Ex-legislators push to end Confederate flag at Statehouse
A group of former South Carolina lawmakers gathered in Columbia to petition for removing the 1962 flag raised atop the Statehouse. Led by ex Gov John West the contingent aims to gather signatures from most surviving members of the 1962 General Assembly. NAACP boycott calls and a Baltimore school trip shift show broader social pressures around the flag.
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South Carolina
John West
Aternoon
General Assembly
Statehouse
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Baltimore
Charleston
Green Acres
New York
Search continues for woman and infant in North Augusta
Investigators seek Tiffaney Shereest and her 3 month old Kaitlyn after a nighttime disappearance near Marketplace Shopping Center. Tim Pearson of the North Augusta Public Safety says detectives met with family and associates as the search expands.
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Kaitlyn
Marketplace
North
Augusta
Tim Pearson
North Augusta Department of Public Safety
Murdered columnist tied to local area in Aiken
Philadelphia Daily News columnist Russell Grace Byers, frequent Aiken visitor, was stabbed to death in Chestnut Hill during an apparent holdup. Police say a man has been arrested. Byers was grandson of WR Grace and his family were early winter colony residents of Aiken. Patricia Corey, wife of Byers cousin Alan Corey, spoke.
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Russell Grace Byers
Philadelphia Daily News
Aiken
Byers
Chestnut Hill
WR. Grace
Winter Colony
Patricia Corey
Alan Corey
Christmas in Hopelands tradition lights up Aiken County
Aiken County residents will enjoy Christmas in Hopelands with 70000 white lights and 1.5 miles of luminárias. City staff and Golden Hands Club volunteers organize craft shows at Rye Patch on multiple nights. Local groups perform on the Performing Arts Stage including Town Creek Baptist Church and St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School Chorus. Carriage rides and children’s crafts outdoor activities round out the program running nightly through December 25 except December 24.
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Aiken County
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Aiken
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Rye Patch
Town Creek
Millbrook
Oakwood Windsor
Levels Baptist Church
St. Mary Help of Christians
Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh Honored by State Education Dept
The South Carolina Department of Education named Aiken Mayor Fred Cavanaugh and other leaders as outstanding contributors to character education. Inez Tenenbaum praised positive role models as key to helping children balance virtue with academics. The award, announced Monday, will be presented at Thursday’s Character Education Conference in Columbia at the Sheraton.
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Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
S.C. Department of Education
Inez Tenenbaum
Cavanaugh
Columbia
Sheraton Hotel
Lee Cavanaugh
Hilton Head
Allendale
Lawmakers seek plans to curb medical mistakes
President Clinton and lawmakers pursue bipartisan steps to cut medical errors that a report says kill tens of thousands annually. Kennedy works with Congress to draft legislation guided by Institute of Medicine suggestions, with hearings planned and a hospital association partnership to gather data and propose reductions.
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Clinton
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Capitol Hill
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
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Senate Health, Education
Committee
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Bill Frist
Tennessee
White House
American Hospital Association
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