National Car Care Month Tips in Aiken Standard
October marks National Car Care Month and the Aiken Standard features a special Car Care section with advice on tune ups and winterizing your vehicle for cold weather driving.
23 Oct 1984
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1984
Page
1
October marks National Car Care Month and the Aiken Standard features a special Car Care section with advice on tune ups and winterizing your vehicle for cold weather driving.
A rally to back the Savannah River Plant is planned for tomorrow from 2 to 7 p.m. at the H O Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road. Former Energy Secretary James Edwards will speak. Organizers say the plant supplies plutonium and tritium for the nuclear weapons program and could host a new reactor, a goal defended by area leaders to protect 12 000 jobs. Citizens will sign a petition at the event.
Aiken County Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the Council Building to consider repealing and replacing the PSA ordinance amid alleged violations. Two North Augusta residents will speak at 7:30 p.m. at North Aiken Elementary on adding a ninth grade wing to North Augusta Senior High School. The panel will also discuss naming two new elementary schools and invites public participation.
The forecast calls for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow with lows around 70 and highs in the mid 80s. From Thursday through Saturday expect variable clouds, warm temperatures, and daily chances of showers or storms.
Nancy Thurmond criticized the new reader's section during Celebrate Literacy at the Aiken County Library saying she would feel more comfortable there than on stage with the program. Sen. Ernest Hollings recalled that in the North no one listened when he spoke during his presidential campaign.
Presidential race enters last two weeks before election. Reagan trails and leads by varying margins in national polls while campaigning along the West Coast after a debate, with Mondale claiming victory and attacking his opponent as detached and uninformed. Reagan tours a California bomber plant and continues a Portland Seattle swing.
The Aiken City Council rejected a proposal to back a non binding referendum that would allocate up to 3 dollars per county resident for county recreation programs and facilities. Keller urged a resolution while Council members debated funding method and county subsidies.
J David Jameson 33 year old Walterboro resident named executive director of the Aiken County Industrial Development Board. He will start Oct 29 and becomes the county's first full time employee to attract new business. Jameson heads Colleton County IDB and was chosen from more than ten applicants. He is Armstrong State College graduate, married with two sons.
Augusta engineers report tests indicate a minimum river flow of 500 cubic feet per second would not harm the Savannah River when the Augusta canal hydro plant operates. Tests ran at 900 cfs with a three hour dip, and fishery studies found no endangered species. Local concerns from Aiken and Edgefield counties cite potential drops in riverfront property values and the federal intervenor status of South Carolina. Representative Derrick opposes the project, arguing it could produce mud puddles during low flow periods.
Senator Irene Rudnick and opponent Sen. Ryan Shealy spar over a $5,000 charity bond Shealy posted in a bid for the 24th district seat in South Carolina He would donate the funds to charity if he is proven to have published false statements about Rudnick A randomly chosen jury of 12 would weigh the claims with $50 per vote If judged false the money goes to charity otherwise Shealy would pay an equal sum to the panel Rudnick seeks Ethics Commission ruling on the ad's truthfulness and risks expulsion if found false
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