10 Nov 1983
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1983
Page
1
The calendar lists sections Calendar 7A Classifieds 4B Comics 3B Dear Abby 3B Obituaries 4A Opinions 1B Sports 9A Television 3B Weather 12A for reader navigation. No event details are provided in the fragment.
Willis Irvin Jr recalls combat actions from Lamarmenil Belgium and a hospital in a basement earning a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts. He describes training days at Citadel, enlistment delays, and travels across Europe and Germany. He notes Army service from 1943 to 1945 totaling 28 months.
Representative Irene Rudnick of Aiken confirms plans to run for District 24 Senate seat in 1984. The new district includes parts of Aiken and Lexington counties with 66,747 total population and a 60.6 percent Aiken County share.
Tommy Woodrum owner of the Aiken Shoney's franchise says a Shoney's Big Boy is planned for Aiken with a 168 seat restaurant. A preferred site near Ryan's Family Steak House faces drainage issues and opening date depends on site resolution. If needed other Pine Log Road locations will be considered and the south side is favored.
Crawford H. Greenewalt former Du Pont chairman, visiting Savannah River Plant, calls nuclear power the most practical and safest major energy source as oil supplies dwindle. He notes SRP and Hanford operations have had no radiation accidents, urges strong U S defense, and discusses his hummingbird book.
In Graniteville an elderly 77 year old woman fell into an old spring behind her house. Wayne Craig heard an unusual cat like noise around 8 pm Tuesday and investigated. He pulled the woman from the spring and aided her return home, where she showed chills but survived.
Aiken County resident Dennis L. Moorehead 40 Graniteville pleaded guilty to bid rigging in a federal case over a Winnsboro sewer project awarded to Carolina Pipeline Contractors Inc for 1 689 820 Moorehead president of the company received a 90 day jail sentence in Columbia The indictment cited Sherman Act Section 1 and an Antitrust Division EPA IG assisted probe resulting in the plea and sentence
Steve Griffin regional manager of Southern Bell jokes about speaking with his back to the audience and the Georgia Florida game excitement causing a fan to injure her hand by slamming it into a wall. He quips that you cannot kill yourself with excitement.
The National Council of Churches refused new membership for a small largely homosexual church. The body postponed a final decision on eligibility while keeping discussion open, praising the church’s sustained effort and debate.
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