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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1981
Page
9
Gale force winds churned Lake Washington as two major Pacific Northwest windstorms hit. The bridge linking Seattle and Mercer Island stayed open, while a nearby bridge was shut for several hours Saturday and Sunday.
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly start a week of debriefings following a two day shuttle flight. Officials at Johnson Space Center say the long session will cover electricity as the Columbia awaits its third March mission.
Washington AP reports one of President Reagan’s top advisers cautioned unemployment may hit 9 percent before recovery begins. Murray Weidenbaum said 9.5 million out of work could occur, with growth expected in the second half of 1982 as policies take effect.
Bern ie J E Dingle a 51 year old Baptist minister and schoolteacher was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his estranged wife nurse Ernestine Simpkins Dingle 30 in Greenwood. A circuit judge handed down the sentence after a jury found him guilty following about an hour of deliberation. The couple had separated a year earlier.
Abbeville County man William Turner 31 died from head injuries after a fall at the Richard B. Russell Dam construction site. Turner collapsed at 1:45 p.m. Friday and died 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Athens General Hospital. Details on the fall and location were not released.
Union County coroner cites deer season dangers as cause of two hunting deaths and one injury. Clarence White, 24, of Blacksburg, died when his .44 rifle discharged while climbing from a tree stand. Paul Ward, 34, of Travelers Rest, was fatally shot by buckshot as a deer alert sparked the fatal incident. Michael Neely, 27, of Spartanburg, was wounded.
Federal agents seized a $1.5 million Hilton Head Island oceanfront home owned by Louis Villar 43 who is charged with belonging to a West Coast drug ring. Villar known locally as Richard Bentley was arrested near Santa Barbara California last week and is held on a $5 million bond.
President Reagan returns to Washington from Texas and says there will be no personnel changes amid questions over national security adviser Richard V. Allen and budget director David A. Stockman. He emphasizes feeling secure aboard the jumbo Doomsday Plane as an investigation proceeds.
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