18 Nov 1989
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1989
Page
1
Readable lines show scattered scores and team names from South Carolina high school games. Entries mention North Augusta, Williston Elko, Hilton Head, Strom Thurmond, Saint Augustine, and Lord Berkeley with vague numbers. The garbled OCR prevents a coherent, complete game report.
South Carolina fans donated 24 970 pounds of food and Clemson supporters contributed 23 660 pounds in the second annual Great Carolina Clemson Food Fight to aid needy families. The four week drive culminated before the USC Clemson game with total near 50 000 pounds.
Partly cloudy skies forecast for today with a high in the 60s. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a low in the 30s and a high in the mid 50s. See Page 6A for full details.
Obituary note reports the death of James A. Johnson from Graniteville with details continued on Page 6A.
The Senate endorsed a large pay raise for members but then withdrew the proposal amid opposition. Leader George Mitchell floated a smaller 9.7 percent increase with ethics changes paced more slowly. House approved raises to about 120,000 to 125,000, while Senate and Republicans debated.
Warren Muir, USC fullback 1967-69, recalls growing up far from Clemson and later shaping the Carolina-Clemson rivalry. Now a Columbia alumnus and investor, he views the annual game with lingering aura but emphasizes balanced goal of team success over sheer victory. He cautions fans against taking the rivalry too seriously as he prefers a winning season for USC over a single-win thrill.
Eight former South Carolina governors joined current Gov. Carroll Campbell and others via satellite for a Columbia College roundtable sponsored by The Palmetto Project. They urged expanded education and training to boost the state's workforce, citing past illiteracy and desegregation efforts at Clemson University as pivotal milestones.
Longtime Aiken mayor H Odell Weeks eyes his 63rd straight Clemson Carolina game set for Saturday night at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia. Weeks, 81, recalls watching the 1926 matchup, Clemson A&M then a 1 200 cadet school, while the fair drew fans to the event.
Aiken County teams win in the state playoffs with Aiken beating St John s of Darlington 44 6 at Hagood stadium to reach 10 2 and host Beaufort. North Augusta wins 20 10 at Airport to reach the Class AAAA finals, Silver Bluff defeats Loris 27 6 to improve to 10 1, while Strom Thurmond falls 27 6 to Hilton Head and Williston Elko drops 14 13 at Jonesville ending its 12 1 season. Wardlaw Academy loses 19 13 to Lord Berkeley in the South Carolina Independent School Athletic Association title game.
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