Community duty stressed in crime fight by Sheriff and prosecutor
Sheriff Howard Sellers says calls rose 92 percent in a decade while manpower grew 33 percent urging more road deputies and investigators. He emphasizes community action as a key value reinforcer alongside institutions and warns against public misunderstanding of evidence rules. Barbara Morgan adds residents should be informed beyond TV crime dramas to ease prosecutorial workload.
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Aiken County
Howard Sellers
Sellers
Sheriff Sellers
Hood
Church
Second Judicial Circuit
Barbara R. Morgan
Ms. Morgan
Hitchcock Seeks Bid for Aiken Hospital Purchase
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center plans a bid to buy HCA Aiken Regional Medical Centers barring unforeseen opposition. Executive Director Jane Boston says a purchase would keep local control and reinvest profits locally while potentially routing future referrals through Hitchcock.
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Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
HCA Aiken
Aiken Hospital
Jane Boston
Hitchcock
Ney
Aiken
Boston
HCA
Harding sues USOC over expulsion and vows to win gold
Tonya Harding files a $20 million lawsuit in Oregon aimed at blocking the U S Olympic Committee from expulsion for actions surrounding the Nancy Kerrigan attack. She plans to attend the Lillehammer games and says she will fight to medal and hang it on her wall forever. Kerrigan travels to Oslo as Harding faces an Olympic Board hearing with possible witnesses including Jeff Gillooly, her ex husband and primary accuser.
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Lillehammer
Norway
Tonya Harding
U.S. Olympic Committee
Oregon
Harding
USOC
Nancy Kerrigan
Robert Weaver
Harvey Schiller
Kerrigan
Oslo
Massachusetts
Jeff Gillooly
Aiken Ties CSRA With Near Record High Temperatures
The CSRA and statewide areas hit near record heat as Aiken County and nearby locales reported highs around 80 degrees. Bush Field Augusta noted a CSRA high of 80, just one shy of the 81 record set in 1957. Greenville and Columbia also posted record or near record temperatures.
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South Carolina
CSRA
Aiken County
Weather Service
Bush Field
Augusta
Greenville
Columbia
Anderson
Special election set for June to fill Aiken chair seat
Special election scheduled for June 7 to replace late Aiken County Council Chairman Carrol H. Warner who died after a stroke. Primaries are planned for April 19 with precinct lines awaiting Justice Department approval. Election cost estimated at 16,000 dollars drawn from the county contingency fund.
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Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
U.S. Justice Department
Ronnie Youn
Unti
Community tips and contacts list details
Readers are urged to submit tips by calling 648 2311. The item names several residents including Julius M. Bauer Jackson Walter H Carlson Woodstock Ga Virginia M McNeill Belvedere Willie D Platt Jr Augusta Rev James C Sharpe Hilda Gene L Sprankle North Augusta Alice W Williams Augusta and directs to see Page 3B for details
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Julius M. Bauer
Jackson
Walter H. Carlson
Woodstock
Virginia M. McNeill
Belvedere
Willie D. Platt Jr
Augusta
James C. Sharpe
Hilda Gene L. Sprankle
North Augusta
Alice W. Williams
Bosnia tests resolve as NATO demands pullback of heavy guns
Sarajevo tension rises as NATO issues ultimatum to Serbs to withdraw over 500 heavy guns within 13 miles of the city by Feb 20 or risk air strikes. Ceasefire declared hours earlier aims to end a 22 month siege that has killed hundreds including 68 at a market massacre.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
NATO
Bosnia
Brussels
U.N
Clinton
Manfred Woerner
Jovan Divjak
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