Thurmond announces $86 250 for SC educational TV station
Senator Strom Thurmond announced an $86 250 grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the 1987 Public Telecommunications Facilities Program for a new public radio station in the Aiken area. The station will serve about 396 500 residents and provide subcarrier service for print handicapped listeners. A local resident reported vandalism to a pool liner, with six holes punched and damage estimated at $1 000.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
South Carolina Educational Television
Aiken
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Public Telecommunications
Aiken Area
Nancy Lown
Kalmia Hill Road
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Theft at S C 421 storage shed nets valuables
Ricky C. Green found a break in at a storage shed on S C 421. A heater jewelry liquor a drink crate and a 27 inch Swim bicycle were stolen. Total value about 415 dollars.
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Warrenville
S.C
Ricky C. Green
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Senator Moore to speak at USC Aiken Monday noon
Senator Thomas L. Moore of Aiken County will address the Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business fraternity at USC Aiken on Monday at noon. The lecture is in Classroom Building Room 215 and the public is invited to attend.
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Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
D-Aiken County
Alpha Kappa Psi
USC Aiken
North Augusta Planning Commission Public Hearing on Zoning Change
The North Augusta Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Municipal Building to consider Presley Realty Company's request to rezone a 4.1 acre Interstate 20 Frontage Road parcel from general residential to light industrial near the proposed Public Safety Substation.
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North Augusta
Correction to USC Aiken aerobics class schedule
Times listed for the aerobics classes offered by the USC Aiken Alumni Association and Intramurals Department were incorrect. Classes are held each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon. Free for USCA students alumni faculty staff and Aiken County employees. Others pay 2 per class or 20 per month.
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USC Aiken Alumni Association
USCA
Aiken County
One Bidder Drops Out In War Of County Garbage
Aiken County Development Committee meeting sees Georgia Carolina Refuse withdraw from the bid for county garbage pickup. Cushman Inc and Ashland Industries remain, with three and five year quotes around 1.46 2.34 million. Public Works proposes 1.379 2.189 million for three and five years combined with staff hires.
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Aiken County Council Development Committee
Georgia-Carolina Refuse
Augusta
Cushman Inc
Aiken
Ashland Industries Inc
Georgia-Carolina
Lion
Cushman
Ashland
Medwell Hill
Public Works
Alvin Bryan
USCA Honors First Chancellor With New Portrait
USC Aiken unveiled a portrait of its first chancellor William C. Casper in the Gregg-Graniteville Library. More than 40 people attended as Dr. Robert E. Alexander praised Casper who helped found the campus and served as its first chancellor in 1976 before retiring in 1983.
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USCA
USC Aiken
Gregg-Graniteville
William C
Bill) Casper
Casper
Robert E. Alexander
USC Columbia
USC
Aiken County
Aiken
Dennis Rogers
Economic Enterprise Institute
Rogers
EEI
William Casper
Gladwys Casper
Aiken County Board Swears In New Members and Reviews Finances
The Aiken County Board of Education swore in nine newly elected members led by Returning Chairman Robert H. Slay and Vice Chairman James Roland Smith. New appointee Bobby Hollowell fills Area 3 Advisory Council seat. Beecher Morton reported on Aiken High School construction with bids expected early next year and some work to start before year end.
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Langley
Aiken County
Linda M. Clary
James A. Moore
Walter J. Moore
J. Chris Verenes
Powell
Area 3
Bobby Hollowell
Warrenville
Beecher Morton
Aiken High School
Aiken man on trial for sexual assault of 9-year-old neighbor
Testimony ended in the Hardy Hicks case as the Aiken County jury prepared to deliberate on charges that the 43 year old abducted and harmed a 9 year old girl near her home in The Cut. The girl identified Hicks as her attacker and described being taken to a burned house.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Hardy Hicks
Hicks
Barbara Morgan
Charles H. Hewitt
Gerald Smith
Luke N. Brown Jr
Theodore Tours SRP Drama Sparks Safety Focus
Lt. Gov. Nick Theodore called his Savannah River Plant tour a revealing crash course on the facility stages. He visited the C Reactor the defense waste processor and F Area noting health and safety questions and comparing SRP to a large government body. He said federal fate of the L Reactor remains decisive with support seen for a new reactor from Georgia and South Carolina leaders including Thurmond and Hollings.
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Nick Theodore
Savannah River Plant
Theodore
SRP
Georgia
South Carolina
Lt. Gov
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Falwell Criticizes Hahn as PTL Debacle Deepens
Rev. Jerry Falwell says Jessica Hahn’s Playboy photos are the saddest part of the PTL saga and warns Jim Bakker risks destroying the ministry. He notes donor support has fallen since reports of possible Bakker return. Hahn testified to a federal grand jury in Charlotte about the $265,000 payout for silence.
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PTL
Jim Bakker
Playboy
Falwell
Hahn
Bakker
Doctor Defends Wagener Practice Amid Calls for Replacement
Dr. Robert L. Worrell told the Aiken County Council he handles a full patient load in Wagener since 1959. He said he sees about 100 to 150 patients weekly and has stopped making house calls on medical advice.
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Robert L. Worrell
Sam W. Fulmer
Aiken County
Fulmer
Wagener
Worrell
Dr. Worrell
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