Libertarians challenge council seat bid in state Supreme Court
Libertarians file suit over the April 27 election for Aiken City Council seat won by LaWana McKenzie in a 628 to 623 vote. Doug Greene’s bid to overturn the result failed at county and state election hearings. Steve Vandervelde says the suit targets Democratic processes and cites the Helsinki Accords in its press release.
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State Supreme Court
LaWana McKenzie
Wer
Doug Greene
State Election Commission
Greene
Campbell Hails GOP Convert Lands Key Democrat Switch
Governor Carroll A Campbell Jr arrives for a press conference in Langley and celebrates another Democrat crossing to the Republican Party. Rep James Roland Smith of House District 84 in Aiken County explains he left the Democrat Party because its caucuses diverged from his beliefs and desires, aligning with the GOP.
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Carroll A. Campbell Jr
Republican Party
Aiken County
James Roland Smith
House
Melvin Wisham
Rep. Smith
Democratic Party
Mock Alert Drills at Savannah River Site Fed Emergency
Mock alert tests prepared for SRS readiness were staged on the Savannah River Site grounds. A simulated radioactive release triggered a Site Area Emergency with traffic and air, rail, and river movements restricted for hours. A press briefing reported one levee injury not due to the spill. the injured individual was taken to the Isenhower Medical Center.
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Lester Em
Srs
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Isenhower Medical Center
Salter Named 1993 Aiken District Teacher of the Year
Salter, 43, biology teacher at Aiken High for 20 years, was chosen as the 1993 Teacher of the Year for the Aiken County School District. He credits his students for the honor, cites AP test success, and notes two students invited to the International Science Fair in Isuex, Massachusetts.
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David W. Salter
Leavelle McCampbell
Warrenville
Martin Luther King Jr
Salter
Aiken County
Aiken High School
Sawer
Joseph R. Brooks
South Aikien High School
Isuex
Mass
Calendar Call for Bridge News and Updates
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U S Planes Strike Iraq Missile Site
U S planes destroyed an Iraqi anti-aircraft missile site near Mosul after reports of a battery launch. Marines and pilots reported the SA-3 launch and a subsequent attack with cluster bombs and delayed footage from reconnaissance. Iraqi claims disputed by U S officials who said the site appeared destroyed and planes were not hit.
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Cyprus
U.S
Pentagon
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Iraq
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Boyd
Mbs
Turkey
Baghdad
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Kuri Popugnon
Bond Denied in Slaying of Aiken Woman
Byron Andrew Barnes, 20, charged with murder in the July death of Mary Fields of Aiken, had bond denied in General Sessions Court before Judge Luke N. Brown. The judge delayed bond pending more information from state investigators as more facts emerged from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office. Fields, 51, of College Acres, was last seen by her daughter and son.
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Byron Andrew Barnes
Aiken
Mary Fields
General Sessions Court
Luke N. Brown
Barnes
Bond
Brown
Tracey Carroll
Second Circuit Solicitor
Oxmore Court
Aiken County
Aiken SAT scores boost state lag on national average
Aiken SAT results show verbal and math combined 882 up from 858 last year, 44 points above South Carolina's state average of 838 but below the national 902. District spokesman Carl Dawson notes the 24 point year rise and 44 point gap above state ties, while officials caution state averages can mislead due to participation rates.
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Aiken
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Aiken County
Carl Dawson
Joseph Brooks
Dawson
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Tious
South Cavan
Sudents
Barbara Nielsen
Massachusetts
Connecticut
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