USC Shootings Turn Deadly at College Party
A 19 year old Mark Houston faces arraignment on two counts of murder and five counts of assault after a weekend shooting at Bates West dormitory during a Kappa Alpha Psi homecoming party. Two students died Terrell Johnson and Patrick McGinty and five were wounded as gunfire erupted in a crowded recreation room. Houston surrendered with a .32 caliber pistol recovered.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
Mark Houston
USC
Kappa Alpha Psi
Bates West
Terrell Johnson
St. Matthews
Patrick McGinty
Wilmington
Del
M.D. Harrelson
University of South Carolina Police
Houston
Ronald Drayton
North Augusta Teacher Sharon Rankin Named County Year Honoree
Sharon E. Rankin was named the 1979 Aiken County Teacher of the Year. The North Augusta School seventh grade teacher received the honor at a morning news conference after a panel of four judges reviewed student notebooks. Rankin’s submission advances to the state Teacher of the Year competition.
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Sharon E. Rankin
Aiken County
Aiken Council Debates Bad Checks and Annexation Plan
Aiken City Council meets at 8 p.m. to consider a service charge for bad checks, final reading on annexing Farmers and Merchants Bank property on Pine Log Road, and an audit report for 1979 80. Other items include a sewer overflow in Crosland Park and traffic related requests on Williams Drive and Barnwell Avenue.
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Aiken
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Pine Log Road
Crosland Park
South Carolina Highway Department
Williams Drive
Pope John Paul II Faces Women Rights Plea In U S Tour
On the final day of his U S journey Pope John Paul II heard a women’s appeal for full rights in the church. Sister Theresa Kane led nuns calling for participation in all ministries while the pope urged compassion but did not commit. He also reinforced Church positions opposing contraception divorce premarital sex and priestly celibacy exceptions.
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Washington
John Paul II
America
U.S
Poland
Theresa Kane
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Mary
Mother of
Jesus
Philadelphia
Sister Kane
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Washington Mall
Runaway Horse Rides Highland Park Drive
Unbridled horse seen careening down Highland Park Drive Friday afternoon chased by Ellen Estabrook and Kathryn Milner who retrieved the animal and returned it to its origin. Elsewhere Angela Holley offered face painting at Aiken's Makin with high demand for Wonder Woman art as price appeared no object. Dr. Mackie J. Walker Jr. staffed a medical tent for Pope John Paul II's Chicago mass after an early wake up. Laurens Street Philosopher quips about autumn fashion and moth balls versus dress shops.
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Highland Park Drive
Ellen Estabrook
Kathryn Milner
Spider Man
Wonder Woman
Raggedy Aane
Angela Holley
Aiken
Makin
Price
Mackie J. Walker Jr
Chicago
Walker
Aiken Standard Reports Weekly National Newspaper Week Series
Staff reporter Thurmond Whatley will present a four part series in the Aiken Standard from tomorrow through Friday. The articles describe the newspaper's news coverage, reach, and circulation and highlight the duties of the staff.
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Aiken Standard
Thurmond Whatley
Bredeath
Thurmond
Jaycees Fair Brings Convincer Safety Ride to Aiken
The Aiken Jaycee County Fair hosts a safety Convincer ride this week. Lt. G E Barton of the South Carolina Highway Patrol operates the machine that simulates a five mph impact to show belt importance. The fair runs 6 p.m. daily tomorrow through Friday at U S Highway 1 fairgrounds with 1 admission and free parking. Children under six enter free. Wednesday and Thursday are family nights.
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South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Aiken Jaycee County
G.E. Barton
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Barton
U.S. Highway 1
Aiken
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Pope John Paul II
United States
John Paul
Trail of
Laurens Street
LSP
Aiken High
Cissy Robinson
Mabry Anderson
Irma High
Elizabeth Harrington
Aiken County Today
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Erma Bombeck
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