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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1981
Page
8
Chan Dennis, 50, of Anderson was cited for driving too fast for conditions after his car collided with a Seaboard Coast Line freight train at about 6 45 p m on Sunday. His car was demolished but he suffered only minor cuts and bruises.
In Columbia unions plan a major push to organize workers as only 6.7 percent of SC’s workforce is unionized. Randy Kiser of the AFL-CIO calls for increased promotion of union benefits amid pension gaps and Social Security concerns.
Spartanburg County submits three energy projects to the Appalachian Regional Council of Governments for 1982 grants. If approved, a still to produce peach brandy ethanol could fuel county vehicles in two years, according to County Administrator Ken Westmoreland.
The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Eutaw Springs is observed with an 11 a.m. ceremony near the stone marker. Patriot forces under rebel generals engaged a superior British force, inflicting punishment during the pivotal Revolutionary War battle.
Five years after a government halt on PCB dumping, EPA finds Twelve Mile Creek near Central still shows high contamination. Over half of sampled fish carry dangerous PCBs linked to skin lesions liver damage and cancer. The toxins entered twelve mile creek for over two decades via Sangamo Electric Company of Pickens.
Six South Carolina congressmen report early 1981 funds for re election. Kenneth L Holland leads with about 90 000 in reserve and 34 000 raised in six months including PAC gifts from Texaco Burlington Industries J C Penney Southern Railway Republic Steel Pfizer Union Oil United Airlines. Carroll Campbell Jr second with about 70 000. Butler Derrick more than 40 000. Floyd Spence over 21 000. John L Napier 1 525 plus a July fund raiser over 30 000.
The Associated Press reports eight fatalities across South Carolina during the Labor Day weekend. Victims include David Clyde Gillings, 20, of West Columbia in Lexington County, and Luther K. Thompson, 22, of Ware Shoals in Laurens County, among six other deaths in separate crashes and pedestrian incidents. The AP notes the period runs 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday and compares with 12 fatalities last year.
Two separate Labor Day weekend abductions and robberies occurred in the Myrtle Beach area. A 56 year old North Carolina woman was abducted at a Myrtle Beach nightclub parking lot and pistol whipped. Police searched for two men connected to the North Carolina case and noted a similar incident at a local mall.
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