Walter Plunkett Dies Known as Mr Aiken Leader and businessman
Walter Clinton Plunkett Jr known to many as Mr Aiken died after a long illness. Funeral services will be at St Thaddeus Episcopal Church in Aiken at 5 p m tomorrow with interment at Bethany Cemetery. He was a longtime resident, businessman and civic figure in Aiken County and the Aiken-Bamberg-Barnwell-Edgefield regional libraries.
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Walter Clinton Plunkett Jr
Aiken
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Bethany Cemetery
Plunkett
Walter Clinton
Finley Busbee Plunkett
Aiken County
New Holland
Wagener
Lau
August Price Rise Is Small
Inflation held to a 3.3 percent annual rate in August as food and gasoline fell while medical care rose. The 0.3 percent monthly rise was led by a 0.1 percent dip in gasoline and a 0.3 percent drop in food costs, with eight months of 1982 showing a 5.1 percent annual rate.
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Washington
Labor Department
White House
Larry Speakes
Chicken autopsy prompts murder or fowl play debate
Aiken County coroner Sue Townsend took a dead chicken to an animal hospital for an autopsy after the bird died from a chest puncture. Dr. Michael Drinkard endorsed foul play suspicions while the Carolinas horse press highlights two Aiken figures and related equestrian scholarship.
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Aiken
Sue Townsend
Ms. Townsend
Michael Drinkard
Scientists Debate Health Effects Linked to Savannah River Plant
The South Carolina Health Department avoids commenting on polycythemia vera while a study examines possible links to Savannah River Plant exposure. Officials say the disease is not reportable and results will take months, as controversy grows from Atlanta Constitution headlines and local anecdotes.
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State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Richard Parker
Savannah River
DHEC
Atlantic Coast
Atlanta Constitution
Savannah
Srp
Trapp Defends Budget Vote as Technical Violation
Aiken Councilwoman Billie Trapp defended her June 29 vote on the 1982 83 county budget as a technical violation not a conflict of interest. The State Ethics Commission issued a public reprimand after a five hour hearing, citing her husband Gilford Trapp’s salary in the budget and his later appointment as director of Administrative Human Services.
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S.C. Ethics Commission
Aiken County
Billie K. Trapp
Trapp
Gilford Trapp
State Ethics Commission
Gary Baker
Ethics Commission
William R. Wilcox
Louis F. Morris
Cleve Edmunds
Wilcox
Edmunds
Mike Toole
Homer McGee
C. Wesley Smith
Fay
Hatcher
Morris
Commission
Baker
State Attorney General’s Office
Aiken S Makin To Highlight Sixth Annual Festival
Aiken’s Makin returns with a downtown shopping extravaganza sponsored by merchants. Balloons sell for 25 cents offering coupons for prizes, a $25 gift certificate from the chamber, and meals or discounts. Nineteen industrial displays open Friday.
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Aiken
Banker’s Trust
June Murff
Chamber
Aiken’s Makin
Polk-Griffin Tire Service
Alvanos
Aiken Sporting Goods
Plaza Carpet
Bradberry Jewelers
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Walter Plunkett
Mr. Aiken
Carolina Horse and Rider
Carolinas
Robert N. Hall
Fulmer International School of Equitation
Fulmer
David Godson
Humber College
Canada
David
William Godson
Abby Erma Bombeck
County
Allendale
Georgetown
du Pont
Aiken Standard
By Donald M. Law
Bill Baker
Becky Brasington
Zebo
Aiken Furniture Company
Roberta’s
Merle Norman
B.C. Moore
Julia’s
Pat’s Place
Silver Fox Tavern
Elliot’s Office Supply
Casual Hut
Plum Pudding
Lionel Smith
Mr-Lady’s
Cloud 7
Laurel- Pridgen Hardware
Hydrick’s
South Saddlery
Fabric Mill
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Murff
Aiken's
Luther Bigby
Bigby
Wakin
National Weather Service
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