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and emphasizes urgency due to the expiration of a discount program on July 11, 1988.
In Aiken County six Republican and Democrat candidates compete in the June 14 primary for sheriff. Incumbent Carroll Heath faces D G James and George B McCormick from the GOP while Democrats Ralph Gunnells Robert Voigt and Dan Edwins seek the post. Heath has held office since 1984 after defeating Gunnells, continuing a pattern of incumbents losing reelection in prior years. Candidates stress experience and focus on drugs and education as key issues. campaign spending has risen as action builds toward primary day. Heath, a long-time Aiken County resident, began law enforcement in 1961 and served in Aiken police before becoming sheriff.
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