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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 2005
Page
1
The first witnesses describe killings and torture as Saddam Hussein allegedly threatened the judge. Officials say a six month investigation may precede the report on a weekend plant death. Police seek a gunman who killed a Huddle House patron and wounded two others two weeks ago with help from SLED and the FBI.
The Aiken Standard showcases reader discussion space on literature with a feature on The Death of Alexander the Great by Paul Courty.
Death notices list Nellie Hawkins Hart Lugatna Y Heath Eva Mae Hern Ashley Nicule Strianese Warrenville Ridge Spring and Wagoner area obituaries. Brief entries note their deaths and locations with funeral details forthcoming.
Gov Mark Sanford urged tougher controls on government takings of private property for public projects in Aiken County. He cited expanded TIF powers and unaffiliated boards, pledging legislation to refine public use definitions and limit authorities with eminent domain powers.
Investigators examine a road incident in North Augusta after a Feb weekend wreck. Police say an 11 year old Pickens County resident led officers to a man shot dead, Mark V Sharrock 49, of Edgefield. Coroner Tim Carlton said the back wound severed the spinal cord and lodged in the heart. No charges filed yet for Clarence Shehan 51 of Pickens County.
George F. Baker, 66, an alumnus of Aiken Preparatory School and Harvard Business School graduate, died in an airplane crash off Massachusetts. He rose to partner at Baker Nye Investments and, with brother Anthony, donated a $1 million matching grant to Aiken Prep. Coast Guard suspended rescue efforts Friday.
The 1930s Mounting stone from the Howe home at Banksia, built in 1931, was reinstalled at the Aiken County Historical Museum after being damaged. It bears the inscription 1932 and the Howe children’s footprints and highlights how horses were central to life in the era. The stone is now visible during museum hours with tours available by calling 542-2015.
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