Aero nautics Commission directs pilots to buy fuel from member’s company
Columbia South Carolina officials reveal the Aeronautics Commission director John W Hamilton told pilots to purchase aviation fuel from Eagle Aviation Inc owned by member Michael L Laughlin of Aiken. The fuel was bought at commercial rate and priced 53 cents higher than Gulf Oil contract fuel. The agency will switch to Columbia Aviation at the Metropolitan Airport.
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Columbia
South Carolina Aeronautics Commission
John W. Hamilton
Commission
Michael L. Laughlin
Aiken
Laughlin
Eagle Aviation Inc
Eagle
Gulf Oil, Products Corp
Columbia Aviation
Columbia Metropolitan
Man dies from stab wound after hospital stay
Ronnie Lee Cheatham of Aiken died Friday at 9:35 AM from complications of a chest stab wound. His common law wife Mary Marie Smith was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, then upgraded to murder, and held in the Aiken County Jail.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Ronnie Lee Cheatham
Talmadge Hospital
Mary Marie Smith
North Augusta
Cheatham
Man Held on Three Counts of Burglary in North Augusta
Dana Wade Law, 26, was arrested after police answered a burglar alarm at a North Augusta pharmacy at 3:35 a.m. He was charged with three counts of second degree burglary for crimes at the same store on Sept. 28 Oct. 5 and yesterday. He remained jailed on the three counts.
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North Augusta
Valley Area Christmas Parade Seeks Participants
The Graniteville Vaucluse Warren ville Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary host a Christmas parade on Saturday December 7 at 430 PM. Trophies go to best band religious floats commercial floats and marching group with runners up for religious and commercial floats. Interested parties should contact Adine Corley or Nancy Scott in Graniteville.
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Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Agriculture Director Tindal to Speak in Aiken Tuesday
D. Leslie Tindal of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture will speak at Aiken's Wakin Tuesday at 7:19 a.m. on Alternatives in Agriculture and Agri business Opportunities.
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D. Leslie Tindal
Commission of the
South Carolina
Reilly to Address Savannah River Chemical Society
Dr. Peter J. Reilly, professor of Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University, will address the Savannah River Section of the American Chemical Society on November 13 at 7 15 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Western Sizzlin on U.S. 1.
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Peter J. Reilly
Savannah River
American Chemical Society
U.S. 1
Dr. Reilly
Iowa State University
Aikenites Cited in Hastings Wyman’s Augustan Gossip
Hastings Wyman recalls Augustan chatter about Aiken people noting days in Aiken were fine yet warning about Apt Aikenites.
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Hastings Wyman
Aiken
Poll Finds Optimism Over South Carolina Education Spending
A The State poll of 508 adults shows 57 percent believe the $210 million Education Improvement Act spending already helps public schools and 76 percent expect further gains in the next five years. Among those with children, 66 percent say things have improved.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Emerson Smith
Metromark Market Research Inc
Columbia Company
EIA
Smith
State Highway Deaths Up In Most Districts
South Carolina traffic fatalities rose in six of seven Highway Patrol districts through Oct 26. Total deaths reached 795, up 10.88 percent from last year, with District 1 122 to 136 and District 7 56 to 62. Meek cites unclear causes and cites a fatal Anderson County jeep incident.
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Columbia
State Highway Patrol
South Carolina
Col. P.L. Meek
Aiken County
Aiken
James McKinnon
Meek
Highway Patrol
Anderson County
Abbeville
Edgefield
Greenwood
Laurens
McCormick
Newberry
Saluda
Greenville
Anderson
Oconee
Pickens
Spartanburg
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Fairfield
Lancaster
Union
York
Darlington
Dillon
Florence
Georgetown
Horry
Marion
Marlboro
Williamsburg
Beaufort
Berkeley
Charleston
Colleton
Dorchester
Jasper
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Calhoun
Clarendon
Hampton
Orangeburg
Area 2 group to meet on education secession issue
North Augusta residents plan a November 18 meeting at North Augusta High School despite a letter from Senator Moore opposing a delegation led session on H.2566 school district decentralization. CPA 2 and 6,000-name petition push referendum. education concerns drive turnout.
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North Augusta
Area 2
Thomas L. Moore
District 25
North Agusta High School
Moore
Aiken County
Paul Hyer Jr
CPA 2
Aiken County Board of Education
Board of Directors
Litera
Ture
North Augusta-Belvedere
L-Reactor restart near in days at Savannah River Plant
Savannah River Plant officials expect L-Reactor to restart within days after safety tests and control rod sequencing begin. Du Pont spokesman Cliff Webb said DOE authorized achieving criticality on or after Oct 31, with restart hinging on Steel Creek Dam and L-Lake completion.
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Savannah River
Cliff Webb
du Pont
SRP
Webb
Frances Close Hart
Energy Research Foundation
Colum
Bia
Hart
Energy Department
Steel Creek
State Department of Health and Environmental Control and Environmental
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