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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1980

Page

5

What’s New In TV News Turns To The Cable Era

The piece notes CNN will debut as an all news channel with weather sports and updates plus a two hour prime time slot and a Night Life program. CBS dominates Nielsen summer ratings with six top ten shows while other networks trail with ABC and NBC.

Reston Ted Turner CNN Network TV Johnny Carson Turner Braves CBS ABC NBC Three’s Company 60 Minutes

Spy Thrillers Dominate Best Seller List

A roundup of top thrillers and fiction notes the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum at the peak, Forsyth The Devil's Alternative, Follett Eye of the Needle in paperback, with others like The Rheingold Route and profiles of authors and library availability. The piece lists fiction and non fiction titles and notes library access at Aiken County Public Library.

James Bond Ian Fleming Robert Ludlum Chancellor Matarese Circle Marek Jason Bourne Frederick Forsyth Viking Press Ken Follett Signet England Britain John Cochran London Michael Garwood Garwood Cochran English Channel Amsterdam Aiken County

Surface water skiing at Clark Hill Lake near Modoc

The Clark Hill Lake area in Aiken County offers 77 000 acres for water skiing and boating with accessible ramps along the South Carolina shore from the dam to Hickory Knob State Park. The Corps of Engineers manages camping, picnicking, and free boat ramps with limited nearby services.

Aiken County Clark Hill Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Clark Hill South Carolina Modoc Hickory Knob State Park McCormick Corps Aiken Edgefield Highway 23 Corps of Engineers Hickory Knob

Empire Strikes Back opens at local theaters this June

A trivia style feature invites readers to test knowledge about Star Wars. It notes the Empire Strikes Back release date and includes questions about characters planets ships actors and plot points.

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