Presley seeks divorce from Michael Jackson after 15 months
London AP report Lisa Marie Presley plans to divorce Michael Jackson after 15 months of marriage over his trip abroad with two teenage boys. Jackson denies the claims and says he did not arrange a quickie divorce in the Dominican Republic where they wed in May 1994.
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London
Lisa Marie Presley
Michael Jackson
Paris
Daily Mirror
Jackson
Britain
Dominican Republic
Heat stroke claims two in Upstate S C
Two surviving residents in their seventies died from heatstroke during a recent heat wave in the Upstate. William Thurman, 73, was found in a Greenville County mobile home where air conditioning and a fan were present but unused. Bertie Suber, 72, died in a Greer apartment without air conditioning as temperatures rose above 120 degrees. An autopsy confirmed heatstroke for Suber.
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William M. Thurman
Greenville County
Sam Simmons
Thurman
de Greenville County
Cosore Bertie Suber
Greer
Ment
Obituary notices listed on Page 2B
Obituaries published for Taylor Noelle Daniels James Byron Gray Leeze Harbuck Helen Lord Anna Spence and Lawrence Thomas from areas including Wagoner Montmorenci Saluda Augusta North Augusta Blackville. Notices provide names and general death summaries for local readers.
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Taylor Noelle Daniels
Wagoner
James Byron Gray
Montmorenci
Leeze Harbuck
Saluda
Helen Lord
Augusta
Anna Spence
North Augusta
Lawrence Thomas
Blackville
Adams Dies Singing in South Carolina Death Row
Sylvester Adams, 39, was executed by injection for strangling 16 year old neighbor Bryan Chambers in Rock Hill. He sang “Jesus, your baby is coming” and “I love you Lord” as the drugs entered his veins, dying at 1 10 a.m. after Supreme Court denials.
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Columbia
Sylvester Adams
Jesus
Adams
U.S. Supreme Court
State
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Bryan Chambers
Rock Hill
Chambers
Williston Burns Scar Remains After Historic Fire
One month after a downtown blaze in Williston destroyed First Citizens Bank and three century-old buildings residents cope with loss and vow to rebuild. Verna Murphy, the bank branch manager, pledges restoration while locals like Diane Wilson describe the void and pain in the small town.
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Williston
The
Phoenix
First Citizens Bank
Verna Murphy
Diane Wilson
Blossom
DOE Puts Studies To Rest
Secretary Hazel R. O Leary released the final comprehensive list of the Department of Energy human radiation experiments. The report, third in openness efforts, compiles 3.2 million cubic feet of records and supplements the 1995 roadmap to place experiments in historical context.
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Secretary of Energy
Hazel R. O'Leary
Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Ms. O'Leary
Department
DOE
Department of Energy Public Inquiries Office
O'Leary
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Clinton
Faulkner Misses Morning Jog At The Citadel
Shannon Faulkner, the first female cadet at The Citadel, did not join the 6 a.m. jog with her company and remains in the infirmary. Citadel officials say doctors report she is not yet ready to return to duty after a heat related illness and hospitalization last week.
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Charleston
The
Citadel
Shannon Faulkner
Citadel Faulkner
Terry Leedom
Faulkner
Leedom
College Infirmary
Roper Hospital
Ed Faulkner
Senate District 24 Realigned In Aiken County Precincts
Nearly 2 000 voters in six Aiken County precincts shift into Senate District 24 under a new remapping. Four eastern city precincts New Holland Oak Grove White Pond Windsor move from District 26 to District 24 while College Acres becomes District 24. Revels precinct also transfers a small area from District 25 to District 24, affecting South Aiken High School and the Army Reserve building.
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Aiken County
Senate
State
Dent Johnson
New Holland
Oak Grove
White Pond
Windsor
College Acres
Revels
South Aiken High School
Army Reserve
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