West Columbia woman awarded nearly $100000 in assault case
Aiken County juries awarded Patti Honea about 15 000 in actual damages and 80 000 in punitive damages after she charged Dr. William Franklin Prior with forcing her to undress and touching her improperly during a November 11 1984 visit for birth control pills. The doctor denied the assault claims noting a routine exam.
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County Clears Way For Land Sale To Church On Wire Road
Aiken County Council amended an ordinance on the sale of surplus property on Wire Road to allow repurchase at the county's option after two years. The land, a 50 acre tract, is set for a public auction at 2 p.m. November 17 with New Covenant Praise Church as a potential buyer. The council also awarded a $700,000 equipment bid to First Union Leasing at 6.25 percent APR, with total payback about $761k to $765k depending on payment schedule. An executive session followed to discuss a legal briefing on a lawsuit between the county and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department over a move to separate the county communications center.
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First Union Leasing
First Union
Robert M. Bell
Aiken Corn
GOP Leader Seeks Probe Of Windsor Election Charges
Ken Goad county GOP chairman asks Chief Magistrate Max Meek to review charges against Frances Pennington the Windsor election precinct chairwoman who worked as a poll worker at the absentee ballot site The move follows a suit by Willie Keenan seeking to void the election and declare Lola Mae Savage ineligible for city council due to her daughter's employment with the Voter Registration Board.
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Ken Goad
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Windsor
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Keenan
Black Voters Slam Promises as GOP Leader Attacks Democrats
GOP chairman Dr George Graham and Frank Washington charged Democrats spent 300000 to court black voters in the state. They warned of intimidation and vote buying while noting similar GOP spending. Washington urged blacks to shape their own destiny as Don McElveen challenged the accusations.
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Aiken County
Graham
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NAACP
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Don McElveen
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Democrats Blast GOP Attacks on Gov Riley in 1986 Campaign
Aiken County Democratic Party chair Bill Weeks denounced Republican attacks on Governor Richard W. Riley as a distraction from job creation and education. He said the party budgets 300000 to mobilize Democrats to vote and asserted Riley has shown good government.
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Dick) Riley
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Duckett Keeps Quiet On Toole Campaign Meeting
A meeting in Aiken County led by District 5 Councilman J. Michael Toole with volunteer fire chiefs drew little from GOP challenger Gene Duckett. Duckett said he would not comment on the meeting’s propriety and wished he had been notified about it.
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Aiken County
District 5
J. Michael Toole
Gene Duckett
Duckett
Toole
James Burke at USC Aiken Promotes Fun in Science
James Burke spoke at USC Aiken during the symposium on Technology and Human Values detailing how humor and metaphors make science accessible. He urged reforming media packaging and starting science education in classrooms to overcome public fear and apathy toward science.
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England
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