Aiken pages recount a year of turmoil and change
A year in Aiken highlighted terrorism reflections after a national tragedy, traffic and development concerns on Southside, and plutonium transport threats to SRS. Local roads were deadly with 50 traffic deaths, Floyd Spence's Aug. 16 death left a void, a new Washington Government HQ opened on Newberry Street, and Arthur Hastings Wise faced a Feb. 1 death sentence for a 1997 FE Phelan slaying. The Wilcox Inn renovation alarm and the SC Infrastructure Bank's Dec 13 announcement of $65 million to extend the Bobby Jones Expressway capped the year.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Floyd Spence
South Carolina
Arthur Hastings Wise
FE. Phelan
Ois
S.C. Infrastructure Bank
S.C
Aiken area facing a year of war and change in 2001
The year 2001 brought fear and patriotism to Aiken County after the Sept 11 attacks. Residents joined relief efforts, many traveled to New York, and local headlines highlighted growth issues, political shifts, and notable events from a fire at the Willcox Inn to the R E Phelan plant killing four workers and a controversial seniors calendar.
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New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Aiken County
America
United States
Pearl Harbor
Aiken
Savannah River
Jim Hodges
Floyd Spence
Strom Thurmond
Watson ready for Outback Bowl
South Carolina's Derek Watson avoids talk about the Outback Bowl after a year in exile in Williamston. Now a refreshed and more mature Watson appears ready for whatever role he will play as the Gamecocks meet Ohio State in Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
South Carolina
Derek Watson
Williamston
Ohio State
Watson
Fire destroys home on Williamsburg Street in Aiken
Early Sunday morning fire at 131 Williamsburg St. in Aiken destroyed a Williams burg Street home displacing a family. Firefighters from the Aiken Department of Public Safety arrived about 6 15 a.m. The cause is under investigation per public safety official David Turno.
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Williamsburg Street
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Williamsburg St
Set
David Turno
Aiken Public Safety
Deaths Henry Burckhalter and Marjorie Smyth Obituaries
Obituary notices for Henry Burckhalter and Marjorie McCann Smyth appear on page 5A under Augusta death notices. Both individuals are listed with brief biographical notes and funeral details.
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Henry Burckhalter
Ken Marjorie McCann Smyth Augusta
New York Ready for Celebration Marked by 9 11 Remembrance
New York gears up for Times Square New Year’s Eve with about half a million revelers amid a 9 11 tribute. Organizers add a bell ringing ceremony as the crystal ball rises and urges homes and churches to join. The Waterford ball honors victims with panels listing police precincts Port Authority units firehouses airlines and nations lost on Sept 11.
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New York
Times Square
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Waterford
Port Authority of
British troops arrive and deal reached on peacekeepers
British troops reached Kabul to reinforce an interim government security effort as negotiations produced an accord on how international peacekeeping forces will operate. Marines in the south prepare to hand over the airport to the 101st Airborne Division while Taliban suspects are questioned at a remote base. U.S. airstrikes are urged to remove remaining terrorist cells, with Abdullah stating bin Laden may still be in Afghanistan.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Army
101St Airborne Division
Taliban
al-Qaida
Abdullah
Osama bin Laden
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Tucks
SRS
New
Washington Government
Newberry Street
Wilcox Inn
Abby
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