04 Feb 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1996
Page
1
The Aiken Standard includes today a special Trends section examining current tendencies in business industry recreation agriculture health retirement religion education and the arts. Readers are invited to send comments to the editor at The Aiken Standard P.O. Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
A 15 year old student was suspended and recommended for expulsion after explosives were found in his Buford High School locker. The school was evacuated and closed early while State Law Enforcement Division agents removed the material. Authorities say the items could have exploded with the force of four sticks of dynamite and no injuries were reported. The student, who has not been identified, was charged with possession of explosives on school grounds and says he got the explosives from home.
In West Columbia an unnamed assailant killed John Edward Pimpkin, 63, and Susan Epstein Furman, 44, by knocking on their door and attacking them in their living room. Both suffered extensive head trauma and police have not yet identified the weapon.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Alfred James Coleman at Columbia Orrie P Floyd at Graniteville Daisy Mae Jamison at Aiken Emma Jo May at North Augusta and Thelmas Thomas Witherspoon at Ae Vanie. The notices appear on Page 8A.
In Aiken South Carolina a 13 year old student Maggie rose top of her class but nine years later at 22 becomes an unwed mother of three with little schooling and no support. Community volunteers blame missing father and home life while noting high teen sexual activity and contraceptive use among peers.
Aiken County faces a high rate of teen pregnancies with 11 783 births in 1995 and ongoing cases among ages 10 to 19. The article highlights Cindy Williams, a 16-year-old freshman at Wagener Salley High School, juggling motherhood and education, and the district’s use of the Baby Talk To Me doll in health curricula to curb teen pregnancy.
Aiken and surrounding counties brace for a record low tonight with a wind chill near zero. Forecasters expect a high in the low 30s today and a possible single digits by nightfall, then a morning low around 6 with a 35 degree daytime high. Duke Power reports about 20 000 outages in the Upstate as ice and downed lines disrupt sections.
A land mine killed an American soldier north of Tuzla Bosnia the first U S casualty since NATO peace mission began. Clinton expressed sympathy noting allied deaths from mines and affirmed commitment to the mission.
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