Escapees at Edgefield Jail Remain At Large
Three inmates from Edgefield County Jail fled in a stolen 1979 green Ford LTD after overpowering jailer Glennie Vance at about 5 45 p m They are Eugene Hill 22 Lester Williams 27 and Gene Osborne 31 all awaiting trial Officials say the men wearing orange and blue jump suits with Edgefield County Jail printed are headed toward Augusta They are not armed but may be dangerous and are described with heights weights and racial appearances.
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Edgefield
Edgefield County
R. Billy Parker
Eugene Hill
Lester Williams
Gene Osborne
Hill
Williams
Osborne
Glennie Vance
Augusta
Parker
Fires Kill One Injure Seven Across South Carolina
A Christmas Day series of residential and brush fires in South Carolina left one man dead and seven injured. In Columbia, 52 year old Robert E Maher died of smoke inhalation in a Shandon house fire. Firefighters faced two blazes including a Charleston home fire causing $20 000 damage where Battalion Chief Marion Cox suffered a heart attack.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Robert E. Maher
Shandon
Richland County
Brown Crawford
Maher
Charleston
Pat Joyce
Marion Cox
Cox
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Parents Protest School Strip Search at Rivers Middle
Charleston AP report says some parents of 10 students strip searched by a security guard and school officials at Rivers Middle School plan a special hearing before the county school board. Board chairman John Graham Altman III dismisses the need for the meeting.
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Charleston
Rivers Middle School
John Graham Altman III
Charleston County
Weather Outlook Bright With Warm Weekend Forecast
Tomorrow will be sunny with a high around 70. Tonight's low in the upper 30s. Thursday brings variable clouds and mild temperatures with a 30s to 40s low and a high in the 60s. Friday and Saturday look fair and warm with lows in the 40s and 50s and highs in the mid to upper 70s.
Stores Ready for Post Christmas Gift Returns Across Major Chains
Aiken department stores and other retailers prepare for post holiday exchanges and refunds. JB Whites and Belk offer exchanges or refunds with or without receipts while Wal Mart and K Mart stress satisfaction guarantees and speed in processing. Sales slips speed up price verification but are not always required.
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Wilt Chamberlain
Aiken Department Stores
J.B. White
Don Parker
White
Wal Mart
Bill Redd
K-Mart
Greg Poetz
Poetz
Billy Howard
Belk
Vietnamese Attack Rithisen Camp Sparks Thai Border Battle
Vietnamese troops with tanks and artillery struck the Rithisen camp near the Thai border driving into Cambodia's largest resistance facility. Casualties varied with reports of dozens dead and wounded among guerrillas and civilians as Red Cross teams treated injured across four camps.
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Nong Samet
Thailand
Sawanit Kongsiri
Vietnam
Cambodia
Hanoi
Rithisen
Ritchison
Lia Ne
Soviet Union
China
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
Bun Soi
Khmer ‘People’s National Liberation Front
Ritchisen
International Committee of the Red Cross
Medi
Cal Service
Ampil
Associated Press
T He Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
Khmer Rouge
Prey Muan
Aranyaprathet
Spirit Of Giving Marks Christmas 1984
Americans shared goodwill by donating time money food and clothing to the needy. In Washington President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan hosted Christmas Day at the White House with guests including Mrs. Reagan's brother and family. Schroeder the artificial heart recipient spent Christmas with family in Louisville. In Madison veteran Thomas Miller stood vigil at the statehouse for missing Vietnam Service members. Volunteers in Los Angeles staffed tents and a tepee at City Hall for about 300 homeless people on Christmas Eve.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Richard Davis
Reagans
William Schoeder
Louisville
Schroeder
Madison
Wis
Marine Corps
Thomas F. Miller
Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial Project Inc
Aid Muller
Los Angeles
City Hall
Uncle Sam Sends Gifts Of Income Tax Forms
IRS begins mailing 92.4 million 1984 income tax forms after Christmas to avoid mailing crush and help early filers. With April 15 deadline looming, most taxpayers expect refunds and fewer deductions debates won’t affect this April taxes.
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Sam
Washington
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Larry Batdorf
Christmas spirit stamped out in Brighton Michigan
Marie DePlanche of Pinckney says her husband Frank DePlanche a 29 year postal employee was fired after placing unstamped Christmas cards in about 545 mailboxes on his route for seven years. He offered to pay postage but officials refused. She picketed the Brighton Post Office in a Santa suit claiming her husband was fired without trial and suffered stress.
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Brighton
Mich
Marie DePlanche
Pinckney
Frank
Postal Service
DePlanche
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