17 Apr 2001
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 2001
Page
1
Charleston AP reports eight of nine crewmen killed when the Confederate submarine Hunley sank have been recovered from the salvaged hull. Scientists digging claylike sediment say two more bones were found, leaving Lt. George Dixon missing and expected to be found at the crew compartment front as excavations proceed.
Israeli forces moved into Palestinian controlled zones in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday in a major operation the first in seven months of fighting. Rockets and air and sea assaults targeted Palestinian security bases in retaliation for mortar fire on an Israeli town. One Palestinian was killed and 36 injured in the ground, air and sea assault.
Obituary notices list Isaiah G. Blocker Mary L. Cooper Norton J Gales Raymond Holloway Mary E. Key Lonnie Krell Halcyone Pence Marion Tompkins Mimie Tuner among the deceased in January. Local officials and organizations are expected to publish full tributes and funeral arrangements in coming editions.
Amid warm days, Baseline gas prices in Aiken climbed to 1.49 dollars for unleaded and 1.69 dollars for premium. Retired resident Reverend James A Patterson warned that rising costs threaten seniors on Social Security as AAA Carolinas reports a national uptick.
Confessions by Sandy nest Star writer Reinaldo Javier Ray Rivera, 37, of North Augusta, is set to appear in a Richmond County courtroom Wednesday morning. Tapes from February and March describe deaths of two women in South Carolina and two in Georgia, plus an October 2000 attack on a South Augusta woman. Judge Albert M. Pickett will rule on admissibility of six hours of taped conversations with authorities.
Three men from Georgia face kidnapping armed robbery and assault charges after allegedly holding a Thom son couple at their home in Aiken and forcing them to sign over a vehicle. James William Clements Sr James William Clements Jr and Charles Dalano Kelly allegedly attacked Robert and Mary Tribble with a handgun and fired at them before detaining all involved. The trio is jailed at the Aiken County Detention Center without bond.
The Savannah River Site MOX project encounters new hurdles as Don Moniak of BREDL asserts Duke Cogema Stone and Webster deviates from DOE specs on radioactive waste. He cites a rise in plutonium polishing waste and criticizes safety measures, financing commitments, and environmental records in a letter to the NRC chair.
Aiken residents faced a chilly morning as a cold front pushes temperatures toward 30 degrees for the next two nights. ACCUWEATHER expert Paul Walker warns of a light freeze tonight and a continued cold spell that could affect early spring planting and gardeners who enjoyed recent warm weather.
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