Christmas In Hopelands Lights Up Hopeland Gardens Tonight
Hopelands opens at 6 p.m. with 40 000 lights and evening hours 6 to 9 p.m. through Dec 31 excluding Dec 24. Rye Patch and home deck offer holiday displays plus weekend crafts. Tonight Bungle Bye performs Celtic music at 7 p.m. The Gathering from St Mary Help of Christians sings Sunday at 7 p.m. Town Creek Baptist Church choir closes the event Wednesday at 7 p.m. Shuttle service runs from Food Max lot every 15 minutes and from Winn Dixie on York Street every 25 minutes.
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Hopelands
Bungle Bye
Hopeland Gardens
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
Christ ‘Mas
Town Creek
Winn Dixie
York Street
U N Council Allows NATO Peace Mission to Bosnia
The U N Security Council unanimously authorizes NATO to deploy about 60 000 troops to Bosnia ending the U N mission. NATO will enforce the Dayton Paris peace deal with substantial American participation.
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U.N
NATO
United Nations
U.N Security Council
Bosnia
Council
Dayton
Ohio
Paris
Obituary notices on Page 7A
Death notices for Mollie Richardson of Early West Graniteville Sarah Denero of Aiken Jennie Edwards of Johnston Hattie Mae Gibson of Bamberg and Patricia B. Morris of Aiken listed in Page 7A obituary section.
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Graniteville
Mollie Richardson
Aiken
Sarah Denero
Jennie Edwards
Johnston
Hattie Mae Gibson
Bamberg
Patricia B. Morris
Aiken County Blue Laws Stay In Effect On Christmas Eve
County Administrator William Shepherd reminded that blue law hours 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday remain in force with Christmas Eve. The 1996 law allows local option to move Sunday hours but the council did not act. Fuel stations grocers and pharmacies are exempted. regular or special retail opens cannot start before 1:30 p.m. none of this applies to one time permits for events.
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Aiken County
William Shepherd
County Council
Shepherd
General Assembly
Electric Cooperative Gives Big Returns To Members
Aiken Electric Cooperative announces 808000 capital credits refunds to more than 26 000 members and businesses. First check goes to Aiken County Schools, with others including S C Department of Corrections, J C Penny, Belk, UPS Authority and more. The coop serves nine counties with over 3500 accounts and 4400 miles of lines.
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Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc. Board of ‘Trustees
Aiken Electric
James M. Dorn, Jr
Board of ‘Trustees
S.C. Department of Corrections
Aiken Mall Limited Partnership
J.C. Penny
Woodside Plantation
Belk of Aiken
J.M. Huber Corporation
Dixie Pipeline Co
Menards-Criswell
UPS Authority
Dorn
County Receives 6.2 Million For Schools Aid
Aiken County receives a 46.2 million check under a new property tax savings program. Comptroller Gen. Earle Morris notes 87 of 91 districts have received reimbursements totaling over 176 million. Delays could have forced districts to borrow for payroll by December 15, as Eckstrom and Morris clash over timing.
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Aiken County
Earle Morris
Margie Plunkett
Jean Newsome
Morris
Triets
Richard Eckstrom
Eckstrom
Budget showdown deepens in acrimonious budget talks
Washington budget brinkmanship between the White House and Congressional Republicans escalates as a year end shutdown looms. President Clinton accuses GOP of threatening to cut Medicaid Medicare education and the environment to force concessions. The dispute stalls talks with hundreds of thousands of federal workers at risk and a possible Senate filibuster or veto.
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Washington
White House
Clinton
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Graham
Pete V. Domenici
Senate Budget Committee
Senate
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Nation
Iron Mike Page
Dear Abby
Ginny Southeren
Linda Eldridge
Gary L. Stooksbury
Ailictric Cooperative
Th . Dorn Jr
Board of Trust
Electric Cooperative
Michael
County
By Carl Langley
House
Newt Gingrich
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