Charges Dropped Against Hamilton in Insurance Fraud Case
Aiken County sheriff’s investigator William G. Hamilton is reinstated with full rights after charges of accessory before the fact of placing an incendiary device and conspiracy to defraud an insurer were dismissed for lack of evidence. Other defendants in the May 16 1978 arson case face ongoing prosecutions.
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Aiken County
Hamilton
Nichols
Sheriff's
Paul J. Henson
Jamie S. Heath
Wyman Alan Baughman
Ricky Baughman
Judy
Grant Suspends Case Investigator Ed Yarborough in Inquiry
Aiken County Sheriff Paul D. Grant suspended investigator Ed Yarborough without pay amid an inquiry into warrant procedures and the investigation involving two officers. Chief Deputy C W Ray released the notice after 5 p m and Yarborough said Grant cited concerns heard in court during Hamilton’s preliminary hearing.
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Aiken County
Ment
Ed Yarbrough
Paul D. Grant
C.W. Ray
Grant
Yarborough
Ray
Billy Hamilton
B.E. Nichols
Four Charged In Cocaine Seizure In Aiken County
Four people were arrested on cocaine possession with intent to distribute charges in an undercover operation by the County Sheriff's Department with State Law Enforcement Division and local sheriff offices. About one pound of cocaine valued at $1 600 an ounce was seized in the Pine Road area. Arrested are Terry Moore Coco Creek Florida Thomas Moore Route 1 North Augusta Catherine Buman and Mary Williams all of North Augusta. The two men also face unlawful weapon charges and one suspect carried $10 000. This follows a two county drug raid after 20 pounds of marijuana were seized in Beech Island two weeks earlier.
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Ac County Sheriff's Department
State Law Enforcement Division
Aiken
Edgefield County
Terry Moore
Coco Creek
Fla
Thomas Moore
Rt. 1
North Augusta
Catherine Buman
Mary Williams
Pine Road
Aiken County
Beech Island
Kimberly-Clark Plans Major Augusta Plant
Kimberly-Clark Corp announced a $300 million plant near Augusta that would become Georgia's largest announced capital project. The facility, serving as a production and distribution center for facial tissue towels and bathroom tissue, aims to hire about 600 local workers with production beginning in 1982 if financing and construction proceed as planned.
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Augusta
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Georgia
Kimberly-Clark
Beech Island
Aiken Crowds Cheer New Ballet Star Emerges
In Aiken a male ballet hopeful wowed the audience after hypnotist James Mapes prompted Mike Hite to join the stage. Mapes declared Hite now a ballet star and he pirouetted from the bleachers to cheers.
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Aiken
Mike Hite
James Mapes
Mapes
Hite
Aiken County Council to discuss 3.3 million sewer bond
The Aiken County Council will meet at 7 tonight in the county complex on Richland Avenue to discuss a 3.3 million bond issue for a sewer system. The agenda includes related grant ordinances, budget amendments, and new county positions. A proclamation honoring Dr James R Howell is also proposed along with appointments to the Beech Island Rural Community Water District and revenue sharing fund actions.
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Aiken County
Richland Avenue
National Audubon Society
Aiken County Society For
Aiken County Commission On Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Master of Equity
Beech Island
United Way Kicks Off Campaign in Aiken County
The United Way campaign in Aiken County began with a kickoff luncheon at First Baptist Church. Mackie Walker praised agency staffs, while Thomas H. Gould Jr. outlined a $575,000 goal and a 10 percent revenue increase.
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United Way
Aiken County
First Baptist Church
Mackie Walker
Aiken Plans Expand Residential Zoning and Density Rules
The Land Use Development Plan for Aiken projects 2 000 more residential acres by 1999 to house 32 000 people. It designates stable and transitional areas, seeks new zoning tools, and calls for planned unit development and conservation districts.
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Aiken
Houndslake
Steeplechase
Ligon and
Abbeville
Morgan and Perrin
Hampton and
Laurens and
Pendleton
Hitchcock Parkway
Mike Strickland
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Bill Aiken
Independent Life Insurance Co
Frank Gifford
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Emily J. Hindman
Hampton
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