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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 2001
Page
1
Tiger Woods survived the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth Georgia after nearly missing the cut. He sunk two long dramatic putts on Friday to reach the weekend and avoid elimination.
Balloonist Steve Fossett, after bouncing through storms over South America, landed his balloon on a cattle ranch in southern Brazil on Friday and gave up his most recent bid to circumnavigate the globe.
Obituary notices list Noah Cordell Bishop Barnwell Willie G Cullum Aiken Frederick Ernest Hecker and Ruth W Williamson in Lexington obituary notices, reflecting local civic figures with varied life achievements and memorial calls.
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Floyd Spence rests in a flag draped coffin as his body returns to Columbia. The 73 year old U.S. Representative will lie in state at the Capitol from 10 a.m. Monday to noon Tuesday with a 1 p.m. funeral at First Baptist Church attended by House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Spence died after brain surgery and will be honored with full military rites.
Three Aiken County men are in custody after the murder and armed robbery of Beech Island resident Christopher A. Hudson. Eric Manuel Holmes Jr., 19. George E. Sims, 19. and Russel A. Cunningham, 16, face armed robbery charges. Additional charges and arrests are anticipated as investigators pursue leads.
The South Carolina Senate approved a Judiciary Committee redistricting plan on second reading delaying full debate until next week. Changes reduced black voting age population in several districts, drawing Democratic protests from Sens. Moore and Setzler. The plan ties state house and U S house districts into one bill with votes counted for absent members. Democrats hold 22 seats to Republicans 24.
Jethro McCain, 93, recalls a 85 year old white mob beating of his uncle that led to a civil rights path. He describes the graveyard attack and his uncle being sent to Florida after the incident, reflecting on South Carolina’s racial past and changes.
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