Navy opens drug probe on crew aboard USS Oldendorf
Seattle AP report says 31 sailors aboard the destroyer USS Oldendorf undergoing a Lockheed Shipyard overhaul in Seattle face drug use and trafficking investigations. One crew member was arrested and released on own recognizance. four to five trafficking incidents are noted. marijuana is common with some cocaine and LSD allegations. The ship, based in San Diego, carries 291 enlisted and 23 officers and is in a nine month, 26.9 million overhaul.
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Seattle
Oldendorf
Jim McDonough
Navy Public Information
Lockheed
McDonough
San Diego
Franco Rally Cancelled After Seven Years
Madrid AP report says the annual Franco rally is canceled for the first time since his death. The event, tied to November 20, 1975, was to be held next Sunday under Calvo Sotelo’s outgoing government. The National Council of Francoist Veterans cited election tensions and potential disturbances as the reason. The council includes Fuerza Nueva members after their election losses.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
el Alcazar
Franco
Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
National Council of the Confederation of Francoist Civil War Veterans
Socialist Workers Party
Felipe Gonzalez
Fuerza Nueva
New Force
County Council Chairman Apology Cited at Meeting
County Council Chairman Carrol Warner issued an apology after a citizen urged council members to speak up at Tuesday's meeting. Warner quipped that “these microphones are for decoration they feed only into our tape recorder” as he referenced SCE&G president John Warren remarks to North Augs tonians at a Chamber banquet noting a closed mouth gathers no foot.
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Carrol Warner
Sce&g
John Warren
Aiken Property Owners Face Building Code Deadlines
City requires fire damaged properties to meet code or be demolished by set dates. Deadline dates vary by property, with some lots sold or slated for demolition. If noncompliant, the city may demolish, place a lien, or sell lots to recover costs.
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Department of Public Safety
Pete Frommer
Laurens Street North
Mid-South Mortgage Company
Rialto Theater Corporation
Hankinson
Park and
Highland Park Drive
Park Avenue N.E
Park Avenue
Henry Summerall
Summerall
Federal interagency panel backs $3 billion Savannah River reactor plan
Senator Thurmond says a federal interagency committee recommends constructing a new $3 billion production reactor at the Savannah River Plant to produce plutonium and tritium for weapons. The panel plans to send its report to the Senate Armed Services Committee as environmental safeguards are debated.
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Washington
Savannah River
Federal Interagency
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Thurmond
SRP
Cliff Webb
Interagency
Webb
Congress
Seymour Shwiller
Armed Services Committee
Shwiller
Departments of Defense and Energy
DOE
Jim Cannon
Cannon
Reagan Administration
Farmers and Merchants Bank to merge with C S South Carolina bank
Board approves plan to merge Farmers and Merchants Bank of Aiken with Citizens and Southern Bank of South Carolina. Combined assets exceed 1.5 billion, with 100 offices in 41 cities. McNair notes merger expands services but questions bankings move to specialized, supermarket style operations.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Aiken
Citizens and Southern Bank of South Carolina
Farmers and Merchants
C&s Bank
C&s
James D. McNair
J.P. McNair
McNair
North Carolina
Edgefield
Citizens
Southern National Bank of South Carolina
Citizens and Southern Corporation
South Carolina
Tax Bill Work Gains Pace With Countywide Teamwork
Aiken County real property tax bills may go out the first week of December with Margie Plunkett aiming for December 1 despite earlier plans for December 15. Mortgage bills began this weekend with mortgage and personal bills to follow. CSRA Computer Service reprinted and corrected bills by computer, while temporary and volunteer help accelerate stuffing and mailing. A 15 percent late penalty is delayed from January 15 to February 15 under an agreement with the state comptroller general.
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Aiken County
Margie Plunkett
Smith
South Carolina
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