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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1983
Page
1
U S consumer prices edged up 0.4 percent in August led by higher gasoline and fresh vegetables. Gasoline jumped 1.1 percent while vegetables rose after July’s dip, keeping food costs up 0.2 percent. Meat prices fall as producers liquidate herds amid feed costs.
DOE adds Savannah River Plant to an 18 month environmental review alongside Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and Hanford. Idaho's Sen McClure says Idaho is favored but all three sites will be studied. the reactor would cost about 4 billion and need 4000 construction plus 2000 permanent workers.
The Aiken City Council, meeting at 7 30 p m at 214 Park Ave SW, will second read annexation ordinances for about 46 acres owned by Mary Anne Jones and Amelia Kay Penland and 49 acres by Houndslake Corp on Hitchcock Parkway plus 17 acres and 66 acres on Pine Log Road. New business covers a Pine Log and Silver Bluff Roads subdivision and amendments to allow fire and casualty firms beauty shops barber shops and restaurants in light and suburban industrial zones.
Aiken locals report a vanishing traffic light at York Street and Hampton Avenue with a brief fire lane sign blockage interfering with northbound traffic. The morning featured country songs on WIGL and a convocation where Dr Elizabeth Bell triggered the campus alarm due to a gold tassel.
At a Laurens Street hearing Area 1 subcommittee members hear parents favor renovating J D Lever and Aiken Elementary while most want Laurens Street Elementary closed. The State Board report urges closing three schools and building new 600 to 700 student facilities to meet state standards.
Aiken County plans a public auction October 3 at 10 a.m. on courthouse steps for delinquent 1982 property taxes under Chapter 51. About 2,400 names appeared in Aiken Standard and payments surged, with roughly $119,000 collected since September and total delinquencies around $1.67 million.
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