Ironworkers End Strike At Plant
After a week long strike by International Association of Bridge Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers Local 709, workers returned to Savannah River Plant this weekend. DOE assistant David M. Peek said most are back and no pickets today. Union protested non union Kuhlke Construction Company work in Augusta causing halted plant construction.
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Savannah River
David M. Peek
Department of Energy
Peek
Kuhlke Construction Company
Augusta
SRP
D.J. Edenfield
Edenfield
Savannah
Kuhlke
All advance payments to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription
Aiken Standard directs all advance payments to the Aiken Standard PBM Subscription line.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
PBM
Aiken
Autumn Days Bring Mild Temperatures and Cloudy Skies
The forecast describes cool mornings and mild highs in the 60s. Tonight and Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cool with lows in the 40s. Wednesday should be fair, while Thursday and Friday return partly cloudy skies.
Government Reform Faces Civil Service Backlash
Officials acknowledge pay reform is risky as Carter weighs civil service changes. A key obstacle is AFGE opposition, with president Kenneth Blaylock under pressure after backing Carter proposals that were later repudiated by the union's governing body.
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Carter
AFGE
Kenneth Blaylock
Ich
Unige
Deaths Fill Local Pages with Budgets of Remembrance
The notice details a wave of funerals and obituaries across Aiken and surrounding towns. Dr William Slicker Carr 57 owner of the Aiken Animal Shelter and Hospital Clinic, WWII veteran, buried in Aiken Memorial Park. Other obituaries include Willie Owens 70 Graniteville, Sam Smith Jr Belvedere, Viola Merz 78 Aiken, and many more with funeral details. Survivors and church affiliations listed for each.
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William Slicker Carr
George Funeral Home
Jack Hasty
Aiken Memorial Park
Carr
South Boundary
Harveysburg
Ohio
Aiken
Aiken First
Belvedere
Sam Smith Jr
Celeste Avenue
Liberty Mortuary
North Augusta
Bessie Smith
Gloria Ann Robinson
Lona B. Carroll
Betty Gray
Jeanette Reaves
Joanne Smith
Freddie L. Smith
Mary Parkman
Bradleyville
Rose Cummings
Georgia Jefferson
Lena Mims
Graniteville
Joe Smith
Myrtle Green Miller dies at 74 in Aiken area
Myrtle Green Miller 74 of Route 3 Box 1300 died yesterday in Aiken. The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Beulah Baptist Church with Revs. Earl Satcher and Hoyt Murray officiating. A native of Aiken County she was a member of Mount Beulah Baptist Church.
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Graniteville
Willie J. Owens
Aiken Road
Aiken County
St. John United
Viola Rees Merz
Hahn St. N.E
Aiken
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
Thomas Morrison
Aiken Memorial Park
George Funeral Home
New York City
Church Women's Club
John A. Merz
Clifton
Gerald F. Merz
Joseph Kenneally
Augusta
Beulah Baptist Church
James B. Miller
Langley
Darling P. Seigler
Rt. 6
Jack Davis
Daniel E. Johnston
Shiloh Baptist Church
Seigler
Clearwater Branch Baptist Church
Disabled Veterans
Jessie Seigler
Sue Seigler
Jordan S. Seigler
Wyman E. Seigler
Willie Mae McCarty
Warrenville
Christine Edwards
Johnnie Mae Edwards
Richmond County
Jackson-Brooks Memorial Chapel
Ivory Prodine
Rockville Baptist Church
Wagener
Mexico
Suggick
Washington
D.C
Saron Baptist Church
Roosevelt Davenport
Ashley Cemetery
Sugick
Guffin Chapel Methodist Church
Washington, D.C
Mabell C. Sugick
Mennie C. Stewart
Delores C. Turner
Lyndell C. Harper
Jackson
Marie Coleman
Mattie Lou Graham
New Ellenton
Zion Fair Baptist Church
D.W. Hickson
Pauline Hightower
Highway 421
Bath
Maude Hitchcock
Mercer B.) Sell
Dallas
William F. Byrd
Sell
Mercer B. Sell
North Augusta
Paulding County
Ellis Bible
Trinity On the Hill United Methodist Church
Barnwell
Charles M. Turner
Barnwell Presbyterian Church
Barnwell United Methodist Church
Turner
Ellenton
Clemson University
Lions Club
Masons
Ellenton Agriculture Club
South Carolina State Board of Health
Carolina Mayes Turner
Carolyn T. Kelly
Charlottesville
Charles M. Turner, III
Nashville, Tenn
W.B. Turner
Ninety Six
Mattie Louise Wicker Blackmon
Columbia
Rosemont Cemetery
Newberry
John Grady Long
Hayne Folk
David Folk
Wayne Folk
James O. Smith
Minnie Davis Brewer
Fairway Ave
North Augusta First Baptist Church
Charles D. Page
Don Bishop
Pineview Memorial Gardens
Brewer
Richmond County Schools
Hampton
William Joe Robinson
Joline Tuten
Belvedere
Grimes Cemetery
Charles Page
David Wells
Robinson
Jasper County
Pine Level
Isaac Penny Robinson
W.J. Robinson Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Robert Lee Robinson
Grays
Marion B. Robinson
West Columbia
Mary R. Lee
Lucille R. Porter
Yarnville
Myrtle Green
James Dewey) Miller
Route 3
Mount Beulah Baptist Church
Earl Satcher
Hoyt Murray
Body found in Gloverville restroom in Aiken County
Deputies report the discovery of a body in a Gloverville service station restroom. The deceased is 54 year old James Scott of Gloverville General Delivery. The coroner lists death as due to natural causes.
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Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Gloverville
James Scott
Youth wins local contest in coast run guessing time
Rickey Burckhalter of Belvedere won a $50 prize in a local contest to guess the running time of Ken Cole in his coast run for the Athletes for Multiple Sclerosis program. Burckhalter guessed 44 hours 37 minutes 47 seconds. Cole finished in 45 hours 42 minutes 21 seconds for 226 miles. The award was presented by Tom Young at Cole's home last night.
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Rickey Burckhalter
Belvedere
Ken Cole
Burckhalter
Cole
Tom Young
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Liz Harrington
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Pik
American Federation of Government Employees
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E. Pikern
Zelda Rene Williamson
East Aiken Elementary
William S. Carr
Sam Smith
Viola R. Merz
Christine D. Edwards
Frank Coleman
Tampa
Jackson- Brooks Oe Chapel
Sylvester Nabritt
Sunset Memory Gardens
Mr. Coleman
Gertrude Viola Davis
Emily Sell
Ester Bentley
Mary Johnson
Ed Hitchcock
St. Petersburg
Fred Hitchcock
Greensboro
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William J. Robinson
Willie P. Hair
Posey
L.G. Payne
Mike Cato
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