Jewish businessman bids 65 million for PTL assets
A Toronto based, nonpracticing Orthodox rabbi named Stephen Mernick agreed to buy PTL assets for 65 million amid a bankruptcy sale. He would not confirm if televangelist operations would continue. U S Bankruptcy Judge Rufus Reynolds approved the cash sale after creditor input, noting the deal ends the 160 million empire.
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PTL
Heritage Ministries
Stephen Mernick
Mernick
Toronto
U.S
Rufus Reynolds
Reynolds
Weather Outlook Tonight And Thursday
Fair skies give way to increasing clouds tonight with a low near 40. Thursday brings a 20 percent chance of showers and a high in the low 60s. Details continue on Page 4A.
South Carolina House Race Recounts End In New Election Decision
The South Carolina Election Commission voided the Nov 8 victory of J Roland Smith over Ralph Gunter in House District 84 by a 5 to 0 vote. Gunter cited registration errors. 122 issues were found among 159 names. A written order will trigger a new election, with Smith and Gunter awaiting further legal steps as the governor sets the date.
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S.C. Election Commission
J. Roland Smith
Ralph Gunter
Smith
Gunter
Frances Pennington
Board of Voter Registration
S.C. House of Representatives
Commission
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Israelis Refuse Talks With PLO at UN
In Geneva the Israeli U.N. ambassador said the PLO remains committed to eliminating Israel, making it ineligible as a peace talks partner. He criticized PLO rhetoric as a unity of rejection, violence, and terror, while noting Arafat’s call for direct talks and a U.N. supervised three stage peace plan.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Johanan Bein
PLO
Algeria
Bein
Yasser Arafat
Vladimir Petrovsky
Arafat
Middle East
U.S. State Department
Board Defers Vote On Sex Education in Aiken Schools
The Aiken County Board of Education deferred action on a K through 8 sex education curriculum after receiving the Comprehensive Health Education Advisory Committee report. Committee chair Rebecca Anderson presented as Larry G. Morris urged postponement for further review, arguing state materials do not meet legal standards or emphasize traditional values, with suggestions for gender separated instruction and parallel aims at all levels.
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Aiken County
Morris
Brown Set For Trial After Night In Jail
Soul singer James Brown was scheduled for trial in General Sessions Court after spending a night in jail. A jury of eight women and four men was sworn in for two counts of assault with intent to kill and one count of failure to stop for a police signal. Brown asked to be released for the night. the judge refused. Defense motions, including a venue change, were denied amid ongoing publicity since the Sept. 24 incident.
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James Brown
Brown
Hubert E. Long
Viet Nam
Long
South Carolina
Defense
Bill Weeks
Weeks
Opponents push DOE study on SRP reactors amid lawsuits
Activists led by the NRDC and Greenpeace urge a comprehensive environmental impact study of the Savannah River Plant complex as 18 groups call on Energy Secretary Herrington to initiate a programmatic EIS. They warn of potential legal action and note the 17 facilities employing about 100,000 people across 12 states.
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Savannah River
Department of Energy
Synergy: Research Foundation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Greenpeace Us.a
U.S. District Court
Washington
NRDC
Energy
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Dan W. Reicher
Council
Herrington
Citizen Alert
Citizens Against
Rocky Flats
Energy Research Founda
Environmental Action
Environmental Policy Institute
Government Accountability Project
Greenpeace
Hanford Education Action League
National Taxpayers Union
Northwest Environmental Advocates
Northwest Nuclear Safety Campaign
Palouse-Clearwater
Hanford Watch
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Puget Sound Sane
Sierra Club
Snake River Alliance
Washington Physicians For Social Responsibility
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Carol M. Bird
Augusta
Ray D. Bodie
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Lincolnton
Dear Abby
Scott
Frank Lynch
Col. Lynch
Wagener State Guard
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