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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1981
Page
1
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit entries for the Comics Pick contest. More than a hundred entries have arrived and entries close tomorrow. To enter, fill the page 6B form rating favorites from 1 to 12. A drawing will decide ties and the winner is to be announced Wednesday.
The season opens tonight across eight high schools in Aiken County with full coverage planned. The Aiken Standard will report winners and losses along with stories and photos, highlighting players, coaches, and school spirit.
Washington reports that President Reagan weighs reductions of up to 30 billion dollars in 1983 and 1984. Pentagon analyses warn fewer ground units and less combat supplies for air sea and navy would hinder crisis response in the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia.
The Labor Department reports August wholesale prices rose 0.3 percent, the smallest increase since May, keeping the annual wholesale inflation at 3.6 percent. Unemployment edged up to 7.2 percent, with higher joblessness among black teens, while consumer food prices rose 0.2 percent and energy goods fell 0.7 percent.
In downtown Aiken a local tale has Joe Busby climbing a pine tree to remove limbs to deter squirrels from attacking his pecan trees. His granddaughter gave a banana tribute as the unusual effort unfolds amid a bustling town scene at Hazel Mitchell’s Holmes jewelry shop. Bill Brockington quips about Atlanta being surrounded by Georgia.
Five Georgia men including Brigadier Industries executives died when a twin engine plane crashed near McLeod Texas while returning from Dallas. The right engine failure was cited. victims included W R Bob Hutchinson 32 James F Hutchinson 37 Thomas L Hutchinson 29 Harold Brinson Moorhead 53 and Raymond D Baker 53, all affiliated with Brigadier Industries of Thomson Georgia.
USC Aiken faces a 552832 shortfall as state funds drop about 125000 with added costs. Enrollment is capped to save programs, class sections shrink, and labs suffer from low supplies while faculty keep a high quality program.
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