Football Season Kicks Off Today in Aiken County
Aiken County public high schools start the 1995 football season this evening with top games including Silver Bluff at Aiken South Aiken at Midland Valley Strom Thurmond at North Augusta Bowman at Ridge Spring Monetta and North at Wagener Valley Willis ton Eiko at Edisto and Colleton Prep at Wardlaw Local action signals the new year across area teams with game details on Page 9A.
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Aiken County
Silver Bluff
Aiken
South Aiken
Midland Valley
Strom Thurmond
North Gusta
Bowman
Ridge Spring-Monetta
North
Wagener Valley
Tucker Eyes Narrow Path After Republican Switch Battles
Rep. John Tucker reconsiders his plan to switch to the Republican Party amid GOP activist opposition. He plans discussions to see if concerns can be overcome. Colleague Molly Spearman expected to switch to the GOP next week in Columbia. A Midlands cab company owner, James Albert Brown of The Original Orange Cab Co., is on the run after a seven count federal indictment. Brown allegedly earned about 1.6 million from drug activities and faces charges including conspiracy to distribute heroin cocaine and crack cocaine and operating a continuing criminal enterprise.
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Tucker
Anderson
John Tucker
GOP
Molly Spearman
Saluda
Lolumbia
Columbia
Midlands
James Albert Brown
Orange Cab Co
U.S
Pete Strom
Brown
Obituary notices for six local residents
Death notices announce Ella Mae Holmes of Edgefield Leon Johnnie Hutto of Blackville Elizabeth Johnson Farmer of Benson North Carolina Rachel Moore McKie of North Augusta Edna Jackson Rouse of New Ellenton and Retha Mae Rabon Martin of Jerome Alexander Waring of Blackville in this Page 2B obituary section.
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Ella Mae Holmes
Edgefield
Leon
Johnnie Hutto
Blackville
Elizabeth Johnson Farmer
Benson
N.C
Rachel Moore McKie
North Augusta
Edna Jackson-Rouse
New Ellenton
Retha Mae Rabon Martin
Aiken backs Shop Aiken First campaign funding plan
The Aiken Corporation voted to fund the Shop Aiken First Campaign aimed at diverting part of the 126 million dollars in annual Savannah River retail sales to Augusta. The plan calls for about 40 thousand dollars in aggressive advertising and a 20 thousand dollar allocation from the 3.6 million Aiken 26/20 funds to boost local business and jobs.
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Aiken Corporation
Shop Aiken First
Savannah River
Augusta
Tom Abbott
Aiken First
Aiken County
Florida Weary Of Rain This Week Weather Stirs Florida
In the wake of Hurricane Erin and Tropical Storm Jerry, Florida endures more rain with widespread flooding. Jerry drenched the peninsula, prompting warnings from Anclote Key to Pensacola as Cedar Key and Palm City reported road damage and bridge loss while Humberto Iris hover on the forecast.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Erin
Richard Cox
Sunshine State
Cox
Lorida
Jerry
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Gulf Coast
Anclote Key
Tampa
Pensacola
Cedar Key
Stuart
Sanibel Island
West Palm Beach
Atlantic Coast
Palm City
Humberto
Iris
Caribbean storms menace region as Humberto Iris advance
Humberto with 105 mph winds and Iris at 65 mph push toward the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for the northeastern Lesser Antilles including Dominica Antigua Barbuda and St. Kitts. The season has 10 named storms, the busiest since 1936, while Thursday marked the third anniversary of Andrew the costliest U.S. hurricane. Jerry’s impact harmed beachfront businesses as tourists fled the rain and waited out the weather.
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Humberto
Iris
Caribbean
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Lesser Antilles
Dominica
Antigua, Barbuda
St. Kitts
Thurs
DOE OKs Fuel Rod Shipments
The Energy Department authorizes 151 spent nuclear fuel rods to be shipped from Europe to the Savannah River Site near Aiken South Carolina despite protests. Hahn Meitner Institut Berlin signed a contract for 52 rods to be reprocessed in Scotland after waiting months for DOE clearance. Politicians and experts warn the move undermines nonproliferation and risk diverted rods landing in terrorists hands.
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Columbia
Energy Department
Europe
South Carolina
Savannah River
Aiken
Germany
Greece
Switzerland
Hahn- Meitner Institut
Scotland
John Kyte
Washington
U.S
Alan Kuperman
Nuclear Control Institute
DOE
Attorney
Fourth Circuit approves environmental review for uranium shipments
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved an environmental assessment for shipments of spent fuel rods from 24 nations including Germany. The United States plans to return spent rods to keep weapons-grade uranium off the market under nonproliferation policy. Energy officials were unsure about accepting the German shipment. South Carolina challenged long term storage, while courts allowed temporary storage at SRS after earlier delays off North Carolina. The full court rejected rehearing to revisit the second shipment plan.
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United States
Energy Department
Jayne Brady
Department
Clinton
South Carolina
North Carolina
SRS
4Th Circuit
Store Manager Charged In Fire At Family Dollar
New Ellenton authorities charged 24 year old Jackie T White with arson and theft over a store fire that destroyed the Family Dollar after authorities say he staged the blaze to cover cash theft The fire drew eight departments and forced evacuation of the adjacent Food Lion until midday Thursday White is from Aiken and worked at the store since November 199 The incident began around 8 pm Wednesday after the store closed and the blaze remained contained to the store with smoke prompting the nearby grocery to evacuate and Food Lion worker Chad Allen helped guests escape
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New Ellenton
New Elenton
Tom W. Grant
Jackie T. White
Ment
S.C
Grant
White
Aiken
Family Dollar
Melvin Flippin
Food Lion
Chad Allen
Allen
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Abby
Jerome Alexander Waring
Abbott
Economic Development Partnership
EDP
Aiken 20
Andrew
Brian Martinez
Cocoa Beach
Joseph Egan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sylvia Richardson
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