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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1981
Page
1
The United Way reports 97.1 percent of its $680,000 goal has been raised by mid campaign with $660,250. Last year the drive collected $635,430, reaching 102 percent of the goal for 22 agencies.
Aiken man Barry La Favor 3710 Vaucluse Road was charged with burning a building other than a dwelling in connection with the October 13 2 am blaze at the Commercial Lounge and Restaurant 235 Richland Ave. Fire crews responded to the incident.
The May murder of Walter V. Slayton in New Ellenton leads a one week Aiken County General Sessions Court term starting Monday at 10. Dianne Graddick, 21, is expected to plead not guilty on Tuesday as jurists hear cases including possible guilty pleas. Slayton was found in a burned Mustang II near Sizemore Street.
An Aiken man, John Williamson, 32, of North Carolina Avenue, was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after Alberta Miles, 26, of Frieday Lane, was shot in the left leg. The incident occurred Thursday night in Aiken.
John Strickland said he felt intimidated before addressing the Senior Men's Club at the Ramada Inn. Upon entering the meeting room a large sign reading Weight Watchers hung over a set of scales.
In Columbia two Salley men J D Gleaton and Larry Gilbert face possible extended delay after the U S Supreme Court blocked Nov 6 execution dates in a stay issued by Chief Justice Burger The men were convicted of the 1977 murder of Ralph S Stoudemire at a Lexington County service station and were the first to be sentenced to death under South Carolina’s revised capital punishment law Their appeals claim denial of full cross examination and constitutional issues The stay remains until the Supreme Court acts or declines to hear the case.
President Reagan proposed sending U S agricultural task forces to any country willing to receive them to boost food production and reduce hunger. He tied the offer to broader efforts at narrowing the wealth gap as the North South summit opened in Cancun Mexico with other officials signaling new initiatives.
Aiken County Council committee plans to obtain legal guidance on liability for inmate medical costs. The Indigent Health Care Commission faces funding gaps as kidney and plastic surgery bills drain the budget, with City of Aiken and North Augusta prisoners contributing differently to jail housing and medical expenses.
Inflation rose 1.2 percent in September driven by surging food and housing prices. The Labor Department reports a 1.3 percent rise in housing costs and a 1 percent gain in food with mortgage rates up 2.5 percent and overall inflation above 10 percent for the year so far.
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