13 Apr 2001
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 2001
Page
1
U S aviators race to the South Pole to rescue a ill American doctor as 24 hour darkness blankets the ice runway and temperatures threaten aircraft controls. Wellington reports the page 6A dispatch.
The new South Carolina prisons director will prioritize public protection and improved training as the agency faces budget cuts and ongoing sex and drug scandals next month. He says training, rule establishment, and diligence will yield improvements over time.
Obituary notices from the 5A obituary page list Hison W Bruxer Louis G Christman and James F Rountree with brief death notices, indicating their passing and last known details as carried in the local section.
Paul Knox Middle School veteran Descombe W. Gray 61 spoke at a community center gathering to thank supporters after his arrest for simple assault on a 12-year-old student. He thanked facilities staff students parents and citizens for prayers cards letters petitions and calls as posters cards and balloons lined a testimony table.
In Pearl Harbor 24 crew members of a US spy plane faced debriefings after 11 days on a Chinese island. They were welcomed by a crowd at Hickam Air Force Base with a brass band and God Bless America. Lt. Shane Osborn said they are healthy and ready to go home, with plans to depart Hawaii for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington.
A Charleston based pilot commanded the C 17 that brought back 24 members of a U S spy plane crew from China to Hawaii on Thursday. Maj Matt Smith led the flight with Maj Richard Bryan and 1st Lt Edgar Martin among the crew. The group is based at Charleston Air Force Base and hometown details for others were not released.
Paul Augustine, 45, of Augusta, died Thursday at Doctors Hospital after his tanker truck overturned on US 125 near Beech Island on March 23 bursting into flames. Autopsy completed. burn center treatment followed the crash and black smoke was seen over Aiken County as fire departments responded.
A fragmented note from page 7A highlights a life changing Easter message. The text quotes a biblical passage from Matthew and expresses surrender to a higher will. The line conveys solemn resolve and personal faith shaping the writer’s perspective.
Circuit Judge Rodney Peeples rejected Glenn Wilson's bid to force Aiken County School Board to grant a full hearing on adding creationism to curriculum. The ruling upholds local board control of standards and cites separation of church and state and adherence to state guidelines, noting boards operate courses of study and textbook choices with diverse local views.
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