Kidnapped 13-Year-Old Girl Found Safe After Abduction
A 13-year-old Clearwater girl was abducted at gunpoint while picking flowers. The suspect drove her around in a brown 4-door sedan, forced her to buy beer, then released her near the old Clearwater Finishing Plant before a citizen helped her hide in a Bi-Lo bathroom. Authorities describe the man as white with a mustache and warn he is armed and dangerous.
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Clearwater
Aiken County
Michael Frank
Sheriff's Office
Midland Valley Plaza
Frank
Robert Johnson
Anderson (Ap
Anderson
Gerald Andrew ‘Thomas
Scott Walker
Thomas
Anderson Area
Obituary Notices From Page 6A
Death notices announce Elliott Harris Ridge Spring Mary Lee West Hooper Belvedere and Emory P Boynton Aiken with brief survivor details and service information. The notices honor each life and note dates and locations related to the families and communities they touched.
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Elliott Harris
Ridge Spring
Mary Lee West Hooper
Belvedere
Emory P. Boynton
Aiken
Train room opens at Aiken County Historical Museum invites touch
The Aiken County Historical Museum unveiled a new kid friendly train room last Sunday inviting children to touch and explore. It features a wooden village, scaled model of The Best Friend of Charleston, and volunteer built replicas with artwork by Naomi Phillips and Norfolk Southern prints.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Naomi Phillips
Donat
Johnson Rejects Motion in water commission case
In Aiken County, Judge Johnson denied a motion to reconsider his May order ruling that New Ellenton water commissioners are employees of the mayor and council. The ruling said the three member board lacks autonomous powers and must follow council directives, amid a long running sewer project dispute and prior misused bond funds.
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Areuit Juageames v
Johnson
Water Commissioners
Aiken County
Jeet
Randy Shaw
Water Commission
Taxpayers Shaken By Tax Hikes In Aiken County
Savannah River Site supervisor Sam Wilkinson says he accepts taxes but demands fair treatment as property values soar after the latest reappraisal. His six-year-old Interlachen Court home rose 56 percent in value, from 185000 to 310000, amid concerns over replacement costs and depreciation guiding assessments. Pat Canning, PALFED executive and 20-year appraiser, questions the computer run and basis for the high values while Tax Assessor Patricia Antley cites fair market values and sales histories as the foundation.
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Sam Wilkinson
Savannah River
Wilkinson
Aiken County
Interlachen Court
Pat Canning
Palfed Inc
Canning
Patricia Antley
Cunning
Old Breed Didn't Regret The Bomb
Dexter Lee, a former member of the 1st Marine Division known as the Old Breed, recalls that a vote among American servicemen in the Pacific on August 6, 1945 would likely have supported dropping the atomic bomb. Lee praises George McMillan, author of The Old Breed, as a standout fellow Marine and describes McMillan’s unusual flair.
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Pacific
Dexter Lee
Lee
Savannan Raver Site
1St Marine Division
Fana Thearvision
Aiken
George McMillan
McMillan
Next Tritium Site May Be Located Here
The U S Senate approved legislation directing the Department of Energy to place the next tritium production facility at the Savannah River Site. Senator Strom Thurmond led an amendment pushing O Leary to site the plant at SRS, countered by Nevada senators Bryan and Reid. The amendment passed by voice vote.
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U.S. Senate
Department of Energy
Savannah River
Secretary of Energy
Hazel R. O'Leary
Gardless
SRS
Nevada
Sens
Richard Bryan
Harry Reid
Thurmond
Senate
U.S
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
DOE
Tax Cap Confusion and Limits in Local Government Billing
A discussion explains that the 1 percent cap applies to total property tax collections by a local government, not to individual bills. If reassessment raises total revenue, the government may still raise funds up to the cap unless new programs or debt are approved. The article questions where any additional money goes.
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Aiken County
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