City To Consider Annexation Requests In Aiken
The Aiken city council plans a 7 30 p m meeting to review several annexation requests and to decide whether to allow bumper stickers supporting a Savannah River Plant production refactor on city vehicles. Debates over taking a political stand and aligning with SRP feature in the discussion along with updates to landscape tree rules bids for sprinkler systems and assorted building codes and accessibility inventories.
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Aiken
Park Avenue
Savannah River
SRP
Rye Patch
Citiens
Hughes Book Alleges Hughes Gave Money to Nixon
AP report summarizes Michael Drosnin’s claim in Citizen Hughes that Howard Hughes secretly funded Richard Nixon and Lawrence O’Brien with monthly sums and a large White House payment. The assertions tie to Watergate timing. O’Brien and Nixon aides dismissed or avoided comment. Weather outlook follows with warm, sunny conditions and mid 80s to 90s.
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Chicago
Howard Hughes
Richard Nixon
Hughes
National Democratic Committee
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Michael Drosnin
Drosnin
Nixon
O’brien
White House
H.R. Haldeman
O'Brien
Democratic
New York
New York Times
Hughes Enterprises
John Taylor
Aiken store hosts storybook costumes for Halloween
Aiken Recreation Department staff checked Halloween outfits for this year with storybook character costumes. Becky Dyer, program director, led the theme while shoppers noticed Cheshire Cat Tim Man Cowardly Lion Raggedy Andy posing in the shop as laughter rose from Ms. Dyer.
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Aiken
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Economists Predict Recovery to Extend Nine Months
Washington AP reports economists in the National Association of Business Economists expect the current recovery to last at least nine more months. They foresee rising deficits and high interest rates raising recession risk, with 53 percent predicting a downturn by late 1985 or early 1986 and 82 percent saying deficits overstimulate the economy.
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Washington
National Association of Business Economists
Reagan
Ben Laden
Association
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Jimmy Carter
Officials test new sprinkler system in Aiken
Aiken Department of Public Safety demonstrated a Life Safety Sprinkler System that could cut loss of life and property damage by about 50 percent. City Manager Roland Windham and ADPS Chief Carroll Busbee attended a burn-trailer demo. system reportedly installs easily in homes and is inexpensive, operating from the home’s water supply to react before toxic smoke reaches dangerous levels.
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Aiken
Roland Windham
ADPS
Carroll Busbee
Pete Frommer
Doett
Frommer
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Evan Kruppenbach
Reagan proposes regular talks with Soviet Union at UN
President Reagan urged constructive negotiations with the Soviet Union and proposed regular meetings between senior experts to reduce tensions. He outlined a 20 year road map, expanded arms control, and possible observer access to nuclear test sites. He plans White House talks with Andrei Gromyko and periodic Cabinet level discussions to ease miscalculation.
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United Nations
Reagan
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Washington
Moscow
America
White House
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vienna
George Shultz
Gromyko
Europe
Board To Discuss Absences Excuses At Silver Bluff Meet
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Silver Bluff High School to discuss absences and excuses for district students. The agenda includes final bid documents for new elementary schools, policy revisions under the Education Improvement Act, and new policies on the school day and programs. Also on the docket are accreditation for the summer school program the annual district report basic skills results driver education vehicles personnel appointments and the location directions to Silver Bluff High School near Petticoat Junction.
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Silver Bluff
Aiken County
Silver Bluff High School
S.C. 278
DeSoto Drive
Aiken
Silver Bluff Road
Petticoat Junction
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