BMW Offers Cut-Rate Car Deal To Workers
Spartanburg AP reports BMW invites workers at its first USS plant to lease new vehicles at a discount through a payroll deduction program. The Associate Vehicle Pro gram lets employees drive factory-fresh BMWs for 10,000 miles before returning and ordering a new car. Susan Crocker notes the goal is to place BMWs in employee parking lots, but pricing details were not disclosed.
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BMW
Uss
Susan Crocker
Crocker
Bakker Now Living In Private Residence
ASHEVILLE AP Former television evangelist Jim Bakker has left a Salvation Army half way house and is now under house arrest in a private residence in western North Carolina. Bakker, 53, was released on Tuesday and immediately took up residence with his 18 year old son Jamie at an undisclosed home in the Asheville area. Bakker also has regained his driver's license and is commuting to and from a job near his new home. Bakker still has to check in daily with the halfway house by telephone or personal visit. COLUMBIA AP At least two people have died on South Carolina highways this weekend, including a West Columbia man whose car was struck by a train Friday night. Christopher T. Raines, 23, died at 7:55 p.m. when the car he was driving struck a train near U.S. 1 in Lexington County. Elwin Leroy Sharpe, 53, of Columbia, died about 8:10 Friday night when he was hit by a truck while bicycling on Bluff Road in Richland County.
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Jim Bakker
Salvation Army
North Carolina
Bakker
Jamie
Columbia
South Carolina
West Columbia
Christopher T. Raines
U.S. 1
Lexington County
Elwin Leroy Sharpe
Bluff Road
Richland County
Obituary notices list several regional deaths on page six
Death notices announce the passing of Hattie Taylor in Augusta Dr. William P. Morgan and Dorothy Atkinson in Aiken along with Norman L. Williams and Della Brosemann of Aiken and Lawrence McKie of Graniteville. The brief notices provide basic identifications for these individuals and local ties.
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Hattie Taylor
Augusta
William P. Morgan
Aiken
Norman L. Williams
Dorothy Atkinson
Della Brosemann
Lawrence McKie
Graniteville
Primary Lacks Voter Lure in Aiken County Primaries
Denton T. Johnson says fewer than a quarter of Aiken County’s 64,000 registered voters will cast ballots in Tuesdays primaries. Most participants are drawn by four non binding advisory votes on medical care taxes Confederate flag and term limits for elected officials. About 54,000 are active voters.
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Denton T. Johnson
Candidates and issues in Tuesday primaries
The Aiken Standard presents a special section on the state Republican and Democratic primaries. Senior writer Carl Langley reports with design by city editor Greg Tyler, outlining candidates and key issues for voters.
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Carl Langley
Aiken Standard
Greg Tyler
Aiken's Entry Is Winner
Jodi Rhoades of South Aiken High School won the South Carolina Junior Miss scholarship pageant at USC Aiken Etheredge Center. She topped 31 contestants, with Melissa Pillow and Meredith Wyndham as earlier honorees and Bettyanne Eason and Garianne Phillips as finalists.
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South Carolina
Jodi Rhoades
South Aiken High School
USC Aiken Etherredge
Melissa Pillow
Charleston
Greenwood County
Meredith Wyndham
Bettyanne Eason
Dorchester County
Garianne Phillips
Serbs Return Arms To U.N.
Bosnian Serbs handed back weapons seized from a U.N. depot near Sarajevo as NATO and U.N. officials warned of further air strikes. Elsewhere fighting raged near Vares with snipers raising fears of renewed siege. UN peacekeepers planned house to house searches for sniper positions after a deadly sniper attack.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Vares
U.S
Acros
Serbia
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Maj
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United Nations
Annink
Watergate exhibit recalls Nixon resignation and legacy
The Nixon library exhibit features a mural of his departure by helicopter. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of his resignation, Nixon reflected on accountability, calling Watergate a mix of wrongdoing and vendetta and noting his acceptance of responsibility.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Threats of violence shadowing South Carolina high schools
Students in Aiken County report everyday threats in schools including guns drugs and alcohol and describe intimidation tactics like razor blades shared by peers. Aiken youth adviser notes rising violence while national data show increases in juvenile violent crime arrests and teen fatalities, highlighting a growing safety concern.
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Aiken County
Jennifer Bell
South Ai
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