Carter and Reagan Vote as Nation Awaits Result
President Carter voted in Plains Georgia while Ronald Reagan waited at his Los Angeles home. Dixville Notch New Hampshire gave Reagan a 17 to 3 lead at midnight with Anderson and Clark also on ballots. The campaign’s final days were shaped by Tehran hostages and last minute shifts in voter intent.
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Carter
Ronald Reagan
Iran
Plains
Plains Railroad
Reagan
Los Angeles
Dixville Notch
N.H
John B. Anderson
Ed Clark
Tehran
Anderson
Court weighs double cel ling in prisons
The Supreme Court will decide before next July if placing two inmates in a one man cell is a constitutional violation. The case stems from Ohio’s Southern Ohio Correctional Facility where overcrowding led to double cel ling. The 6th Circuit upheld the ruling, affecting Ohio and neighboring states with crowded prisons.
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Supreme Court
Ohio
Southern Ohio
Lucasville
Hogan
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Michigan
Tennessee
Voters Race to Ballots Across Aiken County Polling Lines Grow
County voters face 7 pm deadline at 59 ballot boxes as turnout runs ahead of June primary. Precinct 46 at John Wesley United Methodist Church saw long lines and a broken machine. Other precincts report moderate to light early turnout with weather slowdowns noted.
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Aiken County
John Wesley United Methodist Church
Bath Elementary School
Marvin Spires
North Augusta
Beech Island
Richard Johnson Jr
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Johnson
Lynn Jeancake
New Ellenton
Aiken Woman Favors Longer Skirts as Majors Visits
Gloria Busch-Johnson, dean at Aiken TEC, told the Aiken Rotary Club she prefers longer hems to avoid wrinkled knees while noting Tennessee head coach Johnny Majors was in Aiken yesterday. The Volunteers were beaten by Virginia last Saturday.
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Gloria Busch-Johnson
Aiken Tec
Aiken Rotary Club
Tennessee
Johnny Majors
Volunteers
Majors
Virginia
One Month of Freedom Nets 15 Month Sentence
Rodney Baughman, 22, received an additional fifteen month term from Judge George F. Coleman after an escape attempt while being moved to jail. He was already serving sentences for two counts of grand larceny and was arrested May 14 after a month at large. The new term runs in addition to existing sentences.
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Rodney Baughman
Baughman
George F. Coleman
Aiken County
Coleman
Tony A. Douse
John Calvin Heath Jr
David T. Ma Martin
Dilenery
Miller
Lee Moody
North Augusta
Samuel Morris
Monetta
B. Pendleton
Wilbert
Kathleen Reville
Penay Real Ate Tion
Preston C. Smith
Claude Griffin
Caskey Promoted to Acting Aiken County Today Editor
Sarah Caskey, a long time reporter for the Aiken Standard since 1979, becomes acting Aiken County Today Editor. A native of Aiken and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Vermont, she succeeds Lynne C. Voit who will relocate to Columbia for new jobs with her husband Regan.
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Sarah C. Caskey
Aiken County Today
Aiken Standard
Aiken
Sarah
Aiken High School
University of Vermont
George R. Caskey Jr
Lynne C. Voit
Columbia
Regan
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Aiken Municipal Auditorium
Ginny Southworth
Abby
Erma Homie
Sarah Caskey
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