07 Feb 1998
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1998
Page
1
Italy squares with growing unease as international critics question the handling of the incident. Leaders urge calm while diplomats seek clarity from involved nations. Public outrage prompts debates over accountability and the next steps in cross border relations.
Miami investigators say three Aiken County men Lenwood Ramsey Donell Ramsey and Willmont Pat Davis were strangled and set afire behind a Miami warehouse on December 19. Detective McColeman ties the deaths to drug-linked crime but cites no hard proof. The Ramsey brothers worked at Grady's Paint and Body Shop on Pipeline Road and had earlier faced chop shop charges.
Obituary notices list several deceased individuals including Elma Reynolds Bledsoe, Johnston Cathy Dean Hill, Sophie Williams Brooks, Hempstead New York, and Olin Roberta Herron of Aiken. The notices appear on page 5A detailing names and death-related acknowledgments.
Georgia lottery draws posted results show Friday midday Ash 3 numbers 6 7 1 and evening 7 0. Cash 5 picks 2 15 18 90 84. The Big Game and Big Money games list numbers 49 18 22 29.
In 1998 church leaders and business members create the first church based computer lab with a 1.5 million DOE grant. Friendship Baptist and St John United Methodist lead a community effort to teach literacy and offer video conferencing links to Benedict College and other sites. The plan includes 12 hour daily access and distance learning with hopes of Africa partnerships.
The Nagano Games opened with sumo priests scattering evil spirits and Beethoven music filling the cherry blossom stadium as 2,400 athletes from 72 nations entered. Greece led the parade, Japan the host, and Midori Ito was to light the Olympic cauldron in a ceremony promising enduring glory.
President Clinton denounces leaks as unlawful while Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr returns to Washington to face scrutiny. Kendall accuses Starr's office of selective disclosures and vows to seek court action, including sanctions, as probes expand to Betty Currie testimony and Lewinsky affair context.
Keith Moon, 51, begins his first week as director of the Aiken County Department of Social Services. He praises a professional staff and an active community while planning to learn the agency’s tasks through meetings in Aiken and Columbia. Moon reports a large family and a recent retirement from Ohio’s DHS.
Merriweather Fire Chief Rudy Brooks said a North Augusta High School senior died and her sister was severely burned because two smoke detectors in their mobile home were not working. The fire at 850 Spring Haven Drive occurred at 12:12 a.m. on Feb. 4, trapping Deanne 12 and Karen Marie 17 while their mother Jeannie Wright Simmons escaped.
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