All-America City signs ready to be installed
Eddie George of the Aiken Department of Public Safety announces eight All-America City signs will be installed on main thoroughfares and near landmarks after state approval. Aiken was named an All-America City on June 7 and is among ten honored cities this year.
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Ginny Southworths
Aiken
Eddie George
George
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Vysoval
National Civic League
Accountability report focuses on positives for South Carolina schools
A PASS Commission draft report outlines a kinder accountability approach aiming to shift emphasis from process to results. Panel member G Larry Wilson, CEO of Policy Management Systems Corp, says final plan seeks parent and community involvement and could reach Gov Beasley by late August.
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Columbia
David Beasley
Larry Wilson
Deaths Howard E. Willing Gran iteville Rosa Lee Gantt Salley
Obituary notices listed for Howard E. Willing of Gran iville and Rosa Lee Gantt Salley appear on page 2B. Georgia lottery results for Thursday show Cash 4 numbers 05 26 and Fantasy 6 numbers 9 11 18 28 31.
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Graniteville
Rosa Lee Gantt
Salley
Cash
Pantasy
Repair crew aids crippled Mir as docking succeeds
A two man Russian crew manually docked with the Mir space station after a tense approach. The mission delivers tools and fresh supplies while the oxygen system awaits a parts delivery on the next US shuttle flight.
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Anatoly Solovyov
Sai
Soyuz
Solovyov
Pavel Vinogradov
Vinogradov
Space Station
Mission Control
Valery Lyndin
U.S
NASA
Kathleen Maliga
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Central Asia
Earth
Vladimir Solovyox
Vasily Tsibliyev
Minority district assured by decision in South Carolina
The agreement settles a suit with two white Florence Republicans and preserves a majority-black congressional district in Columbia South Carolina. Regulinald Lloyd notes the district will persist if demographics hold. Lawyers point to past court rulings and a federal trial lease.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Florence
Reginald Lloyd
US Supreme Court
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
North Carolina
Barbara Leonard
Matthew Wallace
City budget leaks through a guessing game in Aiken
City of Aiken finance chief Anita Lilly explains a 235 page budget reflecting a lean year. The 1996-97 results roll 217000 revenue with 200000 carried to 1997-98, creating a surplus of 17000. Tax appeals and flat millage drive revenue shortfalls, delaying tax bills for a second year.
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