Women Unite in Aiken for Prayer Vigil to Support Children
Downtown Aiken hosts a 6 pm prayer vigil organized by Beatrice Fanning known as Ma Bea for hundreds of local women. Attendees are urged to wear white with purple ribbons and bring flashlights as the gathering starts outside First Baptist Church near the Salvation Army Thrift Store at 120 York St before moving inside for the program.
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Aiken
Beatrice Fanning
Salvation Army Thrift Store
York St
Obituary Notices Include Several Aiken County Residents
Elise C. Elsler Aiken Cecelia Axelberg Gallagher Bedford Mich Eugene Oliver Kiger Aiken Lois Oswalt Spradley Gran ite ville Lorrene Covington Tatum Aiken are listed in obituary notices on page 6A.
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Elise C. Elsler
Aiken
Cecelia Axelberg Gallagher
Bedford, Mich
Eugene Oliver Kiger
Lois Oswalt Spradley
Graniteville
Lorrene Covington
Tatum
Fire destroys home on Cushman Drive
A fire at 713 Cushman Drive Friday afternoon destroyed a single story wooden residence, displacing Ernestine Green and her husband Samuel Lee Green. ADPS units or two engines and 36 firefighters arrived at 3 15 pm, finding the home fully involved. The estimated loss is 10000 dollars, with the cause under investigation, possibly starting in the kitchen.
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Cushman Drive
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Tom Galardi
ADPS
Clarence H. Brown
Ernestine
Tina) Green
Insurance deal reached for Westinghouse workers in Aiken
An agreement ensures Westinghouse employees in Aiken covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina can continue receiving in network care at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. About 8,000 other BCBS customers in the area face higher out of network costs starting Jan 1 unless a deal is reached. The PHO signed a letter of intent to accept BCBS terms for Westinghouse staff, while negotiations continue for non Westinghouse policyholders.
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Westinghouse
Blue Cross Blue Shield of
South Carolina Health Insurance
Aiken Hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Aiken
Blue Cross
Marchita Ott
ARMC
Simpson Wins Full Custody Of His Two Children
In Santa Monica California a judge grants O J Simpson full custody of Sydney 11 and Justin 8 after ruling the Browns failed to prove he would harm their well being. The Browns consider an appeal while the timing of delivery to Simpson remains undetermined.
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Santa Monica
Calif
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Nicole
Associated Press
Orange County
Sydney
Justin
Brown
Natasha Roit
Roit
Nicole Brown Simpson
DOE eyes NRC oversight for Savannah River Site safety move
The Department of Energy plans to shift nuclear safety oversight of all DOE facilities to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission within 10 years. The change would phase out the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and follows recommendations from a working group and an independent advisory committee. Hazel O Leary said external regulation would improve worker and public safety.
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Savannah River
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Department of Energy
NRC
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Secretary of Energy
Hazel O'Leary
DOE
Department of Energy Nuclear Safety
Pena Named Energy Secretary in Clinton Cabinet Shuffle
President Clinton chose Federico Pena 49 to head the Department of Energy succeeding Hazel O Leary. Pena, known for managing Transportation efficiently, hails from Texas and has Denver politics roots including mayoral tenure. He faces nuclear waste transport and storage challenges and vows to bring energy agency efficiency to DOE.
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Federico Pena
Rocky Flats
Denver
Aiken
Savannah River
Energy
Pena
Department of Energy
Defense
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Asheville
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Honda
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San
Tina Green Wat
Teh
Scott
Tina Greener
Louis and
Juditha Brown
CNTA
Jac Reinig
Texas
Colo
Colorado House of Representatives
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