Aiken County approves new high school classifications
The Board of Education unanimously backs a plan keeping the senior class at their current high schools and assigns Aiken High to Class AAAA with the new unnamed school in AAA. Silver Bluff joins Class A and Midland Valley moves to Class AAAA while North Augusta stays AAAA.
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Aiken County
T. B
Ted) Willis
County Board of Education
Aiken High School
Silver Bluff High
Petticoat Junction
North Augusta High
Silver Bluff
Midland Valley High
Langley-Bath- Clearwater
Leavelle McCampbell
Area I Advisory Board
Aiken
Willis
Area I
Beecher E. Morton Jr
Morton
Carter Blocks Iranian Assets in United States
President Carter restricted all official Iranian assets in U.S. banks after Iran announced moving about 12 billion dollars to friendly countries. The action targets Iran government deposits and Central Bank funds in American banks and branches under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Washington
Carter
United States
White House
Jody Powell
Iran
Government of
Iran, Central Bank
U.S
Powell
Treasury
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Iran withdraws $12 billion funds to force Shah extradition
Ayatollah Khomeini's regime announced the withdrawal of all Iranian government money, about 12 billion dollars, from U.S. banks to pressure the United States for the Shah's extradition. Hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran will stay captive until his transfer. The move coincides with warnings to the U.N. and OPEC as Washington rejects an offer tied to an international probe.
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
United States
U.S
Tehran
London
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Iran
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Security Council
Bani-Sadr
Tehran Radio
U.N. Security Council
OPEC
Iranian Revolutionary Council
Shah
Cancer Answers Appear Today
Cancer answers appear today as the American Cancer Society cooperates with the Aiken Standard to publish questions and answers on cancer concern. See Page 4C.
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American Cancer Society
Aiken Standard
Aiken County Today
Cancer Answerline
Dear Abby
Ecology Beat
the Butcher TV
Wren Nest Quietly Arrives in Pearce Garage
A wren’s mate nesting in a mop in Mary and Sam Pearce’s garage has arrived on schedule. Soon the busy chicks will hatch and Saturday mornings will echo with chirps, reflecting a simple rural moment. A woman laments a recent love boat cruise noting her partner stayed aboard the entire voyage, dampening the trip.
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Mary
Sam Pearce
Reagan backs Puerto Rico statehood in 1980 bid
Former California governor Ronald Reagan unveils a New Agenda including Puerto Rico statehood and transferring federal functions to states and localities. He a extends campaign with a 12 city swing and urges a North American accord with Canada and Mexico.
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New York
California
Ronald Reagan
Puerto Rico
Reagan
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Canada
Mexico
U.S
Ford
Fire and Explosion Injure Aiken Firefighters at Mortgage Building
Around 10 p.m. Saturday a fire at the Mid-South Mortgage Company building injured six Aiken Public Safety officers, including Lt. Leonard Plunkett who faces weeks of hospitalization with a fractured vertebra. Firefighters Richard Abney and Robert Patterson also suffered injuries as a roof and stairs collapsed amid a blast.
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Mid-South Mortgage Company
Aiken Public Safety
Chris Burnett
Burnett
Leonard Plunkett
Plunkett
Richard Abney
Robert Patterson
Abney
Patterson
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South Carolina High School League
Johnny Bates
Jack Smithey
Laurens Street
Holley Inn
Elizabeth Harrington
The
Associated Press
Ronald Higgenbottom
Steve Busbee
Richard Rutland
Zel
Department
Higgenbottom
Charlie Cupp
Aiken Department of Public Safety
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