02 Dec 1997
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1997
Page
1
Mayor Fred Cavanaugh will throw the switch at the Friendship Baptist Church tree lighting at 7 pm. The public event at the church intersection of Kershaw Street and Richland Avenue includes singing and candle attendance is requested outdoors.
Obituary notices list Walter Tinker Mays J Neeses Willie O McAlister Burnettown and James Mixon of Jacksonville Florida with brief death notices referenced on page 28.
The Georgia lottery results list Cash 33 6 6 Cash 428 20 Pantany 12 46 10. No further details on draw date or prize breakdown are provided.
West Paducah residents recount the morning prayers at Heath High School before a 14-year-old freshman, Michael Carneal, opened fire after a moment of prayer. Ben Strong, son of a pastor, describes chasing Carneal as 11 shots rang out, killing three students and wounding five. Authorities took Carneal into custody.
South Carolina two major video poker groups back a state gaming commission to regulate the industry. The SC Coin Operators Association and the Carolina Entertainment Association push for a centralized regulator to curb the current Wild West conditions and improve oversight. They also debate proposed rules limiting clustered five-machine rooms and setting minimum establishment separations.
State party leaders and Jesse Washington Jr. announce a pledge for candidates to refrain from using race to win supporters. The nonbinding pledge aims to reduce racial framing in campaigns though observers doubt quick change. forms will be available at party offices.
Westinghouse Nuclear High Level unit at the Savannah River Site will be sold as the company shifts from nuclear to media. The Columbia State notes the firm may divest the SRS contract and a 750 employee fuel plant in Richland County, with a separate Spartanburg office also up for sale.
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