Free tax help available at Aiken VITA sites
IRS volunteers open two Aiken VITA sites through April 17 to assist filing basic tax forms. No appointment needed. The County Council on Aging site at 159 Morgan Street operates Mon Fri 9 noon and 2 5. Tue 9 noon. The Weeks Activity Center at 1700 Whiskey Road operates Mon Fri 9 noon and 2 6. Tue 9 noon. Bring W 2 forms and last year's return.
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Internal Revenue Service
Aiken
VITA
H. O'dell Weeks
Whiskey Road
Homeless Man Wins 2.7 Million Megabucks Jackpot
LAS VEGAS AP reports 54 year old Don Sarbaugh a longtime homeless man and reclamation engineer won 2.7 million dollars at Palace Station Megabucks. He plans to rent an apartment keep his recycling plant job and continue gambling with 137 500 offered as the first of 20 yearly installments.
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Las Vegas
Don Sarbaugh
Sarbaugh
Palace Station
Weather outlook with cool nights and mild afternoons
Fair skies and colder weather are forecast tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Mostly sunny skies are forecast Wednesday with a high in the low 50s.
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Arctic
Alaska
Aiken
Notable Deaths Listed in Daily Obituary Page
Death notices for Walter Adams Edgefield Queenie Baker Trenton Marjorie J Flaherty Greenville Liston Gunter Wagoner James Hooper Edgefield Roy Lawson Columbia Magaret A McLaurin Maxton NC Leatha Rising Bath erne T Scott Greenwood Bernie Wilson Johnston details on Page 6A.
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Walter Adams
Edgefield
Queenie Baker
Trenton
Marjorie J. Flaherty
Greenville
Liston Gunter
Wagoner
James Hooper
Roy Lawson
Columbia Magaret
A. McLaurin
Maxton
N.C
Leatha Rising
Batherne
T. Scott
Greenwood
Bernie Wilson
Johnston
House Votes to Reject 51 Percent Pay Raise for Lawmakers
The House rejected a proposed 51 percent pay increase for lawmakers by a 380 to 48 vote, with the move aiming to avert a midnight deadline. Senate leaders planned swift action on a similar measure as President Bush signaled readiness to sign the rejection. A Galup poll found 82 percent opposed the raise, while officials warned it would affect pay for federal judges and top officials too.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Bush
Congress
Jum Wright
Wright
Texas
George J. Mitchell
Maine
Bob Dole
Bkan
Congressional
Members split on pay raise vote in Congress
In a near unanimous display, Democratic Reps Butler Derrico Patterson Spratt joined Republicans Spence Ravenel in opposing adjournment to allow the federal pay raise. Tallon did not vote. South Carolina congressmen indicate they would oppose the raise if brought to a House vote.
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Butler C. Derric
Elizabeth J
Liz) Patterton
John M. Spratt Jr
Floyd D. Spence
Arthur C. Ravenel
Robin Tallon
House
Severe Arctic Cold Grips Southwest Ranchers and Crops
A deadly arctic air mass devastates agriculture across the nation with extreme cold. Idaho ranchers hunt livestock buried in 15 foot drifts as Gov Andrus declares a rural emergency. County official Ab Laird reports losses of 600 sheep and 700 cattle plus additional stock in Dubois vicinity. Deaths mount nationwide amid widespread outages and accidents as Mardi Gras proceeds indoors in some areas.
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Idaho
Tce
Southeast
Texas
New Orleans
Louisiana
Alaska
Chicago
Washington State
Osoyoos Lake
Cecil Andrus
Clark County
National Guard
Ab Laird
Dubois
Borg Hospitalized After Apparent Suicide Attempt in Milan
Five time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg was hospitalized in Milan after reportedly ingesting barbiturates in a possible self inflicted act. He was stabilised at Milan Polyclinic as police investigate. Borg, 32, had planned to marry Italian fiancé Loredana Berte, with conditions surrounding her divorce delaying the ceremony.
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Milan
Italy
Bjorn Borg
Milan Polyclinic
Borg
Loredana Berte
ANSA
Ms. Berte
Mariana Simonescu
Sweden
Cold snap sweeps nation with record lows across states
A brutal cold front pushes into the South and West with temperatures plunging. Mostly sunny and cooler conditions follow in Aiken with highs in the 40s and 50s, while California Arizona and Texas citrus growers fend off frost using smudge pots and fans. Record lows surge nationwide including minus 37 in Craig Colorado and 54 below in Logan Canyon Utah. San Francisco notes its coldest February day in 102 years. Ely Nevada also records a record low.
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California
Texas
Arizona
San Joaquin Valley
Craig
Colo
Logan Canyon
Utah
San Francisco
Ely
Nev
Aiken County Retention of Retail Sales Holds at 43 Percent
Dr. Robert E Botsch of USC Aiken reported 1987 figures at the Aiken Chamber breakfast noting the county retained 43 percent of all retail sales, down from 57 percent lost to other areas. The study compares Aiken to Sumter Orangeburg and Kershaw counties and cites Augusta across the river as a prime factor.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Botsch
Sumter
Orangeburg
Kershaw
Augusta
University of South Carolina At
North Augusta
Beween
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