Fewer Pupils Are Enrolled in County and City Schools
Fall enrollment in Aiken County schools stands at 21 419 after six days down 665 from last year s 22 084 City schools report 6 763 USC Aiken record high 1 902 Aiken High 1 106 South Aiken 1 101 elementary and middle school counts listed Pinecrest Special School 217 USC Aiken and Pinecrest numbers excluded from county total
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City Election Filing Nears Deadline in Aiken Figures
Filing for three Aiken city council seats and the mayor’s post closes at noon with only the incumbent mayor and two council candidates having paid fees. Odell Weeks seeks re election. Republican incumbents Hickey and Perry may run again. Democrats Surasky James Jones Jr and others have filed. If multiple candidates file primaries set for Sept 27 with runoffs Oct 4.
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Airport Grant On City Agenda
The Aiken City Council considers a 507 915 FAA grant to improve runway 6 24 at Aiken Municipal Airport with upgraded lighting and glide slope clearance. A public hearing on Kalmia Landing annexation and planned unit development is listed, along with first readings for a business license amendment and several property annexation and zoning ordinances.
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DOE orders EIS on Idaho reactor siting study
The Department of Energy orders an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed production reactor at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory making Idaho a leading site choice. The move follows earlier studies showing Savannah River and Hanford as top options and prompts strong political, economic, and regional reactions.
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Soviet Expels US Diplomat Accused of Spying in Leningrad
In Moscow a US diplomat Vice Consul Lon Augustenborg and his wife Denise were declared persona non grata by the KGB after a Tass report alleging espionage in Leningrad on Sept 11. The case marks the third US diplomat expelled this year amid tensions over spying.
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Congress Preps Fury Over Soviet Shootdown and Lebanon Debates
Lawmakers return to vote on retaliatory measures after the Sept. 1 Soviet intercept of a South Korean jetliner killing 269, including 61 Americans. They also weigh the Lebanon deployment of 1,200 Marines amid War Powers Act questions and a looming budget-fiscal agenda.
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D-Wash
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Wash
Dan Evans
Reagan
Minimum Hours In School Day May Change
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m at the Education Center to consider changing minimum daily hours to five for all grades except single session kindergarten which would be two hours The plan excludes lunch homeroom recess and other non instructional time An exception for severely handicapped students requires medical documentation A Edgefield County multi district agreement would allow Edgefield students needing special education to attend Aiken for hearing impaired and profoundly mentally handicapped classes
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Heat Strains Aiken Kiwanis Club Meeting Roof Repairs
The Aiken Kiwanis Club met Thursday under hot conditions after Ramada Inn roof repairs closed the air conditioning. Members shed coats to cope with the heat as Joe DeVore vented frustration about the abrupt change from cold to hot.
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