Mead Corp Drops suit over Russell Dam construction
Mead Corp withdraws a US District Court lawsuit seeking to halt Russell Dam on the Savannah River. The timber company owns about 7,000 acres along the river and said construction would pollute the water. Mead will continue to seek higher compensation for condemned land valued by mediators at 2.3 million dollars, which Mead argues is too low.
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Greenville
Mead Corp
Russell
Savannah River
Mead
Sixth Columbia officer suspended in probe
A sixth Columbia policeman, Clyde J. Ballington, in charge of the evidence room, was suspended as the investigation nears three weeks. City officials declined comment. Earlier, Capt. John Earl Dennis and two detective lieutenants were suspended. The five filed a federal suit alleging civil rights violations. A hearing before U.S. District Judge Robert W. Hemphill is set for Friday.
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Columbia (Ap
Columbia
Clyde J. Ballington
Ballington
John Earl Dennis
U.S
Robert W. Hemphill
Woman Drops Out Of Patrol School In South Carolina
Columbia AP report says Charleen J Dukes of Orangeburg is the first woman in the State Highway Patrol training program to drop out. Seven women started the 12 week course. three men also left. The class now has 56 students. Commander Seaborn Seabrook noted the women are doing extremely well overall.
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W.J. Seadorm
Charleen J. Dukes
Orangeburg
Seaborn
Kidnap Suspect Freed On Bond In Spartanburg Case
Donald E. Alexander 18 posted 10,000 bond on the kidnapping charge for abducting his former girlfriend Barbara Ramsey 17 from Byrnes High School at gunpoint on Sept. 20. He remained jailed on North Carolina charges of crimes against nature after psychiatric observation and was declared mentally competent to stand trial. The couple was located after a seven hour man hunt near Sylva by a state trooper.
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Spartanburg
Donald E. Alexander
North Carolina
Duncan
State Hospital
Columbia
Alexander
Barbara Ramsey
Byrnes High School
Sylva
Test Drive Trouble for Iowa Teen on Police Car
Iowa 19 year old Dean Luedtke took a police car for a spin with a friend 25 miles at speed using lights and siren. Oil leak caused a small fire from an exhaust while he drove. He was arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Dean Luedtke
Luedtke
Lower Savannah Council of Governments to Meet in Bamberg
LSCOG Board of Directors will gather tonight at 7 30 in the Agriculture Building on Calhoun Street Bamberg. Discussion will cover Aiken County projects North Augusta water transmission upgrades rehabilitation of Aiken Municipal Airport a Planned Parenthood rural health service and Adult Development Center health support. A time management film The Time of Your Life will be shown.
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Aiken
Planned Parenthood
Aiken County
Adult Development Center
Recreation classes in corn husks spark curiosity
A line from a local column notes the Recreation Department offers corn husk classes and recycling ideas. Phase II at Aiken TEC reduces available parking spaces. An evening student parking near a giant caterpillar laments the tight lot and hopes construction crews avoid night work.
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Aiken Tec
Parishioners Form All Saints Anglican Church in Aiken
A dissident St. Thaddeus Episcopal group plans to leave the national church and establish All Saints Anglican Church of Aiken. They rented the former St. Augustus Church on Fairfield and Richland Avenues and schedule the first service for Oct. 30. This marks a second South Carolina split against General Convention 1976 practices.
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St. Thaddeus
Aiken
St. Augustus Church
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Manly to serve as Aiken industrial development consultant
The Aiken City Council approves hiring J Bonner Manly as a dollar a year industrial development consultant to formalize his years of work aiding local industry. Manly, vice president for marketing at Suitt Construction Co and former State Development Board executive director, says his role cements city leadership support and keeps him involved in attracting new plants to Aiken County.
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J. Bonner Manly
Manly
Roland Windham
Suitt Construction Co
Greenville
State Development Board
Stathy J. Verenes
Aiken County
Windham
Aiken Manly
Owens- Corning
Carter Says Oil Firms Price Gouge in Energy Crisis
President Carter denounces oil and gas companies as war profiteers and warns the nation faces the biggest ripoff in history if energy price controls and taxes are not enacted. He pledges to focus on rebuilding the energy plan as House and Senate conferees ready talks to reconcile differences. The president also hints at a possible early January or February tax cut linked to the economy.
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Carter
Enrey
Senate
Administration
South Bronx
New York
Amercan
House
Sen
Henry Jackson
D Wash
Snow Falls In North Carolina Mountains
The first snow of the season fell today at Boone as a coastal storm brings winter like weather to North Carolina and parts of South Carolina. Aiken will stay cool through tonight with a warming trend starting Saturday.
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Aiken
North Carolina
US Weather Service
Boone
South Carolina
Wimberly Found Guilty of Assault on Officer in Aiken
Aiken man Albert Wimberly was found guilty of assaulting former Aiken Public Safety officer R M Yount after Yount arrested him for disorderly conduct at a Colleton Avenue party. Yount testified he hurt a thumb and chest in the scuffle, while the defense argued Wimberly resisted an unlawful arrest. The sentencing is set for October 20 after a request for a presentencing report.
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Aiken Py
General Sessions
Albert Wimberly
R.M. Yount
Aiken Public Safety
Lexington County Sheriff's Department
Wimberly
Franklin D. Beattie
Klyde Roding
Wallace Owens
S.C. Highway Patrol
Colleton Avenue
Yount
Owens
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