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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1981
Page
2
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with temperatures in the mid 30s and northwesterly winds near 10 mph. Tuesday will see highs in the 60s with sunny, warm afternoons and similar 60s highs continuing later in the week. Lows drop to the low 30s at night.
Obituaries list Miss Marilyn Cobb infant dies in Augusta with graveside service at Four Mile Baptist Church. Elise Arnold dies at 72 in Orangeburg. burial at Salley Oakview Cemetery. Miss Mary E. Satcher dies in Richmond County with Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery service. Clinton P. Broome dies in Aiken County. funeral at Green Pond Baptist Church. James Woodrow Webb dies in Columbia. noted former wildlife department official. Hyde Cockrell dies in Lexington County. John Forrest Young dies in Clearwater. funeral at Old Storm Branch Baptist Church. Milton Rollins dies in Millen. burial at Aiken Memorial Park. Mrs. Albert Widener dies in Vaucluse. services at Vaucluse Church of God. Numerous survivors and funeral home arrangements listed.
Multiple 7 p.m. meetings across Aiken and surrounding areas including Lions Club, Self-Help Cancer Group, Aiken Chess Club, A.A. groups, Ambulance Commission, Area III Advisory Council, City Council, Overeaters Anonymous, and ARC Pinecrest. Tomorrow brings clinics, Rotary, Ex change Club, Boy Scouts, board of education, and other community gatherings. Contact Ellison Garvin at Aiken Standard for writing submissions.
The North Augusta church notes 919 new members in four years and 77 in the last three months. Membership stands near 3000 with 1000 to 1500 projected in five years. Nine West Avenue parcels totaling 450000 to 500000 are not all for sale, and alternative sites have drawbacks.
The Supreme Court will hear a case about how precise the 1980 census must be in counting the U S population every decade. The ruling could affect federal funding distribution and congressional seats.
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Five South Carolina residents died in weekend crashes reported by the Highway Patrol. Cornelia Brigham, 65, of Myrtle Beach, was struck while walking in Horry County. Cynthia Altman, 21, of Marion, died in a head on collision on S C 501. Kevin Phillips, 22, and William Avera, 23, of Myrtle Beach, died in separate crashes in Lexington and Richland counties. Sheila Mae Hood, 17, of Blenheim, died in a guardrail crash in Dillon County.
U S Representative Thomas Hartnett says he will seek re election next year and rules out a 1982 governor bid. He will not run against Governor Dick Riley, who is expected to seek a second term, and Hartnett notes 1986 may be a better time for a run.
Lake Hartwell water could taste and smell foul if levels drop five more feet to 639 feet, forcing Clemson University and Hartwell to relocate intake pipes. Officials say the issue would be an inconvenience, not a health hazard, while other users delay panic.
At the Republican Governors Association gathering in New Orleans, governors voiced unity with President Reagan amid national economic struggles. Gov. Dave Treen of Louisiana backed the fiscal plan as necessary for balancing the federal budget, while Wisconsin's Lee Dreyfus warned some may face political risk to help Reagan achieve policies.
John W. Hinckley Jr., released from an Army hospital, will undergo more medical tests to check for permanent brain damage from his suicide attempt. The 26 year old, who sought to assassinate President Reagan, was moved to a new cell at Fort Meade after a week in Kimbrough Army Hospital. He jammed his cell lock with cardboard as a marshal watched nearby.
In Bonn West Germany Chancellor Helmut Schmidt meets Soviet leader Leonid I Brezhnev at the chancellor's office on the Rhine to urge acceptance of a Soviet American nuclear arms reduction plan. The pair later plan a second meeting at Schloss Gymnich with only translators present.
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