Slight student increase expected in district
The Aiken County public schools forecast a mild enrollment rise for next year with a total district estimate of 24,890. Area One leads gains from 9,727 to 9,859, followed by smaller increases in Areas Two and Five including North Augusta and the Jackson New Ellenton area.
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Ginny Southworth
Lester Moore
Charger
East Aiken
Sumter Roof Co
Aiken County
Brock Heron
Aiken
Heron
Area Five
Jackson
New Ellenton
Wagener
Area One
Area Two
North Augusta
Obituary Notices: Herron and Powell
Death notices for Alton Herron of Graniteville and Charles Ray Powell of Belvedere appear on page 2B with brief biographical details and surviving relatives.
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Alton Herron
Graniteville
Charles Ray Powell
Belvedere
Georgia Tuesday Lottery Numbers Report
Georgia lottery results list Tuesday drawing numbers with cash 3 6 1 5 and Cash 4 5 6 0 8. fantasy 8 6 1. The fragment shows official draw identifiers and winning digits. Further details on prizes or dates are not available in the text.
Package business picks up in strike era
The Teamsters strike against United Parcel Service drives customers to alternative services. Postnet on Whiskey Road has more than doubled its business in two days as customers request two day or faster deliveries. Manager Barbara Legler notes rising daily volumes and growing concern over the strike's persistence.
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Teamsters
United Parcel Service
Postnet
Whiskey Road
Barbara Legler
We are absolutely swamped say local business owners
Barbara Hegler and others describe a mail surge with Federal Express handling most outgoing items. FedEx delays are possible due to overload though the service remains essential for urgent parcels. Mail Boxes Etc on East Gate Drive also reports higher business as peak season continues.
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Federal Express
FedEx
East Gate Drive
Bridgestone eyes Aiken for new tire plant with 800 jobs
The Wall Street Journal reports Bridgestone Corp may choose Aiken South Carolina for a $400 million tire factory near Sage Mill Industrial Park. The plant would employ about 800 workers, produce 25,000 radial tires daily, and start operations by spring 1999 pending formal announcement.
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Aiken County
Wall Street Journal
Aiken
Bridgestone Corporation
Bridgestone
Savannah River
Chamber of Commerce Board
Doug Henderson
Sage Mill
Shepherd
South Carolina Department of Commerce
Kathleen Noble
Aiken Technical College
Special Schools
Technical College System of
South Carolina
Jackson County
Atlanta
Bridgestone-Firestone Inc
State Commerce Department
Aiken-area
SRS
Japan
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Warren County
Tenn
Nashville
Tennessee
The
Journal
Teen drug use declines in 1996 survey findings
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reports 9 percent of US teens used illicit drugs in 1996, down from 10.9 percent in 1995, the first drop since 1992. Alcohol use among teens fell from 21.1 percent in 1989 to 18.8 percent in 1995.
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Washington
Clinton
Bob Dole
Richard I. Evans
Social Psychology
The
University of Houston
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