American junk tops prices in Tokyo thrift shop
In Tokyo a thrift store Panic Melon Studio Beverly Hills showcases postwar Americana on three floors. Items fetch high sums such as a 1957 Coke bottle for 285 dollars a GE refrigerator from the 1960s for 1880 dollars and a 1975 Mattel Pink Panther toy for 210 dollars. Supervisor Bonjour Watanabe calls the display an aesthetic of the posse dirtiness and ruin.
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Tokyo
U.S
Panic Melon Studio
Beverly Hills
Japan
General Electric
Bonjour Watanabe
Charges Brought In Deaths Of 3 Workers
A Chapin man David Waites 26 faces three counts of reckless homicide after his car struck a road sign killing Shannon Parr 18 Lewis O Shields 24 and Clarence Edwards in Saluda and Chapin Nov 16. Waites posted 30000 bond and was released.
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Columbia
David Waites
Highway Department
Joseph Pellicci
Shannon Parr
Lewis O’shields
Saluda
Clarence Edwards
Deaths in several counties listed for notice
Death notices list individuals Bernice W. Clowe Aiken Jack Cothran Aiken William Groves Jr Lincolnton Ga Sandra A Holloway Atlanta Betty Jean Poole Jeffcoat Pelion Jennie Ruth Smith Love Batesbury Charlie Morgan Edgefield Raymond Fredrick Rogers Jr Melbourne Fla Isabella Newsome Beech Island Mary Stanton Columbia Mavis L Sullivan Sumter Please see Page 6A for details.
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Bernice W. Clowe
Aiken
Jack Cothran
William Groves Jr
Lincolnton
Sandra A. Holloway
Atlanta
Betty Jean Poole Jeffcoat
Pelion
Jennie Ruth Smith Love
Batesbury
Charlie Morgan
Edgefield
Raymond Fredrick Rogers Jr
Melbourne
Fla
Isabella Newsome
Beech Island
Mary Stanton
Columbia
Mavis L. Sullivan
Sumter
Shevardnadze Resigns as Soviet Foreign Minister
Eduard A Shevardnadze announced his resignation stunning the Congress of People s Deputies and urging Gorbachev to limit his powers. Gorbachev asked him to stay temporarily as hard liners threaten democratic institutions and republics push for independence.
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Moscow
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Congress of People’s Deputies
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Shevardnadze
Vitaly Ignatenko
Soviet Union
Congress
Tass
KGB
Patriotism rises at recruiting stations amid Desert Shield era shifts
At U S Army and Air Force recruiting posts in the CSRA, Aiken County shows stable or rising enlistments while Augusta faces a sharp drop since August. Recruiters attribute patriotism and reserve unit support in Aiken, with Middle East deployment fears influencing profiles in Augusta and Richmond County.
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Aiken County
Darrell K. Butler
U. S. Army
Aiken
CSRA
Augusta
Bill Johnson
U. S. Air Force
Richmond County
Johnson
Middle East
Sgt. Butler
Waiting Is Toughest Job for Aiken Reservists in Desert Duty
Julie McAlister and her husband Derrill McAlister are among more than 100 members of the 450th Ordnance Company from Aiken who have shipped to Saudi Arabia with duty lasting possibly the duration if war begins. They returned for a family funeral, then planned to rejoin their unit tomorrow, uncertain of their exact location. The reservists have traveled widely before, but Saudi Arabia is a stark change.
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Julie McAlister
United States
Iraq
Kuwait
450Th Ordnance Company
Aiken
Saudi Arabia
Derrill
Tommorrow
Army
Europe
Derrill McAlister
General's Remarks Refuted By Aide To Defense Chief
In Riyadh top aide to Defense Secretary Cheney counters Lt Gen Waller saying air power could strike Iraq by January 15 even if ground forces are not fully ready. Lt Gen John Yeosock echoes readiness to act, while Cheney's stance remains undecided until trip end.
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Defense
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Pentagon
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Iraq
U.N
Kuwait
Dick Cheney
United Nations
Bush
Waller Cheney
Pete Williams
Cheney
Calvin A.H. Waller
Williams
Waller
Saddam
John Yeosock
Yeosock
Agencies Rally To Brighten Aiken County Christmas
Local agencies fund and coordinate donations to aid the needy this holiday season. The Valley Empty Stocking Fund, Salvation Army, Toys for Tots, and the Secret Santa Program at South Aiken Presbyterian Church organize cash and toy drives. The Salvation Army aided 3,700 families in the county last year. Toys for Tots distributed 1,000 toys. Unwrapped toys accepted through December 21 at Coldewell Bankers Houndslake Realty.
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Aiken County
Valley Empty Stocking Fund
The
Salvation Army
South Africa
South Aiken Presbyterian Church
S. Whis
Key Road
Toys For Tots
U.S. Marine Corps
Coldwell Bankers Realtors
Aiken
Coldewell Bankers Houndslake Realty
Houndslake Drive
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Abby
Darrel K. Butler
Raymond Ricco Roper
Scott Webster
Roddie Burris
Sgt
Butler
Michael Gordon
John King
Associated Press
Gulf
Valley
the Valley
P.O
Langley
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