10 Sep 1985
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1985
Page
1
A compact glimpse of the paper’s interior sections shows Classifieds at page 9, Sports and Obituaries at related columns, plus Comics and Way We Live features. Calendar entries, television listings, and Dear Abby advice appear across pages 10 to 12 with weather briefings noted.
Coca-Cola Co. defies a federal judge by refusing to turn over its cola formulas. Lawyers say disclosure could trigger public exposure, risking serious harm to the company and its bottling system.
The Planning Association reports Sun Belt growth will dominate, with California alone adding 6,668,000 people from 1980 to 2000. California Florida Texas Arizona and North Carolina together total 21,800,000 new residents, about 54 percent of national growth, and adding Georgia Washington Colorado Virginia and Tennessee raises the total to 27,518,000 or 68 percent.
PEG BURNEY reports August Sky issue includes a Laurens and Park fountain photo adjacent to The New Horticulture article citing Green Survival Program honors won by Aiken. The piece notes Aiken Rotary Club advisors on TV football weekends and Randy Davidson gets weekly news after Martha Cathcart’s absence. Mizell invites Davidson to sing the news.
WYES Minnie Smith Clearwater Connie Blocker Aiken Eliza Cramer Saluda Franklin D Bowles Blairsville Ga Lowell E Tilton Scranton Larry D Gantt Aiken appear in a readable roster style segment with no explicit event context provided. The text reads as a sequence of names and locations likely tied to a public notice or membership list without additional details.
The Aiken County Public Service Authority board faces a potential restructuring to nine members with one seat per council member. The plan aims to shift control of the Horse Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant to the county, drawing opposition from Aiken and North Augusta leaders who fear higher equity or higher rates and question motives.
Seven SRP security crew members were injured when a Savannah River Plant helicopter hit a tree and crashed during a routine exercise near the Allendale barricade. Three passengers were hospitalized while four others, including the pilot, were treated and released. NTSB investigators probe the incident.
The ad hoc Advisory Committee agreed to a nine member district plan for Aiken County Board of Education elections after moving Governor Aiken Park area between districts. The plan aims to preserve Black voting strength, with District 7 at 63.32 percent Black and District 8 at 17.09 percent. The recommendation requires School Board approval, then General Assembly and U.S. Justice Department clearance.
Aiken County Council schedules a special session at 5 30 today to discuss a 2 million industrial bond note for Chiefton Uniworld Corp. to build a 70000 square foot warehouse and regional showroom in North Augusta Industrial Park creating about 30 jobs. The project, based in Long Island New York, seeks state aid and a county note up to 3 million.
Bob Stoner is named sports editor of the Aiken Standard. Born in Pineville Kentucky he attended Bell County High School and Western Kentucky University earning a BA in journalism and Spanish in 1980. He has worked at Middlesboro Daily News and Kingsport Times News and will lead the paper's sports pages.
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