15 Apr 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1996
Page
1
A four alarm blaze gutted Adams at the Fox restaurant near the Fox Theatre in Midtown Atlanta around 6 am. Firefighters protected the historic 1929 venue as offices were damaged and smoke filled the area. The theater, once saved from demolition, is a designated national historic landmark.
Ruth Key Hunt of Aiken and Ray Tanner of Clearwater are remembered in obituary notices on Page 6A. The brief tribute highlights their lives, families, and community ties, with service details to be announced locally.
Greg Norman squandered a six stroke lead as Nick Faldo surged from behind to win the 60th Masters by five strokes at Augusta National. Faldo fired 5 under 67 to Norman's 78, giving Faldo his third Masters and sixth major title.
Taxpayers rush to meet the federal filing deadline as the IRS expects 36 to 37 million returns in the two weeks before midnight with 6.1 million seeking four month extensions. Post offices extend hours and offer late mail pickups while online and fax options provide forms and information. Extension Form 4688 can delay filing but not payment. taxpayers should estimate due amounts and include a payment.
The Tax Foundation reports the typical American must work until May 7 to cover federal, state, and local taxes. The date matches last year but is one extra workday due to 1996 being a leap year.
Aiken Planning Commission weighs new rules for horses as a subcommittee voted 2-0 to limit commercial stables in residential RIS zones. The plan allows stalls, with conditional use required for expanding, and allows rebuilding after a fire without council approval. Commissioner Knowles calls the rule unfair to RIS property owners.
Authors Steve Naifeh and Greg Smith bought Joye Cottage a 60 room fixer and wrote a book about it titled On a Street Called Easy in a Cottage Called Joye. Autograph sessions are set for April 21 at Joye Cottage and May 8 at Aiken Office Supply and Book Store with charity reads May 5 at the Aiken County Historical Museum from 3 to 5 PM. The authors, Pulitzer Prize winners for a Pollock biography, have written other true crime titles.
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