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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1978

Page

3

Derailed Train Cleared After Bowesville Collision

Southern Railway crews worked to clear wreckage after a southbound freight derailed following a collision with a logging truck in Bowesville. Fifteen of thirty nine cars derailed as the engine hit a tractor trailer loaded with lumber. the truck driver Hercules Haynes and his son Hercules Haynes Jr were treated and released.

Rowesville Southern Railway Southern Hercules Haynes Hercules Haynes Jr Orangeburg Columbia Charleston Bowesville Charles Margret Washington H.C. Moore Ridgeville Dean and Dempsey Lumber Co

USC Fan Sentenced in Fatal Football Joke Case

Alvin Ala Spearman 45 of Central received probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Kenneth Grant 37, caused by a joke about Clemson South Carolina football. Judge Ernest A. Finney Jr. imposed leniency at the family’s request.

Pickens Clemson- South Carolina Ernest A. Finney Jr Alvin Ala Spearman Spearman General Sessions Kenneth Grant Central

H O Weeks Gym To Close for Three Weeks

The H O Weeks Activities Center gym will close for three weeks starting Monday for floor removal and replacement. Aiken Recreation Director Mike Facciolo notes the floor was improperly installed and out of warranty. The gym should reopen on November 20 while otherWeeks Center rooms stay open.

H.O. Weeks Activities Center Mike Facciolo Aiken Recreation Department Facciolo Weeks Center

Community Calendar of Trenton Aiken and Midland Valley Events

Community calendar lists events for tomorrow from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. including family planning clinics at Rural Health Services New Village Shopping Center Trenton and several meetings at Aiken area venues such as Our Lady of the Valley Church Houndslake Country Club Odell Weeks Center and Langley. Activities include film showings at Aiken Public Library and Bethlehem Luthern Church Kiwanis Ramada Inn and various clubs.

Rural Health Services New Village Trenton Knights of Columbus Spaulding Dr Valley A.A Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church Gloverville Hospital Mr. Sherlock Holmes London Aiken Public Library Christian Women’s Club Houndslake Country Club Parents Anonymous Kiwanis Club Ramada Inn Odell Weeks Center Christian Activity Group Bethlehem Luthern Church Midland Valley Clearwater Aiken Running Club Aiken Aiken Elementary Duplicate Bridge Senior Citizens Adult Development Board of Directors Adult Development Center Area III Advisory Council Langley Aiken A.A Linden St Al-Anon Family Group

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