Eight Die In South Carolina Holiday Road Crash
South Carolina highways claimed at least eight lives over the holiday period per the state Highway Patrol. A head-on collision four miles north of Gaffney killed three and hospitalized two others. Shelby North Carolina residents Johnnie Poston, 51, and Teresa Poston Thompson, 27, died when Thompson crossed into the southbound lane and struck a pickup. Yates Poston, Thompson's father, was hospitalized at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Thompson’s 4-year-old son was uninjured. A pickup passenger, 83-year-old Rada Humphries of Blacksburg, died after hospitalization. The truck driver was Humphries’ daughter.
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Gaffney
Johnnie Poston
Teresa Poston Thompson
Shelby
N.C
Thompson
Yates Poston
Poston
Upstate Carolina Medical Center
Rada Humphries
Blacksburg
Humphries
Holiday fire devastates three story Kalmia Hill home
On Christmas Eve a three story Laurel Drive house owned by Sam and Sylvia Kelly burned rapidly starting at sunset. Firefighters fought the blaze but the structure was lost though no one was hurt. Kelly recalled the loss of irreplaceable items and noted his family escaped unharmed. Fire crews described a brick and wood building consumed by flames.
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Laurel Drive
Kalmia Hill
Sam
Sylvia Kelly
Kelly
After Christmas sales draw shoppers to mall and web
Americans head back to shopping as post holiday discounts lure buyers. Retailers report strong Christmas season easing plans to push end of year promotions. Bloomingdale’s Sears slash prices up to seventy percent online while AOL and partners launch clearance areas across multiple sites.
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Marvis Meeks
Dayton
Ohio
Christ
International Council of Shopping Centers
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Screw.com
America Online
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Netscape.com
Hijackers Demand Release of Prisoners in India
A hijacked Indian Airlines plane, drifting through western Asia toward the Middle East, faces captors demands for India to release a Pakistani religious leader and sever ties with Pakistan, signaling a tense political standoff unfolding over the weekend.
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India
Kabul
Afghanistan
Indian Airlines
Asia
Middle East
Alken Standard Offices Closed for Christmas Holiday
The Alken Standard offices will be closed Monday for a Christmas observance and reopen Tuesday at 6 30 a m The paper notes Taliban guards at Kandahar airport where an A300 Airbus making its fourth stop since Friday carried as many as 161 captives with at least one death and a Friday stopover in UAE before arriving Saturday in Kandahar The Taliban said no negotiations with hijackers and urged UN involvement
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New Delhi
India
United Arab Emirates
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Taliban
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Aiken City Council at large seat primary race underway
Pat Canning and Jim Sutherland prep for the Republican primary on Tuesday for an at large seat on the Aiken City Council. The article notes candidate profiles on page 8A and statements on page 11A with a reference to page 114.
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Pat Canning
Jim Sutherland
Aiken
Voters choose between two for Aiken City Council seat
On Tuesday December 28 voters pick the Republican nominee to fill the two year term on the Aiken City Council left vacant when Robert S. Perry resigned to join the State House. The Feb. 15 general election follows with four voting sites and open party primaries. Absentee ballots end December 27. contact the Aiken County Election Commission at 642-1528.
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Robert S
Skipper) Perry
S.C
Perry
Pat Danning
Regions Bank of
Central Carolina Regions Bank
Palmetto Service Corporation
Jim Sutherland
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
South Carolina
Municipal Auditorium
Smith Hazel Recreation Center
Odell Weeks Recreation Center
Old Town Creek Church
Aiken County
Stuart Bedenbaugh
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